A couple was arranging for their wedding, and asked the bakery to inscribe the wedding cake with "1 John 4:18" which reads "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear."
The bakery evidently lost, smudged or otherwise misread the noted reference, and beautifully inscribed on the cake "John 4:18":
"For you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband."
As a nightclub owner, I hired a pianist and a drummer to entertain my customers.
After several performances, I discovered that the drummer had walked away with some of my valuables. I notified the police and he was arrested.
Desperate for another drummer, I called a friend who knew some musicians.
"What happened to the drummer you had?" he asked me.
"I had him arrested," I replied.
We said good-bye and hung up.
A few minutes later my friend called back and asked, "How badly did he play?"
"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."
- Joseph Campbell
"Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer."
- Oprah Winfrey
Heavenly Father,
Help us remember, that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night, is a single mother, who worked nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember, that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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