The young mother set her foot on the path of life. “Is this the long way?” she asked. And the guide said: “Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning.” But…
01/26/07 Grif.Net – Birthday Shopping
Christmas is over, but with TEN grandkids, birthday present shopping is another adventure. So I walked into a store because I saw a Barbie doll and considered it for my granddaughters. “How much is that Barbie in the window?” I asked the shop assistant. In a condescending manner she responded,…
01/25/07 Grif.Net – Honor Roll
Here are the TOP 12 Street Names IN ORDER of most popular
01/24/07 Grif.Net – Too Stressed Out?
YOU KNOW YOU’RE TOO STRESSED WHEN… You can achieve a “runners high” by sitting up. The sun is too loud. You are missing several days from this week. Trees begin to chase you. You can see individual air molecules vibrating. You wonder if brewing is *really* a necessary step for…
01/23/07 Grif.Net – How Great is Texas
[Closed circuit to Grandson Christian Joshua Griffin – happy 5th birthday, sport. Ask your Dad about the five years we lived in Texas, but don’t believe a word.] Need to be cheered up? Happy, Texas 79042 Pep, Texas 79353 Smiley, Texas 78159 Paradise, Texas 76073 …
01/22/07 Grif.Net – Streets
I live on CY. Just the two letters, CY. Actually wish I could write it on the computer like it was written originally – a giant “C” with a little “y” inside the circle. It was the brand of the Carey Ranch that owned the land along the Oregon Trail…
01/20/07 Weekend Grif.Net – Kindness
A nine-year-old kid is sitting at his desk and all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It’s never happened before, and…
01/19/07 Grif.Net – Views of Winter
[adapted from the “Maxine” cartoon] You know it’s a cold day when your teeth start chattering and they’re still on the nightstand There really are only two seasons in Wyoming – “allergy” and “flu” I’d shovel the walk except for one reason – visitors may come I’m right on schedule…
01/18/07 Grif.Net – Finishing the Sentences Answers
FOR ORIGIONAL CONTEST CLICK HERE Many came up with the obvious – “Old owls never die, they just don’t give a hoot” Here are some of the “basic” answers: Old accountants never die, they just lose their balance. Old bankers never die, they just lose interest. Old cleaning people never…
01/17/07 Grif.Net – Taxi Driver
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window. For a few moments…
01/16/07 Grif.Net – Children’s Answers about Angels
I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold. Gregory, 5 I hear angels all the time in my dreams. And I’m sticking with that no matter how many people tell me I’m crazy. Molly, 8 Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos anymore. I forget…
01/15/07 Grif.Net – Finish the Sentence
Ten years ago, when the grif.net was in its infancy, Ken Marsh (who once ministered with me as my youth pastor back in the 70’s) forwarded this idea for a quiz to see how BRIGHT the subscribers to this service are. Not much chance or they wouldn’t be getting this…
01/13/07 Weekend Grif.Net – Three Lives
Did anybody happen to notice this week the picture God painted for us as we watched the events of the day unfold on every news station around the world? The portrait of three men’s lives shown clearly through the events of their deaths. One a wise man, one a foolish…