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Sunday greetings everyone!
If the saying, "The best things in life are free" is true, kindness has to be one of the best things in life.
It costs nothing to be kind to someone. Gentle words of encouragement or appreciation come at the same zero price as not correcting or chastising someone who clearly knows they made a mistake. Going over to talk to a person who is desperately alone in a crowd, or listening to another person's story and then not telling the better one that happened to you, cannot be bought.
The burdens lifted, hope restored, loneliness chased away, and self-worth felt because of such acts, and many more like them, is unmeasurable - especially when you stop to consider that those results may occur simultaneously in the giver and receiver, with unpredictable, ongoing results for both.
That said, there is also be a great price to being kind. The sheer act of trying to see life through another's eyes requires a challenging self-emptying and vanquishing of all the conditions that stand in the way of our being and acting unconditionally toward others. And if we are successful in that, we may then have to invest further creativity, time, money, and energy, into following through because of what we have seen, lest we turn away and end up being unkind.
This is why kindness is also dangerous, because to pursue it guarantees we are going to be changed one way or the other.
Today's video share is of an act that is all of the above and took many kind people to pull off.
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Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!
~ Pastor Tim
Birthday Wish
A mother asked her small son what he would like for his birthday.
"I'd like a little brother," a boy said.
"Oh my, that's such a big wish," said the mother. "Why do you want a little brother"?
"Well," said the boy, "there's only so much I can blame on the dog."
One-Liner #1577
When a teenager is watching TV, listening to her music, and talking on the phone, she is probably doing her homework.
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Refugees and
Persecuted Christians
Acceleration Factor
One time we were driving through a construction zone and the sign said, SPEED LIMIT 35mph AHEAD.
There were four of us in the car so we were through there in no time.
Quote #2014
"There is a wisdom of the head, and ... there is a wisdom of the heart."
- Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Hebrews 9:27, Eternity, Life, Death
Before I could start my first job right out of college, I had to present evidence that I was a U.S. citizen. I showed up with my driver's license and birth certificate. The clerk looked at my driver's license and copied down some information.
She then picked up my birth certificate and gave it a long look.
"Is anything wrong?" I asked.
"Yes," she said. "I can't find the expiration date."
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 . . . .
Something Seems to Be Missing
Did you ever have a week when it felt like something was missing, but you didn't quite know what it was?
I had that kind of a week this past week. It felt like something was missing, and I could not figure out what it was.
The past week was typical in many regards. Everything seemed to be going normal as normal could be. But I had this nagging thought in the back of my head that I was missing something. I really couldn’t get a handle on it.
Read moreThe Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.
One time we were driving through a construction zone and the sign said, SPEED LIMIT 35mph AHEAD.
A mother asked her small son what he would like for his birthday.
When a teenager is watching TV, listening to her music, and talking on the phone, she is probably doing her homework.
Oh look, Chicken Thursday!
- You've read the entire Dilbert page-a-day calendar for 2021
“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”
The student asked the professor how many problems there would be on the final exam.
One day while shopping, my chatter bug daughter who was three at the time introduced herself to the lady behind us at the check out.
We think Cybersalt's collection of Christmas jokes is the best collection on the net. Right now it features over 70 jokes.
Over the years, some of the most popular pages on the Cybersalt site have featured Funny Cat Pictures. We have to admit that even though cats often look at humans like they owe the feline world something (remember dogs have owners and cats have staff), cats aren't as bad as a lot of the press that they get.
Some say the world can be divided into two types - cat people and dog people. For the cat people of the planet, Cybersalt has the 