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Question & Thought for May 13th, 2016!

Question & Thought for May 13th, 2016!
Good Friday Morning!!!
1. Question – What is one thing that is good?
2. Thought from Solomon 5:10-20:
Those who love money will never have enough.
How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness.
The more you have the more people come to help you spend it.
So what good is wealth – except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers.
​People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver. Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children. We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.
And this too is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing – like working for the wind. Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud – frustrated, discouraged, and angry.
Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life – this is indeed a gift from God. God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.
No texting. Stay off the people and talk to people face to face.
 
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rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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Question & Thought for May 2nd, 2016!

Question & Thought for May 2nd, 2016!
Hello May Monday! Mother’s Day this coming Sunday!
1. Question – How have you used fear as a discipline in your relationships?
2. Thought – Joshua Wooden was a disciplinarian, but not from a physical point of view. I’d almost rather have taken a whipping than hear him say he was disappointed in something I’d done.
I wanted to please him and not let him down with my behavior. It wasn’t a fear of punishment that motivated me. It was my desire to live up to his model and expectations. Later, as a teacher, I wanted those under my supervision to be motivated in the same way, to strive to be their best because I believed in them rather than from any fear of punishment. (Wooden, Coach John Wooden with Steve Jamison)
“It is the Lord your God you shall fear.” (Moses/ Deuteronomy 6:13)
rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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Question & Thought for April 17th, 2016!

Question & Thought for April 17th, 2016!

Good Sunday Morning!

1. Question – Is justice today perverted?
2. Thought –
How long, O Lord, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
Violence is everywhere! I cry,
but you do not come to save.
Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted. (Habakkuk 1:1-5)
Have a great week learning history!
rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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Question & Thought for April 7th, 2016!!!

Question & Thought for April 7th, 2016!!!
Good Thursday Morning!
1. Question – What is a very good reason for believing in Christianity?
2. Thought – Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed. That is one of the reasons why I believe in Christianity. It is a religion you could not have guessed. If it offered us just the kind of universe we had always expected, I should feel we were making it up. But, in fact, it is not the sort of thing anybody would of made up. It has just that queer twist about it that real things have. So let us leave behind all these boys’ philosophies – these over-simple answers. The problem is not simple and the answer is not going to be simple either.
There are only two views that face all the facts. One is a Christian view that this is a good world that has gone wrong, but still retains the memory of what it ought to have been. The other is the view called Dualism. Dualism means the belief that there are two equal and independent powers at the back of everything, one of them good and the other bad, and that this universe is the battlefield in which they fight out an endless war. I personally think that next to Christianity Dualism is the manliest and most sensible creed on the market. But it has a catch to it. (Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis)
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks commensurate with your strength. Pray for strength commensurate with your tasks.” (Phillip Brooks)
rem – I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge.
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