Two Horses

Author Unknown

Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. 

From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. 

But if you stop your car, or are walking by, 

you will notice something quite amazing.... 

Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. 

This alone is amazing. If you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of the sound, you will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. 

Attached to the horse's halter is a small bell. It lets the blind friend know where the other horse is, so he can follow. 

As you stand and watch these two friends, you'll see that the horse with the bell is always checking on the blind horse, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is, 

trusting that he will not be led astray. 

When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter of the barn each evening, it stops occasionally and looks back, 

Making sure that the blind friend isn't too far behind to hear the bell. 

Like the owners of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges 

He watches over us and even brings others into our lives

To help us when we are in need.. 

Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of those who God places in our lives. 

Other times we are the guide horse, helping others to find their way.... 

Good friends are like that.. You may not always see them, 

but you know they are always there.. 

Please listen for my bell and I'll listen for yours, and remember... 

Be kinder than necessary- 

Everyone you meet is fighting 

Some kind of battle. 

Live simply,

Love generously,

Care deeply,

Speak kindly....... 

FOR WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT

15 April 2013 - Psalms 34: 15

Monday, April 15

The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous ones, and his ears are toward their cry for help. — Ps. 34:15

We often feel the need to be comforted. Especially is this the case when we are experiencing difficult situations. Family members and friends can usually give us a degree of comfort. At times, however, conditions that cause us distress are beyond human remedies. Only God can give us comfort regardless of how distressing our situation may be. His Word assures us: “Jehovah is near to all those calling upon him, . . . and their cry for help he will hear.” (Ps. 145:18, 19) But if we are to receive God’s support and comfort, we must place our trust in him. The psalmist David made that clear when he sang: “Jehovah will become a secure height for anyone crushed, a secure height in times of distress. And those knowing your name will trust in you, for you will certainly not leave those looking for you, O Jehovah.” — Ps. 9:9, 10 w11 10/15 3:1, 2

14 April 2013 - Psalms 73:13

Sunday, April 14

Surely it is in vain that I have cleansed my heart and that I wash my hands in innocence itself. — Ps. 73:13

Like Asaph, perhaps at one point you lost sight of your spiritual privileges to some extent and began to focus on what you were lacking in a material way. But by studying God’s Word and by going to Christian meetings, you came to see things Jehovah’s way. Asaph perceived what would eventually happen to the wicked. He thought about his lot and realized that Jehovah would take hold of his right hand and lead him. Asaph could thus say to Jehovah: “Besides you I do have no other delight on the earth.” (Ps. 73:23, 25) The psalmist was confident that Jehovah would remember him as a friend. His faithful service would not be forgotten. (Eccl. 7:1) How reassuring that must have been for Asaph! He sang: “As for me, the drawing near to God is good for me. In the Sovereign Lord Jehovah I have placed my refuge.” — Ps. 73:28 w11 9/15 1:8, 9

Retiree Bathtub Test

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not a retiree should be put in an old age home?" 

"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the retiree and ask him or her to empty the bathtub" 

"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup." 

"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"

ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON, OR DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE

"Little Richard" As A Child

What a natural talent!

''Little Richard'' For those of you that are old enough to remember him(Yes! I mean you.)(or most of you)....... Little Richard when he was about 4 years old!!! 

You have to see this! Watch how he uses his fists and elbows and doesn't even look at the keys when he sings! 

This is amazing to see. It's Richard Wayne

Penniman (aka Little Richard) about fifteen years before "Tutti Frutti, Oh, Rudy...."

A-whop bop-a-lu bop a-whop bam boom.

Here is some very rare footage of "Little

Richard" as a child, when he was just starting out in the music biz'

... From a movie with Van Johnson ...

http://www.wimp.com/oldschool/

Senior Citizen Joke

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started."

Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?"

The little silver haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster."

Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle.

She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table.

He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then turns to her and says,

"First of all, no matter what we do, we're not going to be able to assemble these 

pieces into anything resembling a rooster."

He takes her hand and says, "Secondly, I want you to relax. 

Let's have a nice cup of tea, and then," he said with a deep

 sigh .............

"Let's put all the Corn Flakes

back in the box." 

~ Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right and pray for those who don't! ~

13 April 2013 - James 1: 19

Saturday, April 13

Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath. — Jas. 1:19

If a Christian senses that he is becoming angry when discussing a matter with a fellow believer, he is wise to heed this counsel. What are the benefits of following it? By taking time to calm down, pray about the matter, and consider how best to reply, a Christian allows himself to be led by God’s spirit. (Prov. 15:1, 28) Under the influence of the spirit, he can manifest mildness and long-suffering. He is thereby equipped to heed the counsel found at Ephesians 4:26, 29: “Be wrathful, and yet do not sin . . . Let a rotten saying not proceed out of your mouth, but whatever saying is good for building up as the need may be, that it may impart what is favorable to the hearers.” Indeed, when we clothe ourselves with mildness and long-suffering, we contribute to the peace and unity of the congregation. w11 4/15 4:6, 7

Gotta Love This Lawyer

You can relate to this if you have ever dealt with a government bureaucrat. Cheers to this lawyer!


Part of rebuilding New Orleans (after Katrina) often caused

residents to be challenged with the task of tracing titles to their

homes... back potentially hundreds of years. With a community rich

with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been

passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it

quite difficult to establish ownership.



A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client.. He was told

the loan would be granted if he could prove "satisfactory title" to

a parcel of property being offered as collateral. It took the lawyer

three months to track down the full title to the property which

dated back to 1803. After sending the information to the FHA, he

received the following reply.

( Actual reply from FHA):

"Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan

application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of

Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have

prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you

have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to

1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to

clear the title back to its origin."

Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows:

Actual response):

"Your letter regarding title in Case No.189156 has been received. I

note that you wish to have title extended further than the 206 years

covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated

person in this country, particularly those working in the property

area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the United



States from France , in 1803 the year of origin identified in our

application. For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the

title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France ,

which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from Spain . The land

came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the

year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been

granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish

monarch, Queen Isabella. The good Queen Isabella, being a pious

woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the

precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her

jewels to finance Columbus 's expedition... Now the Pope, as I'm sure you may know,


is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted,


created this world.

Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of


the world called Louisiana . God, therefore, would be the owner of



origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time,

the world as we know it, and the FHA. I hope you find God's original

claim to be satisfactory.

Now, may we have our damn loan?"



The loan was immediately approved.

THE TRINITY

Now, when I am at a door and the house holder says I believe in the Trinity....HOW COULD I KINDLY EXPLAIN? 

The trinity teaches that God asked himself to go to earth to save mankind. 

Then he agreed with himself and volunteered himself to himself to offer himself. 

Then God impregnated a woman as himself, with himself. 

God prayed to himself and glorified himself repeatedly. 

God strengthened himself and talked to himself. 

Finally God forsook himself and sacrificed himself to prove his loyalty to himself. 

While dead he resurrected himself so he could exalt himself above himself. 

Then he sat at his own right hand and waited til he placed his enemies as a footstool 

Finally with Satan's forces defeated God would turn his kingdom over to himself 

That all things would become everything to himself. 

'Be kinder than necessary

because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.' 

Pretty Neat Conversation Stoppers

These are all good, but the last one is great. 

*Field Ministry Conversation Stoppers* 

****The householder said, "Only those who have accepted Jesus in their

lives will be saved." The brother responded with, "We certainly agree with

that, but where does that leave Abraham, Moses, Job, King David and all the

others in the Old Testament who never knew of Jesus?"*

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****A brother was talking with a householder about being saved. The

householder said, 'I have accepted Jesus in my life, recognize that he died

for my sins and I'm now saved.' The brother responded with 'Well, if that is

the case, shouldn't the Bible be one paragraph long? What is the rest of it

for? That's why we go door to door - to offer people Bible studies to learn

about all the requirements from God.* '

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**** This is from a brother in the Spanish Dover congregation in New

Jersey --- The householder usually will ask, "What religion are you?" In

most cases we would answer, "Jehovah's Witnesses," and the conversation

would normally end there with the words: "Sorry not interested!" But, reply

in this manner: "Jehovah's Witness, and you?" This mandates a reply from the

householder, thus allowing us to continue the conversation.*

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**** This came from a Regular Pioneer sister in the North congregation in

Anchorage, Alaska --- I would like to relate one that our District

Overseer/Branch Overseer is known for: When the householder says, "I'm not

interested" at the beginning of the conversation, he sometimes (when the

time is right) replies: "I don't blame you, I haven't said anything

interesting yet."*

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**** This came from a Sister in the Franklin, Illinois congregation ---

