I LOVE THESE ILLUSTRATIONS

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Josh Billings

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A chaplain was speaking to a soldier on a cot in a hospital. "You have lost an arm in the great cause," he said. "No," said the soldier with a smile. "I didn't lose it--I gave it." In that same way, Jesus did not lose His life. He gave it purposefully.

Source unknown

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I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do His own work through me.

J. Hudson Taylor

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POEMS

Five Loaves and Two Fishes

God uses what you have to fill a need;
which you never could have filled.
God uses where you are to take you;
where you never could have gone.
God uses what you can do to accomplish;
what you never could have done.
God uses who you are to let you become;
who you never could have been.

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I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost on the rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as good as a burnt out candle."

Madeleine L'Engle

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There are four ages of man: 1) when you believe in Santa Claus, 2) when you don't believe in Santa Claus, 3) when you are Santa Claus, 4) when you look like Santa Claus.

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J.S. Bach said, "All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul's refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no real music but only a devilish hub-bub."

He headed his compositions: "J.J." "Jesus Juva" which means "Jesus help me."

He ended them "S.D.G." "Soli Dei gratia" which means "To God alone the praise."

J. S. Bach

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Martin Luther said, "The devil takes flight at the sound of music, just as he does at the words of theology, and for this reason the prophets always combined theology and music, the teaching of truth and the chanting of Psalms and hymns."

"After theology, I give the highest place and greatest honor to music."

Martin Luther


.... and there's more! I'll just keep on reading..., they're good!!!