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Sometimes The People We Know The Best Are The ...
Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009 (message contributor)
Sometimes the people we know the best are the ones we treat the worst. One time a lifeguard was asked, "How do you teach a girl how to swim?" He said, "The first thing I would do is to take her to the edge of the pool and have her watch the water as it goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. All this time I would assure her that everything is okay, I’m going to take care of her. She has nothing to fear. Then I’d have her put her big toe in and just stand there and watch the water as it goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I’d assure her that everything is okay, I’m there, I’m going to take care of her. She has nothing to fear. Then I would have her put her ankle in then pull it out and stand there and watch the water as it goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. All this time I’d assure her that everything is okay, I’m there, I’m going to take care of her. She has nothing to fear. Then I’d have her to step in as far as her knees then, of course, have her come right back out. Then I’d have her stand there and watch the water as it goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. All this time I’d assure her that everything is okay, I’m there, I’m going to take care of her. She has nothing to fear. And after he’d gone through about a half hour of explaining how he’d teach a girl how to swim, someone said, "What if that girl was your little sister?" He said, "Oh, in that case, I’d just take her to the edge and push her in."
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Life's Onlookers
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The Impact Of Attitude
Contributed by John Price on Feb 13, 2007
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As We Talked About My Research For This Sermon, ... PRO
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 10, 2005
As we talked about my research for this sermon, my wife said it seemed to her that the message of the New Testament on discipline in the church was that we should use the minimum action, or the minimum amount of force necessary to accomplish the desired result. In the comedy move “Police ...read more
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