Thursday, August 30, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Four Worms and a Lesson
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would
Add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol - Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead
Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead
Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation -
What can you learn from this demonstration?
Maxine was si tting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said,
"As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"
That pretty much ended the service --
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
One Life
He was born in a stable,
in an obscure village,
the child of a peasant woman.
From there He traveled,
less than 200 miles.
He never wrote a book.
He never held an office.
He did none of the things one
usually associates with greatness.
He became a nomadic preacher,
Popular opinion turned against Him,
He was betrayed by a close friend,
And His other friends ran away.
He was unjustly condemned to death,
Crucified on a cross among common thieves,
On a hill overlooking the town dump,
And when dead, laid in a borrowed grave.
Twenty one centuries have come and gone,
Empires have risen and fallen,
Mighty armies have marched,
And powerful rulers have reigned.
Yet no one has affected men as much as He,
He is the central figure of the human race,
He is the Messiah, the Son of God,
JESUS CHRIST.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Joke of the Day
Gettin' Drunk
One day this guy was sitting at this bar in Chicago and looks over and sees this guy that looks exactly like him. He says to the guy, “Hey you look just like me!”
The other man agrees and asks, “Where are you from?”
The first guy answers, “Chicago.”
“Me too!” says the second guy, “What street do you live on?”
“Forty-Ninth Street,” answers the first guy.
“Me too!” says the second guy, becoming increasingly excited. “What's your address?”
''951.”
“Me too! Wow, this is incredible! What are your parents' names?”
“John and Cathy,” says the first guy.
“Me too!” shouts the second guy. “I wonder if we're related!?”
Meanwhile, the bartenders are changing shifts and the guy coming on asks if anything is new.
“No,” says the first bartender, “just the Smith twins, drunk again.”
One day this guy was sitting at this bar in Chicago and looks over and sees this guy that looks exactly like him. He says to the guy, “Hey you look just like me!”
The other man agrees and asks, “Where are you from?”
The first guy answers, “Chicago.”
“Me too!” says the second guy, “What street do you live on?”
“Forty-Ninth Street,” answers the first guy.
“Me too!” says the second guy, becoming increasingly excited. “What's your address?”
''951.”
“Me too! Wow, this is incredible! What are your parents' names?”
“John and Cathy,” says the first guy.
“Me too!” shouts the second guy. “I wonder if we're related!?”
Meanwhile, the bartenders are changing shifts and the guy coming on asks if anything is new.
“No,” says the first bartender, “just the Smith twins, drunk again.”
Friday, August 10, 2007
Daily food for our mind and heart
August 1
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. (Helen Keller)
August 2
Is it possible that I am so busy doing that I no longer have time to enjoy being? (Wilson)
August 3
A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to leave alone.
August 4
Do not think you are on the right road just because it is a well-beaten path.
August 5
Our children are living messages we send to a time and place we will never see.
August 6
Be assured, if you walk with Him, and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you. (George Mueller)
August 7
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. (Indian Proverb)
August 8
Reprove a friend in secret, but praise him before others. (Leonardo da Vinci)
August 9
A man who falls in love with himself has no rivals.
August 10
Lord, give me the wisdom to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.
August 11
A faithful friend is a strong defense and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure.
August 12
He who has little and says it is enough has more than he who has much and wants more.
August 13
To God, thy country, and thy friend be true. (Henry Vaughan)
August 14
Good order is the foundation of all good things. (Edmund Burke)
August 15
...Every road is rough to me that has no friend to cheer it. (Elizabeth Shane)
August 16
Anger does as much damage to the vessel it is stored in as it does to anything it is poured upon.
August 17
Be assured when you see a tear on a cheek, a heart is touched.
August 18
Study the Bible to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy.
August 19
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the existence of that goodness.
August 20
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnessess and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve tha heart and secure comfort. (Sir Humphrey Davy)
August 21
...Professors, after long years of teaching, are apt to confuse their lecture notes with the fountain of truth. It is an occupational disease. (Clyde M. Christenson)
August 22
Give your troubles to God; He will be up all night anyway.
August 23
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)
August 24
God is patient with the process! Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. (O. Chambers)
August 25
A look of love will, at times, have a better effect than all the prescriptions of a physician on one that ails.
August 26
One must never be in haste to end a day; there are too few of them in a lifetime. (Dale Rex Coman)
August 27
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. (Chinese Proverb)
August 28
God speaks to us in our joy but shouts to us in our pain.
August 29
A child is the root of the heart. (Caroline Maria de Jesus)
August 30
The lens of fear magnifies the size of the uncertainty. (Charles Swindoll)
August 31
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened, you discover that you have wings. (Helen Hayes)
Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. (Helen Keller)
August 2
Is it possible that I am so busy doing that I no longer have time to enjoy being? (Wilson)
August 3
A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to leave alone.
August 4
Do not think you are on the right road just because it is a well-beaten path.
August 5
Our children are living messages we send to a time and place we will never see.
August 6
Be assured, if you walk with Him, and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you. (George Mueller)
August 7
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. (Indian Proverb)
August 8
Reprove a friend in secret, but praise him before others. (Leonardo da Vinci)
August 9
A man who falls in love with himself has no rivals.
August 10
Lord, give me the wisdom to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.
August 11
A faithful friend is a strong defense and he that hath found such a one hath found a treasure.
August 12
He who has little and says it is enough has more than he who has much and wants more.
August 13
To God, thy country, and thy friend be true. (Henry Vaughan)
August 14
Good order is the foundation of all good things. (Edmund Burke)
August 15
...Every road is rough to me that has no friend to cheer it. (Elizabeth Shane)
August 16
Anger does as much damage to the vessel it is stored in as it does to anything it is poured upon.
