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Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone!

I've been so busy hanging wallpaper with my one arm that I totally forgot that this past Friday, September 28th, was the 20th Anniversary of Cybersalt!

Some day I hope to tell the whole story of how Cybersalt came to be, but for now let me simply say how thankful I am to God and you all for the many different blessings that Cybersalt has been to me and my family down through the years. What semi-started out as a joke list for my family - as an experiment with a list sending website in order to see if it would be a tool for ministry use - has shifted and morphed into things I could never imagine.

The most recent, and perhaps greatest, shift is that Cybersalt has become key to Mrs. Cybersalt's and my work with refugees and persecuted Christians. Most of you are already aware of the Be a Billionaire fund raiser that has been helping some who have found themselves in between and rock and rock (without even the comfort of a hard place). That very stretching idea came from list member Mark Robinson and you can still participate in it at www.cybersalt.org/inspiration/be-a-billionaire-fund-raiser. Recently, Mark suggested there might some interested in helping on a monthly basis. I'd like to know what you think about that idea? Drop an email to tim@cybersalt.org and let me know. After all, why should Mark get all the fun stretching me, lol!

In the meantime, thank you again for being a part of the wonderful mystery that is this part of my life.

And as usual, today on the Cybersalt site there is a new devotional commentary by Rev. James Snyder. I am guessing that this week he was dressed for the South Pole, not the prayer pole he was standing at. You can read, "If This Is Autumn, What Was Summer?" at:
www.cybersalt.org/gods-penman/if-this-is-autumn-what-was-summer

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Rifle Tech Support

It was decided at Microsoft, during a brilliant brainstorming session, that military service would improve the skills and discipline of their finest technician. So off to boot camp he went.

At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target.

The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.

The Microsoft tech looked at his rifle and then at the target again. "Hmmm," he thought, "I'll get to the bottom of this in no time." He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again. He pointed his still loaded rifle at the ground in front of him and fired.

A cloud of dust kicked up, and a little dimple was left there in the dust.

"Yep, it's working," he concluded.

The technician yelled out to the others at the target end, "The rifle is in working order, and the bullet seems to be leaving this end just fine. The trouble must be at your end!"

One-liner #1322

Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is called John.

Digital Praise

Big shout out to my fingers!

I can always count on them.

Quote #1763

"Arguing about God's existence, I hold, is like arguing about air. You may affirm that air exists, and I that it does not. But as we debate the point, we are both breathing air all the time."

- Cornelius Van Til

Today's Illustration

Honesty

Serving as a Marine recruiter in western North Carolina, I found a young man who met all the requirements and was ready to enlist. I explained the importance of being truthful in the application, and he began filling out his paperwork.

But when he got to the question "Do you own any foreign property or have any foreign financial interests?" he looked up at me with a worried expression. "Well," he confessed, "I do own a Toyota."

We enlisted him the next day.

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.

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It was decided at Microsoft, during a brilliant brainstorming session, that military service would improve the skills and discipline of their finest technician. So off to boot camp he went.

At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target.

The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.