FROM = JONI’S DAILY RADIO BLOG (Feb 21, 2018) Suffering = provides the gym equipment on which your faith can be = exercised. Deny your = weakness, and you will never realize God’s strength in = you. Suffering is = the textbook that will teach you who…
07/27/18 Grif.Net – On Board, Next Cruise
A friend wrote a letter to a small Cruise Ship company on which he = planned to take a vacation. He wrote, ”I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He = is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me = to…
07/26/18 Grif.Net – Overheard on Board, New Hire
Steve was a = professional in his early 50’s, retired and decided to start a = second career. However, he just couldn’t seem to get to work on = time. Every day he was 5, 10, even 15 minutes late. However, he was a = good worker, really clever, so…
07/25/18 Grif.Net – Thoughts on Board, Cabin Trouble
There was some = mix-up with a woman’s cabin on board our ship. The Purser at = Reception was trying to remedy the situation. He offered her = a choice in to replace her original room: “Would you like an = inside cabin or an outside cabin?” She…
07/24/18 Grif.Net – Thought on Board, compliments
A passenger was furious when his steak arrived too rare. = “Waiter,” he shouted, “Didn’t you hear me say = ‘well done’?” “I can’t thank you enough, sir,” replied the = waiter. “On a cruise ship the staff hardly ever get = compliments.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin…
07/23/18 Grif.Net – Thoughts “On Board”
[Thoughts going thru my brain on every cruise I = take] I have no cruise control. It’s like they almost = book themselves. A cruise is = great for a lot of reasons: relaxing by the pool, dancing the night = away, eating 10 meals a day AND gaining…
07/21/18 Weekend Grif.Net – Rules for Living
[Here are some = good rules for everyday life] Learn from the = past. Plan for the future. Live in the present. Live beneath = your means. Return everything you borrow. Stop blaming = other people. Admit it when you make a mistake. Give clothes you don’t wear to…
07/20/18 Grif.Net – Diet Week, Day Five
[Boarding ship = in a couple hours. Today may NOT be the best day to be = dieting. So wife shared some “motivation quotations” = to keep me off the 10-meal a day plan I usually enjoy on = board.] "I’m not = overweight. I’m just nine inches too…
07/19/18 Grif.Net – Diet Week, Day Four
[Dieting = maxims might help me make it through another day. Or = not.] A successful = diet is the triumph of mind over platter. A waist is a = terrible thing to mind. How do = spacemen add more protein to their diet? They make it…
07/18/18 Grif.Net – Diet Week, Day Three
I hope when I = inevitably choke to death on gummy bears my obituary will just say I was = killed by bears and leave it at that. Why am I = bothering to eat this chocolate? I might as well apply it directly to my = thighs. …
07/17/18 Grif.Net – Diet Week, Day Two
I worry about = scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all = along. About the only = time losing is more fun than winning is when you’re fighting = temptation. If it wasn’t = for wrestling with my conscience, I’d get no exercise at = all. …
07/16/18 Grif.Net – Diet Week, Day One
[Ev= er had a few days off and when you returned to your normal routine, = found you’d gained 10 pounds? I decided today to just snack and = limit eating big feasts only if I was at the royal palace. Then I = realized on my first three blocks’…
07/14/18 Weekend Grif.Net – Encouragement from Others
[I gather encouraging and admonishing quotations from people who have = gone on before, to help me through the battles of the = day.] “Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance to = it.” – Ruben A. Alves “Faith is = believing in…