August 2019

The Differences Between Men and Women:
1) A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he wants; a woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn’t want.
2) A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband; a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A long time ago, there was a man who was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light. Much to his surprise, God had appeared to him. God told the man that He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. He then explained that the man was to push against the rock as hard as he could.

During the Civil War, President Lincoln received many requests for pardons from soldiers who were sentenced to die for desertion. Each appeal was frequently accompanied by numerous testimonial letters from friends and powerful people.

One day there was a man who was fighting in the army, and was injured pretty severely. He was sad and depressed that he could possibly be effected by his injury for the rest of his life, and was having a hard time having any hope at all. He was taken to the hospital for surgery, and then placed in a hospital recovery room. To his surprise, because there was little room in the hospital he was put in the same room as another recovering soldier. Sadly though, there was only one window in the room, and the other soldier got it.

There was a crane who was out and about one day, minding his business. Suddenly, a swan appeared from out of nowhere. The swan said, “Hey, you wouldn’t believe where I just came from!”

The crane replied, “What do you mean? Where did you come from?”

To this the swan answered back proudly, “I just came from Heaven! I flew up there, and I got a chance to take a peak inside, and man was it incredible: there were streets of gold, the gates were made out of precious stones, the people that were there looked so happy! I could go on and on…”

Once there was an old man who lived in a tiny village. Although poor, he was envied by all, for he owned a beautiful white horse. Even the king coveted his treasure. A horse like this had never been seen before – such was its splendor, its majesty, its strength.

People offered fabulous prices for the steed, but the old man always refused. “This horse is not a horse to me,” he would tell them. “It is a person. How could you sell a person? He is a friend, not a possession. How could you sell a friend.” The man was poor and the temptation was great. But he never sold the horse.