Contributed by Susan Blader on Jan 21, 2007
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Giving in Theory
The story is told of the missionary who asked a new convert, “Pablo, if you had a hundred sheep, would you give fifty of them to the Lord’s work?”
“You know I would gladly give them,” he replied.
“Pablo, if you had fifty cows, would you give twenty-five to the Lord’s work?”
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 1, 2010
In the Whitsundays in Australia on the mainland sugar cane is the main crop. Around harvest time you will see a whole field set on fire, flames reaching into the sky at night. It is quite spectacular. The fire is not an accident but INTENTIONAL BURNING BEFORE HARVESTING. Fire sweeps throughout the
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Contributed by N A on Nov 17, 2007
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Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for 5 days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proofreader at a New York firm for 30 years,
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Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
When Michelangelo was ordered to decorate the walls of the Sistine Chapel, he refused. He had ever done any work of that kind, and said he could not do it. But he was told his refusal would not be accepted. When he discovered that there was no alternative without some very unpleasant
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Story – Silver shoe kid.
I worked for years in a department store.
There was this kid that worked in the China Department.
A place of high value products.
This kid was offered a much better position – turned it down!
Why? Because he walk out each day with a set of silverware I each shoe.
Big
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 13, 2012
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MAKING LEMONADE
Charles Goodyear went to jail for a contempt of court citation. Imprisoned, he went to work in the kitchen and worked on an idea in which he developed the method for vulcanizing rubber.
Martin Luther was forced to stay in Wartburg Castle and his lemonade was his translation of the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2026
[325]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - VANITAS VANITATUM – PART 3 of 3
This poem begins with the story of a man who is committed to so many things but in the end he became worn out and finally could not find fulfillment in what he was doing. He began to despair and could not see the purpose of life.
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