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Thought for the Day 1/14/2022

  Friday Tale - Clay Balls or Treasure?   A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake.   They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.   He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!   Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls.  Each contained a similar treasure.  He found thousands of dollars’ worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.   He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the cl...

Thought for the Day 2/21/2018

F ortify yourself with a flock of friends! ~George Matthew Adams A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: he that has found one has found a treasure. ~Ecclesiasticus 6:14-16 N o longer do I call you servants,  for the servant does not know what  his master is doing, BUT I have called  you friends, for all I have heard  from my Father I have made known to you. ~Jesus in John 15:15 

Thought for the Day 8/28/2017

F riends are the bacon bits     in the salad bowl of life. ~Unknown   A friend loves at all times.  ~Proverbs 17:17

Thought for the Day 8/4/2017

D on't make friends who are comfortable to be with.   Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.  ~Thomas J. Watson, Sr.  A friend loves at all times, and    a brother is born for adverse times.  ~Proverbs 17:17

Thought for the Day 8/3/2017

D on't make friends who are comfortable to be with.   Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.  ~Thomas J. Watson, Sr.  A friend loves at all times, and    a brother is born for adverse times.  ~Proverbs 17:17