My Dad had a subscription to Reader’s Digest magazine for many years, and my favorite part of the magazine was the monthly article called, “Laughter is the Best Medicine.” The article would contain several funny one-liners and paragraph long anecdotes about various aspects of life. For example –
A woman accompanied her husband when he went for his annual checkup. While the patient was getting dressed, the doctor came in and said to the wife, “I don’t like the way he…
It’s officially 2022 around the world, and I would imagine you have received many social media wishes for a Happy New Year via Facebook, Instagram, GIFs, and personal texting. Did you know, however, that there is actually a “top way” or “best way” to express sentiments for a Happy New Year? Many websites have dedicated space to suggesting EVERY kind of message to EVERY category of people: loved ones, family and friends who are near and dear in heart, “professional peeps” and even acquaintances. Also, many…
Certainly those are very happy events but what happens to our happiness when our circumstances are not favorable towards finding a pencil, having pizza with sausage, or having a sandwich to share? Do I lose it?
The apostle Paul would have easily lost his happiness given his resume of adversity. In 2 Corinthians 11:23- 27 we read of his many sufferings. Imprisonment,…
Christmas already? How can it already be the last weekend before Christmas? Wasn’t it just yesterday we were watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
Here in America, the Christmas season is offically “kicked off” by the annual Macy’s parade. For the last 87 years the Emmy award winning tradition (there are Emmys for parades? Who knew?) has been seen by 3.5 million people in New York City and an additional 50 million via satellite and cable television. The floats and bands are always exciting but the part of the parade people anticipate…
Not only is the beginning of a new year a time to make resolutions, but it is also a time of taking inventory of what went well and what didn’t go so well last year. When we remember the abundance, and all of the joy that God allows through our family and friends, and in giving our daily bread, it is easy to proclaim His praises and say, “God is good-all the time-God is good!”
It may not be so easy to shout out the same adoration when we…
