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Some biblical truth for the = Thanksgiving Weekend to keep our minds from wondering about what great = bargain we might have missed on Black Friday and reflect back to giving = praise to God 1st Chronicles 29:10-13 = O Lord God of our father = Israel, You deserve praise…

Kids at church today were talking physical = fitness and I mentioned that I have the body of a 30-year-old. They = said, "Where, Pastor? Buried in your back = yard?" My wife told me I was immature.   = I told her to get out of my fort . .…

[from the book Calm My = Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow]   I paced back and forth as = I waited for my Polish sister-in-Christ to arrive.  I was nervous = because her family had never had even a small apartment there.  I = had visited Eva-With-No-Home in her in-laws’…

[I= n case you are asked tomorrow to share a blessing at the Thanksgiving = meal, here is a little humor.] May our stuffing be tasty,May = our turkey be plump,May our potatoes and gravyHave nary a = lump.May our yams be deliciousAnd our pies take the = prize,And may…

Th= anksgiving dinner take eighteen hours to prepare. It is consumed in = twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. = ~ Erma = Bombeck My mother is such a lousy cook that = Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. ~ Rita = Rudner…

[Roger = shared this story with grif.net readers.]   The room was full of pregnant = women with their husbands.  The instructor said, = "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is = especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles = and will make delivery that much easier.…

At a small airport in rural Wyoming, three = strangers were awaiting their flight.  One was a Native American = passing through from the Crow Reservation.  Another was a local = ranch hand on his way to a stock show.  The third passenger was an = Arab student, newly arrived…

[Overheard at the office about Friday – not sure if you all = feel the same way, but there are some Fridays . . . = ] My boss yelled at me, “It’s the fifth time you’ve = been late to work this week! Do you know what that means?!”I…

[Sorry that google.groups (serves to send out = thousands of my grif.net emails each day automatically) got all messed = up over the past 6 days. Some did not receive last Friday or Saturday = grif.net email until Wednesday night while receiving others as = scheduled.  My new motto: Technology…

We were with a group of baby-boom parents who were = all boasting proudly about our well-educated children.  The = conversation went around the circle.   The = first said her Marcie has a master’s degree in physics and each day she = asks, "Why does this work?"   Another…

Two girls were chatting in Algebra class.  One = said, "I saw and your boyfriend at lunch. He’s really cute. I = love his blond hair and blue eyes." She smiled. "Yeah, and you know he’s got a = twin, too!" "Really? How can you tell them = apart? She…

Goo= d News: You baptized seven people today in the river.Bad News: You = lost two of them in the swift current.   Goo= d News: The Women’s Missionary Group voted to send you a get-well = card.Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30.   Goo= d News: The Elder…

[I read Chuck Swindoll’s = story and reminded me of God’s perfect timing in so many parts of = life] In September, Terry Shafer was = strolling the shops in Moline, Illinois. She knew exactly what she = wanted to get her husband, David, for Christmas. A little shop on…