What Children Say

Topic(s): Children, Humor

A Sunday school teacher asked her little children as they were on the way to church service, “And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?” One bright little girl replied, “Because people are sleeping.”

One Sunday in a Midwest City, a young child was “acting up” during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally, the father picked up the little fellow and walk ed sternly up the aisle on his way out. Just before reaching the foyer, the little one called loudly to the congregation, “Pray for me! Pray for me!”

A heavy snowstorm closed the schools in one town. When the children returned to school a few days later, one grade school teacher asked her students whether they had used the time away from school constructively. “I sure did, teacher,” one little girl replied. “I just prayed for more snow.”

Sally had been teaching her three-year-old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime she repeated it after her. One night the girl said she was ready to solo. Sally listened with pride as Caitlin carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer... “And lead us not into temptation,” she prayed, “but deliver us some e-mail.”

Think on Good Things...

Topic(s): Christian Life, Joy

“Humble people don’t think less of themselves—they just think about themselves less.”

“Once you have accepted yourself, it’s so much easier to accept other people and their points of view.”—Ken Dooley

“You can either complain that rosebushes have thorns—or rejoice that thorn bushes have roses.”

“Here’s something to think about: How come you never see a headline like: ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?”—Jay Leno

“Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt.”—William Van Horne