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Oh look, Chicken Thursday - 5d260!

Grandma Cybersalt and I are away visiting my parents - and having a wonderful time with them. We've seen a lot of blue jays in their bird feeder and a lot of Blue Jays on their television!

Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

In the back woods of Kentucky, the redneck's wife went into labor in the middle of the night, and the doctor was called out to assist in the delivery.

Since there was no electricity, the doctor handed the father-to be a lantern and said, "Here, you hold this high so I can see what I'm doing."

Soon, a baby boy was brought into the world. 

"Whoa there," said the doctor.  "Don't be in a rush to put the lantern down...I think there's yet another one to come."

Sure enough, within minutes he had delivered a baby girl. 

"No, no, don't be in a great hurry to be putting down that lantern...It seems there's yet another one in there!" cried the doctor.

The Redneck scratched his head in bewilderment, and asked the doctor, "Do you think it's the light that's attractin' 'em?"

At a job interview I was asked if i was a gossip; I said, "No, but I can tell you who is."

If you're being chased by a pack of taxidermists, do not play dead.

"Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling."

- Miguel de Unamuno

God gets in the dirt three times that I can think of:

• To create Adam
• To bury Moses, and
• To defend a woman caught in adultery.

God is with us in the joy of birth, the pain of death and kneels beside us in our shame.

We can rest.

God can handle our dirt.

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Susan Page writes . . . . 

I have this painting hanging in my home. I chose it because it speaks to me.

Artist C. Michael Dudash created this watercolour, and this is his description of the beautiful work of art.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.

Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone - 9d260!

Grandma Cybersalt and I are baseball fans - again! We lived in Toronto when the Blue Jays won back to back World Series Championships in 92 and 93. It's fun to cheer them on again 32 years later!

I hope none of you who are irradiated salt will be offended by today's video share because it is all about how "Irradiated Salt Is Weird!"
Click Here to Watch

Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

A rookie pitcher was struggling at the mound, so the catcher walked out to have a talk with him.

"I've figured out your problem," he told the young southpaw. "You always seem to lose control at the same point in every game."

"When is that?" asked the kid.

"Right after the National Anthem."

I'm writing a book on reverse psychology; please DO NOT buy it.

I'm currently reading a book about a couple of insects who fall in love in an Italian city.

It's a Rome ants novel.

"Did they lie to you about who they were? Or did you lie to yourself about who they were?"

- attr. Seokhoon, Insider

A woman named Vicki once knew a young person at church named Betty.

Betty always seemed effervescent and happy, although Vicki knew she had faced struggles in her life. Her long-awaited marriage had quickly ended in divorce. She had struggled to get a grip on her single life. She hadn't chosen it, but she decided she would live it with utmost enjoyment and satisfaction. Betty was active in Sunday school, in the choir, as a leader of the junior high girls' group, and in the church renewal movement. Vicki enjoyed knowing Betty. Betty's whole face seemed to smile.

One day Vicki asked Betty, "How is it that you are always so happy, you have so much energy, and you never seem to get down?"

With her eyes smiling, Betty said, "I know the Secret!"

"What secret is that, what are you talking about?" Vicki asked.

Betty replied, "I'll tell you all about it, but you have to promise to share the Secret with others."

Vicki agreed, "Okay, now what is it?"

The Secret is this: "I have learned there is little I can do in my life that will make me truly happy. I must depend on God to make me happy and meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply according to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don't need half of what I think I do. HE has never let me down. Since I learned that Secret I am happy."

Vicki's first thought was, "That's too simple!" But upon reflecting over her own life she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy - but it didn't! She thought a better-paying job would make her happy - but it hadn't. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, a simple gift from God.

Betty knew the secret, Vicki learned the secret, and now you know it too! We can't depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His wisdom can do that. Trust HIM!

And now the Secret has been passed to you!

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

I just celebrated another birthday. I never imagined I would get this old, but here I am, old and still breathing.

Reflecting on my birthday celebration, I looked back on my life and realized I've been so busy that I've haven't had much chance to think. I know most people believe thinking is an essential part of life. I guess it is, but it has never been an essential part of my life.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.

Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday - 12d260!

Last Sunday's news did not appear due to another error between my seat and my keyboard. So here it what I meant to report - still news, but just a few days staler.

The brake warning light has been on in my truck for many months and for some reason I simply assumed it was a sensor in my emergency brake pedal once released. However, the other day I realized it was more than that when I drove to the end of my driveway, stepped on the brake pedal and thought "this might get exciting" as the pedal went almost to the floor. I did manage to stop before entering the road. I then checked the brake fluid reservoir and found it empty. After filling it up, the brake warning light went out and I sheepishly realized that would have been an easy fix months ago. Now I just have to get the air out of my brake lines: Gilligan!

