Thursday

“Worry is a indication that we think God cannot look after us.”

Oswald Chambers

Pray for Andy and Betty Taylor as Andy sees the doctor again today.

Jesse Dean came home yesterday evening.  Pray for his recovery the next few days.

Ruby Schwartz is in room 2205 at North Oaks.  Keep the Schwartz family in your prayers.

Pray for Mike Smith as he has bypass surgery today in Hattisburg.

Raymond Cutrer cut an eye yesterday, but thankfully his eye was not damaged.

Dr. Joe Baugh is in OLOL following knee surgery.  Pray his rehab goes well.

George Eddie Lee’s dad, Mr. Buster Lee, is in North Oaks.  Join others in praying for him.

Thought for the Day: Learning from Children

The following are some “Important Things I’ve Learned From Kids”
(author unknown):

1. It’s more fun to color outside the lines.

2. If you’re gonna draw on the wall, do it behind the couch.

3. Ask why until you understand.

4. Hang on tight.

5. Even if you’ve been fishing for 3 hours and haven’t gotten anything
except poison ivy and a sunburn, you’re still better off than the
worm.

6. Make up the rules as you go along.

7. It doesn’t matter who started it.

8. Ask for sprinkles.

9. If the horse you’re drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.

10. Save a place in line for your friends.

11. Sometimes you have to take the test before you’ve finished studying.

12. If you want a kitten, start out asking for a horse.

13. Just keep banging until someone opens the door.

14. Making your bed is a waste of time.

15. There is no good reason why clothes have to match.

16. Even Popeye didn’t eat his spinach until he absolutely had to.

17. You work so hard pedaling up the hill that you hate to brake
on the way down.

18. You can’t ask to start over just because you’re losing the game.

It’s an interesting collection of advice. Some of it translates into
good spiritual advice (#4, #13), some of it doesn’t (#2, #6). That’s to be
expected because there are some aspects of childhood that we should imitate
(purity, humility, trust) and other aspects that we should not
(self-centeredness, ignorance, stubbornness).

In the scriptures, sometimes children are held up as examples to us
(Matt. 18:3-4) and sometimes those who are like children are rebuked (Heb.
5:12-14). And sometimes both occur in the same verse:

“Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be
babes, but in understanding be mature.” (1 Cor. 14:20).

May we seek to add those beautiful “childlike” qualities while seeking
to mature and outgrow those “childish” traits.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Boone Church of Christ
Boone, North Carolina

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Anna Lee