BIRTHDAYS: John James Audubon, 1785; author Anita Loos, 1893; Rudolph Hess, 1894; Carol Burnett, 1936; Duane Eddy, 1938; Bobby Rydell, 1942; Gary Wright, 1943.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded.
On this date in 1992 worshippers celebrated Russian Orthodox Easter for the first time in 74 years in Moscow, Russia.
On this date in 1995 the U.S. observed a minute of silence over the loss of innocents and innocence in the Oklahoma City bombing.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: The four H's in the 4-H Club stand for Head, Heart, Hands and Health... There are more words in the English language than any other language in the world... Bookkeeper is the only word in the English language that has three consecutive sets of double letters.
TRIVIA: Who said the following (respectively):
A. Ich Bin Ein Berliner!
B. Anyone who hates dogs and children can't be all bad.
C. If you've seen one redwood tree, you've seen them
all.
Today is Richter Scale Day, recognizing the importance of the research and development of the earthquake magnitude scale by physicist Charles Francis Richter. Seeing as how it is Carol Burnett's birthday and all, how about a quote from her to start us off: "Adolescence is one big walking pimple."
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Thanks to M/M Riverrats:
I've learned that, no matter what happens, how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that, regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've learned that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."
I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But, if you focus on your family, your friends, the needs of others, your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day, you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch - holding hands, a warm hug, or just friendly pat on the back.
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
I've learned that you should pass this on to everyone you care about. I just did.
Sometimes they just need a little something to make them smile. People will forget what you said.... people will forget what you did..... but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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Thanks to JLLH: PRAISE THE LORD
An elderly lady was well known for her faith and for her
boldness in talking about it. She would stand on her front porch and shout
"PRAISE THE LORD!"
Next door to her lived an atheist who would get so angry
at her proclamations he would shout, "There ain't no Lord!!"
Hard times set in on the elderly lady and she prayed for GOD to send her some assistance. She stood on her porch and shouted "PRAISE THE LORD! GOD, I NEED FOOD!! I AM HAVING A HARD TIME. PLEASE LORD, SEND ME SOME GROCERIES!!"
The next morning the lady went out on her porch and noted a large bag of groceries and shouted, "PRAISE THE LORD!"
The neighbor jumped from behind a bush and said, "Ha..Ha. I told you there was no Lord. I bought those groceries. God didn't."
The lady started jumping up and down and clapping her hands and shouting, "PRAISE THE LORD! HE NOT ONLY SENT ME THESE GROCERIES, HE MADE THE DEVIL PAY FOR THEM... PRAISE THE LORD!"
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Thanks to AB: The Beggar's Clothes
A beggar lived near the king's palace. One day he saw a proclamation posted outside the palace gate. The king was giving a great dinner. Anyone dressed in royal garments was invited to the party. The beggar went on his way. He looked at the rags he was wearing and sighed. Surely only kings and their families wore royal robes, he thought. Slowly an idea crept into his mind. The audacity of it made him tremble. Would he dare?
He made his way back to the palace. He approached the guard at the gate. "Please, sire, I would like to speak to the king." "Wait here," the guard replied. In a few minutes, he was back. "His majesty will see you," he said and led the beggar into the palace.
"You wish to see me?" asked the king. "Yes, your majesty. I want so much to attend the banquet but I have no royal robes to wear. Please sir if I may be so bold, may I have one of your old garments so that I, too, may come to the banquet?"
The beggar shook so hard that he could not see the faint smile that was on the king's face. "You have been wise in coming to me," the king said. He called to his son, the young prince. "Take this man to your room and array him in some of your clothes."
The prince did as he was told and soon the beggar was standing before a mirror, clothed in garments for which he had never dared hope. You are now eligible to attend the king's banquet tomorrow night," said the prince.
"But even more important, you will never need any other clothes. These garments will last forever." The beggar dropped to his knees. "Oh, thank you," he cried.
But as he started to leave, he looked back at his pile of dirty rags on the floor. He hesitated. What if the prince was wrong? What if he would need his old clothes again. Quickly he gathered them up. The banquet was far greater than he had ever imagined, but he could not enjoy himself. He had made a small bundle of his old rags and it kept falling off his lap. The food was passed quickly and the beggar missed some of the greatest delicacies. Time proved that the prince was right. The clothes lasted forever. Still the poor beggar grew fonder and fonder of his old rags. As time passed people seemed to forget the royal robes he was wearing. They saw only the little bundle of filthy rags that he clung to wherever he went. They even spoke of him as the old man with the rags.
One day as he lay dying, the king visited him. The beggar saw the sad look on the king's face when he looked at the small bundle of rags by the bed. Suddenly the beggar remembered the prince's words and he realized that his bundle of rags had cost him a lifetime of true royalty. He wept bitterly at his folly. And the king wept with him.
We have been invited into a Royal Family, The Family of God. To feast at God's Dinner Table, all we have to do is shed our old rags and put on the "New Clothes" of faith, which are provided by God's Son, Jesus Christ.
But we cannot hold onto our old rags. When we put our faith in Christ, we must let go of the sin in our life, and our old ways of living. Those things must be discarded if we are to experience true royalty and abundant life in Christ.
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ANSWER: A. JFk; B. W.C.Fields; C. Ronald Reagan.
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