“Gardens are not made by singing, “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade.” –
Disappointed, But Not Doomed
God’s Quarter
Several years ago a mother gave her son two quarters. One was for his Sunday School offering. The other was for an ice cream cone on the way home from Sunday School. One Sunday, Billy was flipping a quarter in the air and catching it on the way down.
One time, the quarter flipped into the air, but Billy missed catching it. It rolled down the storm sewer and was gone. Billy looked skyward and prayed, “Sorry God, that was your quarter.”
Requesting Money from God
A little boy wanted $100 badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened.
Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.
When the postal authorities received the letter to God, they decided to send it to the President.
The president was so impressed that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5 bill, figuring this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.
The little boy was delighted with the $5 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:
“Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington, D.C., and the government deducted $95 in taxes.”
What is Courage?
The Wonderful Weirdness of You
Give Self-Motivation
Expect Temptation
Good vs. Great Leadership
Be Careful with Do-Goodism
“You’ve got to be careful with do-goodism, you know. The do-gooders do more harm than a little. If you’re not careful, the do-gooders will do you in. Any help that doesn’t help a person to help himself is criminal because you rob people of their sense of self-responsibility and their sense of self-sufficiency.” – Reverend Ike