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Dads have always known how to handle cars they taught us, and we'll pass the wisdom on to our kids. But times change, and so do cars. There are a few old automobile adages that are no longer true:
"Let the car warm up for a few minutes before driving." Not anymore. Cars that have fuel- injected engines rather than carburetors should be driven immediately after start-up, to save gas and reduce emissions.
"Get your car rustproofed or it'll rust out in five years." In the last 10 years, carmakers have installed extensive rust protection. Additional rustproofing won't help and can actually damage your car!
"Buy premium gas. It'll run better and give you more power." If your car owner's manual says to use regular unleaded, that's exactly what you need to use. Even if your car knocks and pings on acceleration, a single tankful of mid-grade not premium should cure the problem.
Old ideas die hard yet we must constantly check our fabled notions against reality. In our Christian walk, we should constantly check our personal ideas about the life of faith against the reality of Scripture.
Source: New Man, Nov/Dec 1996, p. 15
"If Noah had been truly wise, he would have swatted those two flies."
Source: Helen Castle
Topics/Tags: Consequences; Wisdom
Some church signs...
"Heart Transplants Done Here"
"If Outcome Exceeds Income Then Upkeep Is Your Downfall"
"Sign Broken … Message Inside"
"Mud Thrown Is Ground Lost"
"Faults Grow Thick Where Love Grows Thin"
"Every Day Is Payday in Labors Of Love"
"We Are Overdressed When Wrapped Up In Ourselves"
Source: Curtis Stamps, via 'Lection List'
Topics/Tags: Wisdom; Advertising
Some church signs...
"You can never break God's promises by leaning on them"
"Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death"
"Faith isn't a leap in the dark but a step into light"
"Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, but faith looks up"
"God can use life's setbacks to move us ahead"
"Get a faith lift!"
"Peace is the most infallible sign of the presence of God"
"The best gift in the world was wrapped in a manger"
"The best things in life aren't things"
"No God No Peace, Know God Know Peace"
"It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark..."
Source: Curtis Stamps, via 'Lection List'
Topics/Tags: Wisdom; Advertising
Some church signs...
"We make a living by what we get … we make a life by what we give"
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
"A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up!"
"When we argue with fools they're doing the same"
"Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death"
"Faith is believing in advance what only makes sense in retrospect"
"God is more interested in our availability than our ability"
"Ordinary becomes extraordinary with just that little extra"
"If you don't like your lot in life, build a service station on it"
"When the outlook looks bad - look up."
"Jesus changes grave situations! Happy Easter!"
Source: Curtis Stamps, via 'Lection List'
Topics/Tags: Wisdom; Advertising
More church signs...
"The heart is the happiest when it beats for others"
"We who can laugh at ourselves will never cease to be amused"
"Pessimists need a kick in the cant's"
"Small Deeds Done Are Better Than Great Deeds Planned"
"Carve Praise In Stone, Write Criticism In Sand"
"To Win In A Relationship, Don't keep Score"
"People In Love with Themselves Have No Rivals"
"Learn To Enjoy Little Things; There Are So Many Of Them"
"Get An Expert Opinion: Pray To God"
"Swallowing Angry Words Is Much Better Than Having To Eat Them"
"The Best Inheritance To Leave Your Children Is A Good Example"
"Better To Die With A Good Name Than To Live With A Bad One!"
Source: Curtis Stamps, via 'Lection List'
Topics/Tags: Wisdom; Advertising
Experience will either make you better … or bitter.
Source: "Christian Leadership" email discussion list
Topics/Tags: Experience; Wisdom; Growth; Bitterness
"Writing about the spiritual life is like making prints from negatives … Often it is the dark forest that makes us speak about the open field. Frequently prison makes us think about freedom, hunger helps us to appreciate food, and war gives us words for peace. Not seldom are our visions of the future born out of the sufferings of the present and our hope for others born out of our own despair. Only few “happy endings” make us happy, but often someone’s careful and honest articulation of the ambiguities, uncertainties, and painful conditions of life give us new hope. The paradox is indeed that new life is born out of the pains of the old."
- Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
Source: "Christian Leadership" email discussion list
"Knowledge is the Treasure, but Judgment is the Treasurer of the wise man."
— William Penn, 1693
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Are you exercising sound judgment in your daily life? Remember that God offers us the wisdom we need for such sound decisionmaking.
James 1:5: "If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you."
Source: www.boardroom.com
"The wise bee does not sip from a flower that has fallen."
— Chinese proverb
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… yet, we humans are sometimes quick to sip from the cup of our fallen Enemy!
Source: Illuminating Wit, Inspiring Wisdom: Proverbs From Around the World, Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1998.
Topics/Tags: Sin; Wisdom; Fall of man
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