Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

~Ralph Marston~

Problems will either stop you or stretch you.

Most of the times we want to use our faith
to get rid of a problem with Divine delivering power,
but we forget about Divine enabling power,
to enable us to endure.

You are not just going through,
...you are growing through.

Lord, give me the right words to say
To broken hearts that come my way
To those who have been hurt before
That, I not hurt them any more

To those whose hearts have hardened up
To those who won't hold out their cup
That, Lord, You long to overflow
With love and mercy. Lord, let me know

That I might have the words to say
That I might plant a seed today
That glory would be given to You
Through all I say and all I do

Lord, give me the right words to say
More hearts are breaking every day
They're out there crying in the night
I long to help them see the light

But, fragile are those souls and weak
So this is why Your words I seek
And pray Thee give me words to say
That I, not one soul, turn away.

~by Susan Tier~

In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation for
Easter and Passover holidays and decided to contact the local
ACLU about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the
constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all
their holidays while the atheists had no holiday to celebrate.

The ACLU jumped on the opportunity to once again pick up the
cause of the godless and assigned their sharpest attorneys to
the case. The case was brought before a wise judge who after
listening to the long, passionate presentation of the ACLU
lawyers, promptly banged his gavel and declared,
"Case dismissed!"

The lead ACLU lawyer immediately stood and objected to the
ruling and said, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this
case? Surely the Christians have Christmas, Easter, and many
other observances. And the Jews--why in addition to Passover
they have Yom Kippur and Hanukkah... and yet my client and all
other atheists have no such holiday!"

The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said,
"Obviously your client is too confused to know about, or for
that matter, even celebrate the atheists' holiday!"

The ACLU lawyer pompously said, "We are aware of no such holiday
for atheists, just when might that be, your honor?"

The judge said, "Well it comes every year on exactly the same
date - April 1st!"

The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
Psalm 14:1, Psalm 53:1

Jack took a long look at his speedometer before slowing down:
73 in a 55 zone.

When his car had slowed to 10 miles an hour, Jack pulled over,
but only partially off the road.
Let the cop worry about the potential traffic hazard.
Maybe some other car will tweak his backside with a mirror.

The cop that stepped out of his car was Bob; Bob from Church?

Jack sunk farther into his seat. This was worse than the coming
ticket, a Christian cop catching a guy from his own church.

Jumping out of the car, he approached a man he saw every Sunday,
a man he'd never seen in uniform.

Jack - "Hi, Bob."

Bob - "Hello, Jack." No smile.

Jack - "Guess you caught me red-handed in a rush to see my wife
and kids."

Bob - "Yeah, I guess."

Jack - "I've seen some long days at the office lately. I'm
afraid I was going a little fast. Diane said something about
roast beef and potatoes tonight. Know what I mean?"
Jack toed at a pebble on the pavement.

Bob - "I know what you mean. I also know that you have a
reputation for speeding."

Ouch. This was not going in the right direction. Time to
change tactics.

Jack - "What'd you clock me at?"

Bob - "Seventy. Would you sit back in your car please?"

Jack - "Now wait a minute here, Bob. I checked as soon as I saw
you. I was barely nudging 65."

Bob - "Please, Jack, in the car."

Flustered, Jack hunched himself through the still-open door.
Slamming it shut, he stared at the dashboard. The minutes
ticked by. Why hadn't he asked for a driver's license?
A tap on the door jerked his head to the left. There was Bob,
with a folded paper in hand.

Jack rolled down the window a mere two inches, just enough room
for Bob to pass him the slip.

"Thanks a lot!" Jack could not quite keep the sneer out of his
voice.

Bob returned to his police car without a word as Jack unfolded
the sheet of paper. How much was this one going to cost?

Jack began to read:
"Dear Jack, once I had a daughter. She was six when killed by a
car. You guessed it - a speeding driver.

A fine and three months in jail, and the man was free. Free to
hug his daughters (all three of them). I only had one, and I'm
going to have to wait until Heaven before I can ever hug her
again.

A thousand times I've tried to forgive that man for killing my
daughter. A thousand times I thought I had. Maybe I did, but I
need to do it again. Even now. Pray for me. And be careful.
My son is all I have left.

Bob"

Jack turned around in time to see Bob's car pull away and head
down the road. Jack watched until it disappeared. A full 15
minutes later, he too, pulled away and drove slowly home,
praying for forgiveness and hugging a surprised wife and kids
when he arrived.

Life is precious so handle it with care.
Drive safely and carefully.

Remember, cars are not the only things recalled by their maker.

~by Bill Stephens~