Chuck Norris has a cult following.
Reading these Demotivators will teach you some truths about life.
Here is an example of a Demotivator about the bailout:
Government
If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
At the church baptism service yesterday, our pastor said to the baptism candidates, “You are not making a commitment to a set of ideas, or to a group, or to a party. You are committing yourself to a Person.”
When I married my husband, I made a commitment to him, a person. I was not marrying his family, although his family will be part of our married life. I was not marrying what he believes in, because we disagree. I was not marrying his position at work, because he could (and did) change his career.
Before I married my husband, while we were dating, I saw through our interaction and conversations what kind of person he is. So when I made a lifetime commitment to him, my commitment is to a person – his kindness, his patience, his sense of justice, his integrity, his hard work ethic, his dependability. Our circumstances will change, his responses in different situations will vary, he gets older, and, well, heavier…But I am committed to him, not what surrounds us.
I see how that is in my relationship with God. As I see God in action in my life and in his Word, I see his patience, his graciousness, his wisdom, his power, his holiness, his sacrificial love. Those are great qualities of a person I want to love and serve.
When I committed myself as a Christian, I made a commitment to a Person, not a religion or a set of beliefs.
I’ve heard this many times, it’s still funny!
A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.
It’s interesting how a slower economy effects everything.
Recycled paper is the biggest export by volume from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It is bought mainly by paper mills in China and made into packaging used to box up goods for exports. (Los Angeles Business Journal, November 10, 2008)
Recycled paper was selling at $200 a ton when China was booming.
A month ago it was $142 a ton.
With decline in sales, China does not have as much need for packaging, therefore less need for recycled paper.
Last week, the price of paper was down to barely $40 a ton.
People are getting laid off at the recycling plants. People who collect paper at curbsides are not needed.
Paper is ending up in landfills.
A slow economy means more trash.
Daniel and his friends knew that they were chosen to eventually be leaders in Babylon. Out of all the cream of the crop from Judah, some would get the honored positions while others may end up in mere middle management as some department head.
Did Daniel and his friends try to get to the top by playing their cards right with the chief official?
The only thing Daniel did was “resolved not to defile himself.”
From there, God did the rest. God “caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel.” God made their bodies healthy on vegetables and water alone. God “gave them knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning.”
If we do things God’s way, even if it seems like we are getting the short end of the stick, God will come through for us.
Keep doing what is right. No worries.
I picked the book of Daniel for my study.
I was going to skip Chapter one because I have studied Chapter one so many times. But each time I read the Word of God, it changes me in a different way.
I am glad I read Chapter one. I’ve been on Chapter one for two days now.
I’ve read many of Rex Stout‘s Nero Wolfe series.
I got this book from the library, Her Forbidden Knight, mistakenly thinking that it was part of the Nero Wolfe detective series.
This turned out to be a cute romance, set in New York back in the days when telegrams existed, chivalry existed, and handshakes after a date existed. It’s an old-fashion story where men protect the honor of a woman, and the woman wants to be protected.
I like Stout’s style of writing. It’s subtle, weaving the storyline slowly, without giving away the story till the end. (Although I read the ending first…)
This was a press conference held in Santa Ana last Friday. Well said and well represented.
http://www.youtube.com/VoteYesonProp8
It makes me sad seeing what people has become, what our country has become. We don’t need to worry about Al Qaeda; we are our own worst enemies.
Did the main media cover this?
Every year we hear of fires in the Southern Cal areas due to the warm and gusty Santa Ana winds.
My dad’s house at the foothills of Pasadena have seen fires close by in the San Gabriel mountains, but never close enough to have to evacuate.
This year, it came close within about 5 miles of Walnut.
I am not a sentimental person. I would welcome a fire to destroy the back part of my house so insurance can give me a new family room.
I figured other than photo albums, an envelop of our important documents, and data on my computer, almost everything can be replaced.
But my daughter reminded me that Ikea no longer makes her slide bed. Many of her stuffed animals are vintage. And my Hello Kitty collection, with an original one from Japan…
I’m glad the fires didn’t get that close. I don’t need a family room that badly.