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Sunday greetings everyone.

Things are getting more efficient around Cybersalt World Headquarters as Grandma Cybersalt begins to help out with the day to day running of the company. Susan has announced her retirement from the refugee sponsorship work she has done since 2015. She isn't going to be fully retired until 2029 because existing refugee sponsorship applications take 3-4 years to be processed, interviewed, and then supervised after those accepted for sponsorship actually arrive in Canada. But, with our denomination deciding not to replace her, she will no longer be submitting any new applications or recruiting sponsor groups - one of the biggest parts of her job.

Today's video share is a fascinating retelling of the Lake Peigneur Disaster. This would have been quite the event to see - from a distance!
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

There was a woman who spent some months serving God in Kenya. On her final visit to a remote township she attended a medical clinic. As the Maasai women there began to sing together, she found herself deeply moved by their hauntingly beautiful harmonies.

She wanted to always remember so she recorded this moment and would share it with friends when she arrived home. With tears flowing down her cheeks, she turned to her friend and asked, "Can you please tell me the translation of the words to this song?"

Her friend looked at her and solemnly replied, "If you boil the water, you won't get dysentery."

One way to find out if you're old is to fall down in front of a group of people. I they laugh, you're young; if they panic, you're old.

"Be a Billionaire!"

and Help

Refugees and

Persecuted Christians

Did you hear about the sensitive burglar?

He takes things personally.

"I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself."

- D. L. Moody

A group of frogs were hopping contentedly through the woods, going about their froggy business, when two of them fell into a deep pit. All of the other frogs gathered around the pit to see what could be done to help their companions.

When they saw how deep the pit was, the rest of the dismayed group agreed that it was hopeless and told the two frogs in the pit that they should prepare themselves for their fate, because they were as good as dead.

Unwilling to accept this terrible fate, the two frogs began to jump with all of their might. Some of the frogs shouted into the pit that it was hopeless, and that the two frogs wouldn't be in that situation if they had been more careful, more obedient to the froggy rules, and more responsible.

The other frogs continued sorrowfully shouting that they should save their energy and give up, since they were already as good as dead. The two frogs continued jumping as hard as they could, and after several hours of desperate effort were quite weary.

Finally, one of the frogs took heed to the calls of his fellows. Spent and disheartened, he quietly resolved himself to his fate, lay down at the bottom of the pit, and died as the others looked on in helpless grief.

The other frog continued to jump with every ounce of energy he had, although his body was wracked with pain and he was completely exhausted. His companions began anew, yelling for him to accept his fate, stop the pain and just die. The weary frog jumped harder and harder and -- wonder of wonders finally leapt so high that he sprang from the pit!

Amazed, the other frogs celebrated his miraculous freedom and then gathering around him asked, "Why did you continue jumping when we told you it was impossible?"

Reading their lips, the astonished frog explained to them that he was deaf, and that when he saw their gestures and shouting, he thought they were cheering him on. What he had perceived as encouragement inspired him to try harder and to succeed against all odds.

This simple story contains a powerful lesson.

"There is life and death in the power of the tongue."

Your encouraging words can lift someone up and help them make it through the day. Your destructive words can cause deep wounds; they may be the weapons that destroy someone's desire to continue trying.

Speak life to those who cross your path. There is enormous power in words. If you have words of kindness, praise or encouragement -- speak them now to, and about, others. Listen to your heart and respond.

Someone, somewhere, is waiting for your words.

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

I will confess that I am crazy, but I didn’t get there by myself. Somebody has been driving me crazy. When I use the word “somebody,” I mean a lot of people.

I didn’t always know I was crazy until a few years ago. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage looked at me and said, “Are you crazy or what?”

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.