Quote from Forum Archives on October 25, 2003, 9:23 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

 

<><> The Loose Tooth <><>

 

"Hey, Mom, did you know I have a loose tooth?" Ryan said one
night as we were getting ready for bed.

 

"No, let me see..." After a major discussion about whether or
not I could see the tooth, he relented. It was actually two
teeth and one was so loose I was concerned it would fall
out in the night. I wanted to pull it. Ryan was having nothing
of it.

 

"No, it might hurt."

 

"Ryan, be still and let me get this tooth. It is nearly out
anyway." It took a while, but he finally let me pull the tooth.
It was so loose that I barely had to touch it to remove it.
Now, the new tooth, a bigger better tooth, a permanent
tooth, has room to come in.

 

Once the tooth was out, we talked about how that loose
tooth was a lot like sin in our lives... we know it needs to
go, but we hold on to it at all costs. God wants to help us
remove it so it can be replaced with something better...
something that lasts, but we hold on for all we're worth...
It's hard to give up, isn't it?

 

Is there anything in your life that is like that loose tooth?
Needs to come out but you're still holding on? The purpose
of pulling the tooth is not the gaping hole that is there
temporarily... the purpose is to get rid of something
temporary to make way for something permanent... something
better... It's the same way with whatever it is that you are
holding onto... God wants to replace it with something
better... Will you let Him?

 

                 

 

<><> Cyclone <><>

 

A cyclone hit a Kansas farmhouse just before dawn one
morning.

It tore off the roof, and picked up the beds on which
the farmer and his wife slept were sleeping. By some
miracle, the cyclone set them down unharmed the next
county over.

The wife was sobbing uncontrollably. "Don't be
scared, Mary," her husband said. "We're not hurt."

Mary continued to cry. "I'm not scared," she said
between sobs. "I'm happy... this is the first time
in 14 years we've been out together."

 

<><> The Ticket <><>

 

   

 

A  minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large
city because he was short of time and couldn't find a space
with a meter. So he put a note under the windshield wiper
that read: "I have circled the block 100 times. If I don't
park here, I'll miss my appointment. FORGIVE US OUR
TRESPASSES."
      
When he returned, he found a citation from a police officer
along with this note. "I've circled this block for 10 years.
If I don't give you a ticket, I'll lose my job.

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION."

 

Have A Blessed Day

Dave and Barbara

 

 

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