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Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

If today it started to rain for 40 days and 40 nights, it would be my 60th birthday when it stops.

Today's video share is about a shark that is my favourite colour: orange!
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Enjoy the rest of today's digest!

~ Pastor Tim 

A man in a hurry taking his 8-year-old son to school, made a turn at a red light where it was prohibited.

"Uh-oh, I just made an illegal turn!" the man said.

"Aw, Dad, it's okay" the son said. "The police car right behind us did the same thing."

There are three kinds of men: 

• the one that learns by reading,
• the few who learn by observation;

The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

- Will Rogers

I have a pet tree. It's a lot like having a pet dog but the bark is much quieter.

- photo by Susan Page"If you can't figure out how to be kind, figure out how to be quiet."

- unknown

A woman went to the local psychic in hopes of contacting her dearly departed grandmother. 

The psychic's eyelids begin fluttering and she begins moaning. Eventually, a voice comes, saying, "Granddaughter? Are you there?" 

The granddaughter, wide-eyed responds, "Grandma? Is that you?" 

"Yes granddaughter, it's me."

"It's really you, Grandma?" the woman repeats. 

"Yes, it's really me, granddaughter." 

The woman pauses a moment. "Grandma, I have just one question for you." 

"Anything, my child." 

"When did you learn to speak English?" 

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 recently came across a photo of the four generations of women on my mother’s side.

In it are my mother, her mother, my daughters and me. It was taken years ago while on a visit to see my grandmother in New Brunswick. It was the only time that my girls saw their maternal great-grandmother. 

Seeing the photo was like stepping back in time. I recalled how my grandmother had lovingly affirmed me as a child.

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

Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone - and welcome to the last day of summer/winter (depending on the hemisphere you live in.)

It may be the last day of summer here at Cybersalt World Headquarters, but fall is definitely in the air! It was a good summer and I am mentally and emotionally prepared for the cooler weather and being toasty warm by the fireplace (or under the heat pump.)

Another thing I am mentally and emotionally prepared for is my 60th birthday in 45 days. I am actually quite excited about turning 60, so consider this is fair warning that out of the fullness of my heart I will be speaking of it often in the coming weeks - Lord willing!

I have mixed feelings about today's video share, especially about the theorizing a the beginning and the end. But with that in mind, I do find World Population - History & Projection (10,000 BC-2100) interesting in many ways
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

After a day of grueling maneuvers under the blazing Texas sun, the platoon stood in front of the barracks.

"All right, ladies, think about this," bellowed the drill instructor. "If you could have ten minutes alone, right now, with anyone in the world, who would it be?"

Amid much mumbling, one voice was heard from the back row.

"My recruiter."

I wish my life had background music so I could at least know if I'm in a drama, comedy, or horror show.

I told my plants I love them. Now, they're rooting for me.

"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses."

- Plato

When a customer left his cell phone in my store, I scrolled through his saved numbers, stopped at "Mom" and pushed send.

His mother answered, and I told her what happened.

"Don't worry," she said, "I'll take care of it."

A few minutes later, the cell phone rang. It was "Mom."

"Martin," she said, "you left your cell phone at the convenience store."

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

I'm not sure if it's just me getting old or something altogether different. Time seems to go by fast.

My father used to say, "The older you get the faster time goes." I'm finally beginning to understand what he meant by that.

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Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

We're enjoying a visit with our son who is here for two days and a night doing a bunch of yard care and fence fixing for us - willingly! I note "willingly" because in his teens there was much less yard care done and mush less "willing" as well. It's all good, though, because he was still a great kid back then and he is a great man now - independent of what he did/does around here!

Today's video share is both describable and beyond description. I get dizzy just thinking about trying this.
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Enjoy the rest of today's digest!

~ Pastor Tim 

How long does it take to digest?

Banana – 30 minutes
Apples – 40 minutes
White rice – 1 hour
Avocado – 2 hours
Eggs – 2.5 hours
Almonds – 3 hours
Losing a big fish – 55 years

Some things are better left unsaid, which I often realize after I say them.

Scientists have successfully grown human vocal cords from stem cells in the lab.

The results speak for themselves.

A man went to a monastery for a retreat. The monk who showed him to his room said this,

“If you need anything, let us know and we’ll teach you how to live without it.”

A frazzled Mrs. Melnik sprang to the telephone when it rang and listened with relief to the kindly voice in her ear.

