Good Morning:
It's Wednesday March 7, 2001!
BIRTHDAYS: Luther Burbank,
1849; Maurice Ravel, 1875; Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1930; Daniel J. Travanti,
1940; Michael Eisner, 1942; Franco Harris, 1950; Joe Carter, 1960.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1854 the sewing
machine that could stitch buttonholes was patented by Charles Miller of
St. Louis, Missouri.
On this date in 1876 a patent was
granted to Alexander Graham Bell for his version of the telephone.
On this date in 1897 the first
bowl of Corn Flakes was served by Dr. John Kellogg to one of his patients
at a mental hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan.
On this date in 1936 Germany violated
the Treaty of Versailles by occupying the Rhineland. One single act
led an entire nation to war.
On this date in 1945, the U.S.
Ninth Armored Division captured Germany's Remagen Bridge and went on to
victory in WWII (with the help of the Allies).
MEANINGLESS FACTS: Little
Lulu's last name was Moppet... "Guess Who?" were the first words spoken
by Woody Woodpecker and later became his trademark... Popeye's sailing
vessel was named Olive after his girlfriend, Olive Oyl.
TRIVIA: A two-parter:
What king allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem for the purpose of building
the Temple and city again after having been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar;
and what king allowed the work to begin again after it had ceased for a
while?
A Yogi
Berra quote is almost always in season, whether baseball is or not:
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." That doesn't sound just right...
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From a friend: Your Life
is Jesus to Someone (Author Unknown)
"By this shall all men know that
ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." - John 13:35
YOUR LIFE is Jesus to someone,
though tattered and torn it may
be.
Though often times weak and unstable,
you're all of God someone will
see.
YOUR TONGUE is Jesus to someone.
That idle, insensitive word
reflects to at least one searching
heart
an idle, insensitive Lord.
YOUR GOALS are Jesus to someone.
What you put first, they believe,
are the goals of God for the Christian.
Your life is all they receive.
YOUR FAITHFULNESS... that's Jesus
to someone.
Their judgment of how God is true,
rests unquestionably in the faithfulness
they see day by day in you.
YOUR LOVE is Jesus to someone --
that someone who is seeking to
know
that Jesus will follow and guide
and
befriend wherever in life they
might go.
SO BEWARE lest others blaspheme
God
by what you say or do,
for the only Jesus that someone
may see
is the Jesus they see in you.
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A Favorite from PW:
An elderly man lay dying in his
bed. In death's agony, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite
chocolate chip cookies wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength
and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made
his way out of the bedroom and with even greater effort forced himself
down the stairs gripping the railing with both hands.
With labored breath he leaned
against the doorframe, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's
agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven. There spread
out upon newspapers on the kitchen table were literally hundreds
of his favorite chocolate chip cookies.
Was it Heaven? Or was it
one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife seeing to it that
he left this world a happy man?
Mustering one great final effort,
he threw himself toward the table, landing on his knees in a rumpled posture.
His lips parted. The wondrus taste of the cookie was already
in his mouth seemingly bringing him back to life. The aged and withered
hand shakingly made it's way to the cookie at the edge of the table, when
it was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife.
"Stay out of there" she said, "They're
for the funeral."
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Another good one from PW:
WHY MEN ARE SO COOL
1. Phone Conversations are
over in 30 seconds - period.
2. We know stuff about tanks.
3. A five-day vacation requires
only one suitcase.
4. We can open all our own
jars.
5. Dry cleaners and hair
cutters don't rob us blind.
6. We can go to the bathroom
without a support group.
7. We don't have to learn
to spell a new last name.
8. We can leave the motel
bed unmade.
9. We can kill our own food.
10. We get extra credit for
the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
11. Wedding plans take care
of themselves.
12. If someone forgets to
invite us to something, they can still be our friend.
13. Our underwear is $10
for a three-pack.
14. If we're 34 and single,
nobody notices.
15. Everything on our face
stays its original color.
16. We can quietly enjoy
a car ride from the passenger's seat.
17. Three pairs of shoes
are more than enough.
18. We don't have to clean
our apartment if the meter reader is coming.
19. Car mechanics tell us
the truth.
20. We can quietly watch
a game with our buddy without ever thinking: "He must be mad at me."
21. Same work-more pay.
22. Gray hair and wrinkles
only add character.
23. Wedding dress - $2,000.
Tuxedo rental - $75 bucks.
24. We don't mooch off other's
desserts.
25. We can drop by to see
a friend without having to bring a gift.
26. If another guy shows
up at the party in the same outfit, we just might become lifelong friends.
27. Our pals can be trusted
never to trap us with the line: "So, notice anything different?"
28. We are not expected to
know the names of more than five colors -we definitely cannot identify
colors like "fuchsia" or "dusty rose" or lavender.
29. We don't have to stop
and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
30. We almost never have
strap problems in public.
31. We are unable to
see wrinkles in our clothes.
32. The same hairstyle
lasts for years.
33. We don't shave
below the neck.
35. One wallet and
one pair of shoes, one color, all seasons.
36. We can "do" our
nails with a pocketknife.
37. We have freedom of choice
concerning growing a mustache.
38. Christmas shopping can
be accomplished for 25 relatives, on December 25 in 45 minutes.
39. We don't ever say:
"If you don't know what's wrong, I'm sure not going to tell you!"
41. So far - and men, we need to
hold onto this one especially -so far we do not own one article of clothing
that buttons up the back.
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ANSWER: Cyrus allowed for
the initial return and beginning of the work (Ezra 1:1ff); and Darius allowed
to work to begin again and authorized protection for the Jews as they did
the work (Ezra 6:1ff).
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