Today's video share is a look at how AI is helping medical specialists deal with the rate of the doubling of medical knowledge. In 1950, that rate was every 50 years. In 2025, it is every 73 days!
Click Here to Watch

Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

Hi. This is John: If you are the phone company, I already sent the money. If you are my parents, please send money. If you are my Financial aid institution, you didn't lend me enough money. If you are my friends, you owe me money. If you are a female, don't worry I have plenty of money.

Hi. John's answering machine is broken. This is the refrigerator. Please speak very slowly, and I'll stick your message to myself with one of these magnets.

Hello, you are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They give to charity through their office and do not need their picture taken. If you're still with me, leave your name and number and they will get back to you.

This is not an answering machine this is a telepathic thought recording device. After the tone, think about your name, your reason for calling and a number where I can reach you, and I'll think about returning your call.

Hi. I am probably home. I'm just avoiding someone I don't like. Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.

Hi, this is George. I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now. Leave a message, and then wait by your phone until I call you back.

If you are a burglar, then we're probably home cleaning our weapons right now and can't come to the phone. Otherwise, we probably aren't home and it's safe to leave a message.

Please leave a message. However, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say will be recorded and will be used by us.

Been renovating my place ... and when I knocked down a wall, I found a secret, fully furnished room!! Then I remembered ... we live in a duplex.

Smaller babies may be delivered by stork, but the heavier ones need a crane.

"Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody."

- Mark Twain

We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last dime we have to make the down payment on a car that will take 5 years to pay off.

We demand speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.

We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and National Leagues but mumble through half the words our national anthems.

We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for lost time.

We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old son run wild.

We will work hard on a farm so we can move into town where we can make more money so we can move back to the farm.

We get upset we're spending over a billion dollars for education, but spend three billion dollars a year for cigarettes.

In the office we talk about baseball, shopping or fishing, but when we are out at the game, the mall or on the lake, we talk about business.

We're supposed to be the most civilized Christian place on earth, but we still can't deliver payrolls without an armored car.

We have more experts on marriage than any other country in the world and still have more divorces.

We have more food to eat than anywhere in the world and more diets to keep us from eating it.

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Susan Page writes . . . . 

Have you ever experienced a time when challenges and trials caused a deep restlessness within your soul? When we wrestle with unanswered prayers or dreams that have become nightmares, we often increase the pace of our activities to avoid the pain and doubt.

An activity that both inspires and calms me is reading inspirational biographies of people who have faced their own dark nights of the soul.

One such biography is The God I Love by Joni Eareckson Tada.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.

Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday - 19d260!

The days are getting shorter at Cybersalt World Headquarters. A couple of times this past week I walked to the edge of the hill next to us to watch the sunset: a nice break from working in my downstairs office. The Bible says there is no sun or moon in Heaven (Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:5) which means sunsets and sunrises are things only for this life. I know I won't miss them in Heaven because there will surely be Someone  better who lights the place up (Jesus) but I am going to enjoy them while I have them just the same.

Today's video share shows a spectacular volcanic eruption. The thing that gets me is that anyone who lives near the camera that recorded this totally missed the good part because it took so long for the boom to get to them so they could look to see what had happened. I personally would find that to be a huge bummer!
Click Here to Watch.

Enjoy the rest of today's digest!

~ Pastor Tim 

"Mister, why doesn't this cow have any horns?" asked the young lady from a nearby city on field trip to the country.

The farmer cocked his head for a moment, then began in a patient tone, "Well, ma'am, cattle can do a powerful lot of damage with horns. Sometimes we keep 'em trimmed down with a hacksaw. Other times we can fix up the young 'uns by puttin' a couple drops of acid where their horns would grow in, and that stops 'em cold. Still, there are some breeds of cattle that never grow horns. But the reason this cow don't have no horns, ma'am, is 'cause it's a horse."

A lot of women say their husbands never listen to them; I'm proud to say I've never heard my wife say that.

I can't believe someone broke into my house and stole all of my fruit.

I am peachless.

"If you're going to gossip, do so about another's virtues."

- Bertrand Russell

City officials in Mesa, Arizona, have mistakenly installed two bus shelters where no buses run.

The installation cost $19,000 at a time when the city is cutting its public transit budget to save money. The shelters were installed as part of a $4.6m improvement project finished about a year ago.

Although there is a bus service on part of the road, the vehicles turn before reaching the shelters. And even though the shelters have signs posted saying no buses pass by, people still wait.

"It slipped through all of us and didn't get caught until after the fact," said Ethos Kramer, a Mesa city spokesperson.

Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.

Susan Page writes . . . . 

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

(Proverbs 4:18)

Have you ever faced a time when life as you knew it was no longer the same? Testimonies that emerge after life-altering events are often the most compelling. Let us dive into a couple of powerful examples.

In her book One Light Still Shines, Marie Roberts Monville recounts the catastrophic events that took place in 2006, in an unexpected setting, a one-room Amish Schoolhouse. That is where Marie’s husband shot and killed five girls, seriously injuring five others, before turning the gun on himself, ending his own life.

The Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.