One circuit overseer suggests leaving a question with the householder

whether or not they are too interested in listening to us: We were asking

our neighbor's opinion of this, "If Jesus was to return to the earth, what

church would he attend?"' It is amazing how many don't automatically say

their own. I have used it occasionally and it has allowed for continued

conversations.*

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**** This is said to be a modified statement of Brother Russell's: There

are over 10,000 religions in the world. If God set these up for us to learn

to worship Him properly, learn to love one another, and have useful,

peaceful lives, we can only arrive at one of two conclusions: Either he

failed miserably, or he didn't set them up in the first place and something

else is behind them. Do you agree?*

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**** In a discussion with a householder, the householder made the

statement: 'The King James Bible is the only true Bible from God.' The

Brother said, 'Oh, is that the one the apostles used? Or, did the apostles

have the wrong Bible?'*

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**** This is from a Circuit Overseer in pioneer school: The householder

stated that he believed in the Trinity. The Circuit Overseer then said, 'Oh,

then you have the latest information on it?' The man asked what that was,

and the Circuit Overseer brought out the Trinity brochure!*

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**** This is from a Circuit Overseer: When talking with someone who

believes in the Trinity, they seem to focus on John 1:1 for some reason.

This Circuit Overseer says to them, "I'll tell you what, You take your best

Scripture for the Trinity and throw it out and I'll take my best Scripture

against it and throw it out, and then let's talk about the Trinity from the

Scriptures." Great idea!*

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**** From a brother in the Dominican Republic: Trinitarians usually start

off with some "proof texts" and then launch into some Greek words they know.

I have learned now instead of trying to "duke it out" with them, I bypass

all of that by saying, "Let's suppose you are right, the Trinity does exist

and we are wrong, then please show me from the Bible what I should do to

find the right religion." This usually stops them cold, as they have never

thought about guiding someone to the truth, only about stopping JW's on the

Trinity.*

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**** This is from a brother in the Cortez congregation in Connecticut ---

A brother was talking with a householder about the immortality of the soul.

The brother turned to Genesis 2:17 and read it to the householder and said,

'Here God states that you will positively die.' Then he turned to Genesis

3:4 and read it to the householder and said, 'Here Satan said you will

positively **not** die. Which do you choose to believe**?'*

12 April 2013 - Romans 4: 13

Friday, April 12

It was not through law that Abraham or his seed had the promise that he should be heir of a world, but it was through the righteousness by faith. — Rom. 4:13

God counted faithful Abraham as righteous. (Rom. 4:20-22; Jas. 2:23, 24) That cannot mean that Abraham was sinless while serving Jehovah over the decades. No, he was not righteous in that sense. (Rom. 3:10, 23) However, in his limitless wisdom, Jehovah took into account Abraham’s exceptional faith and his works resulting therefrom. In particular, Abraham exercised faith in the promised “seed” to come in his line. That Seed proved to be the Messiah, or Christ. (Gen. 15:6; 22:15-18) Accordingly, on the basis of “the ransom paid by Christ Jesus,” the divine Judge is able to forgive sins that occurred in the past. Thus, Abraham and other men of faith in pre-Christian times are in line for a resurrection. — Rom. 3:24, 25; Ps.32:1, 2 w11 6/15 2:17, 18

11 April 2013 - Genesis 3: 5

Thursday, April 11

You are bound to be like God, knowing good and bad. — Gen. 3:5

Although speaking only to Eve, Satan used the plural form of the pronoun “you.” In so doing, he may have tried to appeal to her pride, endeavoring to make her feel important—as if she were the spokesperson for herself and her husband. The result? Eve evidently took it upon herself to speak for both of them by saying to the serpent: “Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat.” Satan also distorted the facts. He implied that God was unfair in demanding that Adam and Eve “must not eat from every tree of the garden.” Next, Satan got Eve to think about herself and how she could supposedly improve her lot in life, becoming “like God.” Eventually, he got her to focus on the tree and its fruit rather than on her relationship with the One who had given her everything. (Gen. 3:1-6) Sadly, by eating of the fruit, Eve showed that Jehovah was not the most important Person in her life. w11 5/15 3:4, 5