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I came across the following statement: “Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons.” This statement has the ring of truth, even though it’s not true every time. Some of our learning is the result of tough experiences or the result of doing what is needed.

Thinking about this statement, I asked friends and family: “Some say experience is the best teacher. What is something you’ve learned through experience?” Their responses were:

•Almost everything in my life! Do things right the first time, and you won’t have to do them a second time.

Sometimes little things are more interesting and telling about people than momentous events particularly well-known people.  Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, president from 1901-1909, was a cousin to President Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1945) Teddy put his small kids into a rope attached basket and pulled them up and down from a second story White House window.

One of Teddy’s aides remarked, “What you need to know about Teddy is he’s only about five years old.”

I’m mad at my gourds and it’s not their fault.

            There is much confusion about the Lord’s church. Some say, “Join the church of your choice.” Others say that the church is of no consequence at all. What does the Bible say (Rom. 4:3)?

Breakfast Is Important For Heading Back To School

You can learn a lot by watching tv and listening to the radio.  “War” by Edwin Starr was done originally by the Temptations.  It appeared on their 1970 album Psychedelic Shack.  The song was written for the Motown label in 1969 by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.  Berry Gordy felt the song would alienate the Temptations’ fanbase an

Reese Witherspoon said, “Lord knows, every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good” (https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/celebrate). Witherspoon is right; we should celebrate the good. Reading about upcoming holidays, I found five August holidays that could be entertaining: Sisters Day, Relaxation Day, Senior Citizens Day, Be An Angel Day, and Just Because Day.

Try this experiment: Stack four boxes, one on top of the other.  Now put a ball—any ball will do—in the third box.  Did you count from the top down or from the bottom up?  I devised this completely non-scientific test after I sent my granddaughter into the utility room for Borax that was located on the third shelf of the shelving unit. 

           When one wishes to know about God, it is imperative that one spends time reading and studying the Bible. Knowing what the Bible says will give us insight into who God is and why we are on this earth. Through a study of the Bible, we will soon learn that the Bible itself has a theme. This theme is redemption. Specifically, the redemption of mankind from sin.