"How are you, darling?" it said. "What kind of a day are you having?"

"Oh, mother," said the housewife, breaking into bitter tears, "I've had such a bad day. The baby won't eat and the washing machine broke down. I haven't had a chance to go shopping, and besides, I've just sprained my ankle and I have to hobble around. On top of that, the house is a mess and I'm supposed to have two couples to dinner tonight."

The mother was shocked and was at once all sympathy. "Oh, darling," she said, "sit down, relax, and close your eyes. I'll be over in half an hour. I'll do your shopping, clean up the house, and cook your dinner for you. I'll feed the baby and I'll call a repairman I know who'll be at your house to fix the washing machine promptly. Now stop crying. I'll do everything. In fact, I'll even call Morty at the office and tell him he ought to come home and help out for once."

"Morty?" said the housewife. "Who's Morty?"

 "Why, Morty! Your husband! ....Is this 816-555-1374?

"No, this is 816-555-1375." 

"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number." 

There was a short pause and the housewife said, "Does this mean you're not coming over?" 

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Susan Page writes . . . . 

There are times and seasons in life where we may not feel very joyful. However, in Scripture, the word joy is referenced 242 times. Joy is listed second in the fruit of the Spirit, after the word love.

A favourite verse of mine is, "The joy of the LORD is my strength," taken from the book of Nehemiah.

In the story, the Israelites were listening to the Word of the Lord, bowing down in worship with their faces to the ground. They were weeping as they listened to the reading. In Chapter 8, Nehemiah said to them: "This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. Nehemiah said, 'Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy, because they now understood the words that had been made known to them."

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

Cybersalt News

Sunday greetings everyone.

I am definitely ready for a day of rest today after a very full day of work yesterday, which included finishing off a major project for a client. Working hard is not the only reason to take a day off, but it is one of the more enjoyable ones.

I always hope that you will enjoy my video shares, but I hope that today's results in boredom!
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest. 

~ Pastor Tim 

It was the first day of school.

As the principal made his rounds, he heard a terrible commotion coming from one of the classrooms.

He rushed in and spotted one boy, taller than the others, who seemed to be making the most noise.

He seized the lad, dragged him to the hall, and told him to wait there until he was excused.

Returning to the classroom, the principal restored order and lectured the class for half an hour about the importance of good behavior.

Now," he said," are there any questions?

"One girl stood up timidly.

"Please sir," she asked, "May we have our teacher back?"

"Where is exactly is your teacher?"

"He's in the hall, sir."

My September goal is to be less condescending.

(Condescending means to talk down to people.)

My anatomy class had to assemble a human skeleton, and I hid one of the arm bones as a joke.

No one found that humerus.

- photo by Susan Page"Never do the flowers of grace grow more than in the showers of repentant tears"

- Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance

My daughter and I planted four trees in our backyard recently. They were little more than twigs when she brought them home. She was able to hold all four of them in the palm of one hand. Still, with faith in the future I dug the holes in our backyard and with loving care my daughter planted each one of the saplings.

When I look out on them now I smile. They are so small and yet so full of life.

As they stretch towards the morning sun and slowly grow upward to the sky I can see the hundreds of glorious years that lie ahead of them. Soon they will be filling the air around them with life giving oxygen. Soon they will be blessing the world with their sweet smell and comforting shade. Soon they will be changing the world for the better just by being in it.

What most of us don't realize is that we can change the world for the better just by being in it too.

When we go out of our homes each morning we don't see just how many trees of goodness that we can plant each day. Every single smile that we share plants a little more light in another's heart. Every single act of kindness that we do plants a little more kindness and happiness in this world. Every single moment of joy that we spread puts new seedlings of joy in the souls around us. Every single bit of love that we give plants another sapling of Heaven here on Earth. We may only think of ourselves as tiny twigs, but in our lifetimes we all can do more good than a forest of Redwoods.

Don't be afraid to try and change the world for the better then. Remember that you are a Child of God put here to fill this world with love and joy. With God's love in your heart and with God's joy in your soul you can help to create a never-ending forest of goodness in this world just by planting one sapling at a time.

- Joseph J. Mazzella

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

I like celebrating anything and everything. After all, who doesn’t like party time?

Thinking along this line it occurred to me this month I will be celebrating my birthday. I pondered this for a while and was trying to figure out which birthday I should celebrate.

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