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Oh look, Chicken Thursday!
Our 12 year-old grandson's 2 week visit with us has come to an end - he might actually still be flying home on his red-eye flight while some of you are reading this. We had a very nice visit with him, A highlight of the last day was when Grandma Cybersalt's bike experienced a mechanical malfunction, resulting in her ending up on the ground at the local bike track. That may not sound like a "highlight" but other than a few scrapes and bruises (and needing a new helmet because it hit the ground pretty good instead of her head) she is OK. We are thankful the malfunction did not happen she was riding on the road there!
Today's video share is about a man who works for a railroad, bought a house, and found a railroad in his basement!
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Enjoy the rest of today's digest!
~ Pastor Tim
Military Wisdom
"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."
- Army's magazine of Preventive Maintenance.
"Aim towards the Enemy."
- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."
- U.S. Marine Corps
"Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground."
- U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop
"If the enemy is in range, so are you."
- Infantry Journal
"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed."
- U.S. Air Force Manual
"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
- Gen. MacArthur
"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo."
- Infantry Journal
"You, you, and you . . . Panic. The rest of you, come with me."
- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
"Tracers work both ways."
- U.S. Army Ordnance
"Five second fuses only last three seconds."
- Infantry Journal
"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything."
- U. S. Navy Swabbie
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
- David Hackworth
"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush."
- Infantry Journal
"No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection."
- Joe Gay
"Any ship can be a minesweeper... once."
- Anon
"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."
- Unknown Marine Recruit
"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you."
- Your Buddies
"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him."
- U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop
One-Liner #1950
Parenthood turns you into a morning person the same way being chased by a bear makes you a runner.
Workplace Ethics
"I fired the janitor for smoking pot."
"Why would you do that?"
"I don't like high maintenance people."
Quote #2386
"Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change, and when we are right, make us easy to live with!"
- Dallas Willard - Hearing God
Laziness
The young woman sat in her stalled car, waiting for help. Finally two men walked up to her.
“I’m out of gas,” she purred. “Could you push me to the gas station?”
The men readily put their muscles to the car and rolled it several blocks.
After a while, one looked up, exhausted, to see that they had just passed a filling station.
“How come you didn’t turn in?” he yelled.
“Oh, I never go there,” the girl shouted back. “They don’t have full service.”
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.
Susan Page writes . . . .
Take Time
- photo by Susan PageSummer is the perfect season to think about the topic of time. Summertime is when we often “slow down to smell the roses.” It makes me think of the lyrics from the old hymn Take Time to Be Holy, particularly the second verse:
Take time to be holy; the world rushes on;
Spend much time in secret with Jesus alone.
By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be
thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.
Author: William D. Longstaff (ca. 1882)
Many of us can relate to the words “the world rushes on.”
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