August 17
Be assured when you see a tear on a cheek, a heart is touched.
August 18
Study the Bible to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy.
August 19
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure and good without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the existence of that goodness.
August 20
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnessess and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve tha heart and secure comfort. (Sir Humphrey Davy)
August 21
...Professors, after long years of teaching, are apt to confuse their lecture notes with the fountain of truth. It is an occupational disease. (Clyde M. Christenson)
August 22
Give your troubles to God; He will be up all night anyway.
August 23
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV)
August 24
God is patient with the process! Think of the enormous leisure of God! He is never in a hurry. (O. Chambers)
August 25
A look of love will, at times, have a better effect than all the prescriptions of a physician on one that ails.
August 26
One must never be in haste to end a day; there are too few of them in a lifetime. (Dale Rex Coman)
August 27
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. (Chinese Proverb)
August 28
God speaks to us in our joy but shouts to us in our pain.
August 29
A child is the root of the heart. (Caroline Maria de Jesus)
August 30
The lens of fear magnifies the size of the uncertainty. (Charles Swindoll)
August 31
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened, you discover that you have wings. (Helen Hayes)
Joke of the Week
The Farmer's Wife
------------ -----
Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's
minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got
caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm and
asked the very attractive woman who answered the door if they could
spend the night.
"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house
all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid
the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house."
"Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if
the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light." The lady agreed,
and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the
night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their
way They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.
About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an
attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally
determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he
had met on the ski weekend
He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember that
good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up
North?"
"Yes, I do."
"Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the
house and pay her a visit?"
"Yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. "I have
to admit that I did."
"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"
Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I
did. Why do you ask?"
"She just died and left me everything."
------------ -----
Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's
minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got
caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm and
asked the very attractive woman who answered the door if they could
spend the night.
"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house
all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid
the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house."
"Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if
the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light." The lady agreed,
and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the
night. Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their
way They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.
About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an
attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally
determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he
had met on the ski weekend
He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember that
good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up
North?"
"Yes, I do."
"Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the
house and pay her a visit?"
"Yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. "I have
to admit that I did."
"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"
Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I
did. Why do you ask?"
"She just died and left me everything."
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Cebu City 2006
Jocelyn Ramiso & Family in Shanghai
with Jocelyn Ramiso
My visit to Mr. & Mrs. Aian Danlag
Saturday, August 4, 2007
One day at a Time
The most useless thing to do ... ........Worry
The greatest Joy....................... ........Giving
The greatest loss.................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work............. ...Helping others
The ugliest personality trait......................Selfishness
The most endangered species...................Dedicated leaders
The greatest "shot in the arm"..................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome......... ....Fear
Most effective sleeping pill........... ...Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease..... ....Excuses
The most powerful force in life.............. ........Love
The most dangerous pariah.................................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer... ...The brain !
The worst thing to be without...................Hope
The deadliest weapon.... The tongue.......
The two most power-filled words..............."I Can"
The greatest asset.............. ...Faith
The most worthless emotion................Self-pity
The most prized possession................Integrity
The most beautiful attire................ ...A SMILE!
The most powerful channel of communication..... ...Prayer
The most contagious spirit............ .....Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life....... ........GOD
The greatest Joy....................... ........Giving
The greatest loss.................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work............. ...Helping others
The ugliest personality trait......................Selfishness
The most endangered species...................Dedicated leaders
The greatest "shot in the arm"..................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome......... ....Fear
Most effective sleeping pill........... ...Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease..... ....Excuses
The most powerful force in life.............. ........Love
The most dangerous pariah.................................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer... ...The brain !
The worst thing to be without...................Hope
The deadliest weapon.... The tongue.......
The two most power-filled words..............."I Can"
The greatest asset.............. ...Faith
The most worthless emotion................Self-pity
The most prized possession................Integrity
The most beautiful attire................ ...A SMILE!
The most powerful channel of communication..... ...Prayer
The most contagious spirit............ .....Enthusiasm
The most important thing in life....... ........GOD
Filipino Love Story
A Beautiful Filipino Love Story.....
Bing, a beautiful Filipina fell in love with Edong. She planned to
marry very soon. She was so happy about her wedding plans, she decided
to tell her Tatay (dad).
Her Tatay told her, "Bing, you'll have to find another. Your Nanay
(mom) does not know this, but Edong is your half-brother".
So Bing forgot about her Edong, and soon planned to marry Ricardo.
But after telling Tatay again, he said, "Bing, anak ko (my child),
there's trouble still. You cannot marry Ricardo. Please don't tell
your mother, but Ricardo and Edong are your half-brothers."
Bing had no choice but to go to her Nanay. Nanay already knew and said
"Anak ko, do what makes you happy. Marry Ricardo or marry Edong,
because you are not related to your Tatay."
Bing, a beautiful Filipina fell in love with Edong. She planned to
marry very soon. She was so happy about her wedding plans, she decided
to tell her Tatay (dad).
Her Tatay told her, "Bing, you'll have to find another. Your Nanay
(mom) does not know this, but Edong is your half-brother".
So Bing forgot about her Edong, and soon planned to marry Ricardo.
But after telling Tatay again, he said, "Bing, anak ko (my child),
there's trouble still. You cannot marry Ricardo. Please don't tell
your mother, but Ricardo and Edong are your half-brothers."
Bing had no choice but to go to her Nanay. Nanay already knew and said
"Anak ko, do what makes you happy. Marry Ricardo or marry Edong,
because you are not related to your Tatay."
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