I have CDO. It is like OCD but all the letters are in alphabetical order like they should be!!!
For my legacy I want to hold the title of the World’s Oldest Man!
What’s another word for Thesaurus?
No man goes before his time — unless the boss leaves early.
Dear Santa, this year give me a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t mix them up like you did last year.
“I said I have a can-do attitude…I never said I had a will-do attitude.”
If there was a Pessimist Award, I doubt if I could win it.
These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, “For fast relief.”
Sometimes the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road you put the stuff.
Someone told me that the word “gullible” is not in the dictionary. I said, “Really?”
Someone showed me how static electricity worked today. I was shocked.
You know you are getting old when Santa starts looking younger.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy chocolate, which is kinda the same thing.
A Sunday school teacher asked her children, as they were on the way to church service, “And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?” A little girl replied, “Because people are sleeping.”
I changed all my passwords to “incorrect” That way if I forget my computer will tell me.
“Always remember that you’re unique. Just like everyone else.”
The speed of time is one second per second.
I don’t like to brag, but I have a tie from my teens and it still fits.
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
With the words of this title Jesus taught us about appreciation. He healed 10 men from an incurable, terminal disease. He took away their leprosy. “Go show yourselves to the priest,” He commanded them. As they went, they were healed. Of the 10 men who were healed, only one returned to tell Jesus “thank you.”
Now we come to those words, “Jesus asked, ‘Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?’” (Luke 17:17-18).
No answers were ever given. None were really expected. If this had happened today in our age of aggressive journalism, we would know at least some of the answers to that question. It might be interesting to hear some of the possible excuses they would have given. Maybe they would have said:
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“I wanted to wait and see if the cure was real.”
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“I wanted to see if it would last. It might come back tomorrow.”
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“I thought that I would probably see Jesus later. I’ll thank him when it is convenient.”
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“I’m not sure that I really ever had leprosy. Maybe it just looked like leprosy.”
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“I might have gotten well anyway. Who knows?”
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“I thanked the priest. They were wonderful.”
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“One said, ‘Oh, well, Jesus really didn’t do anything.’”
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“One said, ‘Any rabbi could have done it.’”
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“One said, ‘I was already getting better anyway.’”
All of these excuses sound real to me. In fact, I could add some that I have used. “I forgot. I was going to but you asked me before I got around to it. Don’t you remember that I already thanked you?”
Thanklessness is seldom acknowledged and usually justified by the thankless one. Remember Jesus was disappointed with the nine. Those to whom you owe a word of thanks may be gracious, but still disappointed. Take a moment to thank someone.
Lonnie Davis
Many Bible school students when asked to memorize a verse in the Bible choose this verse, John 11:35. They choose it because they recognize this quote as the shortest verse in the Bible. It would be too bad if all we knew about this verse is that Jesus wept!
Why did He weep?
Jesus did not weep for Lazarus. Lazarus was in God’s hands. His race was over and he had won. This is a cause for joy and not tears.
Jesus did not weep because He missed Lazarus. He knew that He would be with Lazarus in a few short days.
If all of that is true, then why did He weep? Jesus wept because those whom He loved were hurting and He cared for them. Jesus had compassion on others.
· When Jesus saw people hungry, his heart went out to them. (Matt 15:32).
· When Jesus saw the sick, he had compassion on them. (Matt 14:14).
· When Jesus saw the blind, he cared and healed them. (Matt 20:34).
· When he saw a leper, he felt pity and healed him. (Mark 1:41).
Jesus loved Lazarus. When the disciples made reference to Lazarus, they did not address him as Lazarus, but rather “the one whom you love.” (John 11:3) Jesus could have prevented his death, but Jesus did not come to stop the death of one man, but the death of all mankind.
“Where, O death, is your victory?…Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Corinthians 15:55-57
As we look back on that day we too ought to weep, because it reminds us that even as Lazarus got up from the grave so too will we. We are not made for here and we are not made for the grave.
Lonnie Davis