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Sunday greetings, everyone!
Grandma Cybersalt and I had a great time at the www.jdayusa.com conference last week in Austin, Texas, and we super enjoyed the extra days we spent there - including the unexpected add-on day after the airline neglected to tell us they had changed our flight home. We found out when we arrived at the airport after it had left!
The is a new devotional from Pastor Suneel Barkat. I admire Suneel because English is not his first language, but he is really putting an effort into writing (and getting good help from Cybersaltine, Walter M.) This month's article is written in a new style for him and I think he's done a great job. Please keep praying for Pastor Barkat and his family. We are "oh so close" to raising the amount needed to bring them to Canada for church planting ministry.
Today's video share shows a musical instrument I have heard of but have never heard nor seen before. Having now seen it, I must say, "Hurdy-Gurdy" is a very apropos name for it!
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Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.
~ Pastor Tim
Safe Keeping
When the U.S. Mint reissued two-dollar bills, I thought they might someday become collectors' items. I went to the bank and picked up a hundred, serially numbered and still in their original band. On my next trip to my parents' house, I gave the $200 to my mother and said, "Take good care of these. They might be worth something someday."
Just recently, I asked Mom if she was keeping the two-dollar bills safe.
"Oh, yes!" she replied. "I deposited them in the bank the day after you gave them to me."
One-Liner #1741
One day you'll be thankful things didn't work out the way you want them to.
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Archeological Pun
After a heavy day's digging at the archeological site in Norway, researchers uncovered a priceless statue of the ancient Norse thunder god. He had bulging muscles and imposing stance, and his famous giant hammer. But most important of all, the eyes in his fierce-looking face were made of two giant rubies that glittered with a brilliant red color.
Of course, the two leading archeologists on the dig were both determined that they should be the one to have their name listed on the discovery. Pretty soon, a big argument was underway. The two provided the others with a great source of amusement for the evening. By the time they finally gave up and called a truce, everyone else was feeling quite refreshed by the entertainment.
As the crowd dispersed, one junior digger turned to his friend, and said, "Well, that was a fight for Thor eyes."
Quote #2177
"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife."
- Will Durant
The Perishing Parish
A pastor had had a bad week. On Sunday he was very frustrated and he began his sermon, "Everyone in this parish is going to hell if they don't change their ways."
One man in the back began to laugh.
So the pastor said it again louder.
The man continued to laugh.
The pastor went back to him and asked him why he was laughing.
He answered, "Because I don't belong to this parish!"
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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . .
Where is The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage?
Our family's Christmas this year was the best one yet. But, of course, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage says that every year. I completely agree with her this year.
Our great-granddaughter served as the focal point of our Christmas this year. She assumed that position because she was born two weeks before Christmas. What a gift.
Read moreRev. Suneel Barkat writes . . . .
Silence of God
When we look at the nature of God, we come to know that He is a loving God and always keeps his fellowship with human beings because He created them in His own image. Man has the skill to speak, listen, and time to adopt silence.
What will happen when God is silent in your life?
Today, I want to share my anguish in my experience of God’s silence in my life at various times.
Read moreThe Cybersalt Digest is a ministry of Pastor Tim and Cybersalt.
The news today is that Grandma Cybersalt and I are flying to Austin, Texas for JDAY USA (
Every Friday after work, a mathematician goes down to the Ice Cream Parlor, sits in the second-to-last seat, turns to the last seat, which is empty, and asks a girl, who isn't there, if he can buy her some ice-cream.
Some days you eat salad and work out; some days you have cupcakes and pizza. It's called balance.
Two atoms are eating in a restaurant.
"The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them."
Several women, each trying to one-up the other, appeared in court, each accusing the others of causing the trouble they were having in the apartment building where they lived.
Whenever a week goes by without any hitches, I have learned that something somewhere is wrong.
Vice Presidents and personnel directors of the one hundred largest corporations were asked to describe their most unusual experience interviewing prospective employees.
I wish I were a little kid so I can just take a nap and everyone will be proud of me.
We all know that April showers bring May flowers, but what do May flowers bring?
"Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater."
While serving as church usher, I was carrying out our tradition of escorting parishioners to their seats before the service began. After I returned to the entrance of the sanctuary to escort the next party, I greeted two strangers and asked where they would like to sit.
If you came to our parsonage, you would discover all over our property, plants and flowers. Just don’t ask me to identify what they are. I can tell a plant from a flower, but that’s as far as it goes with me.
During the time I was a first lieutenant at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, the junior officers challenged the senior officers to see who would donate the most blood.
"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone."
I found a very interesting book about anti-gravity.
"'I am with you always, to the end of the age.' That is a promise you can stake your life on. It is also a challenge: if Jesus himself is 'with you,' what should you be doing? How then should you live?"
I once played golf in a foursome with my Minister. I'm afraid I forgot myself and let loose with some profanity after missing an easy shot.
As a writer, I always have a small notebook in my shirt pocket to take notes when I have an idea. I don’t have too many ideas, so I want to write down any I get so I don’t forget them. That has helped me out on many occasions.
10. You absolutely love the movie, "The Ten Commandments."
Money talks; chocolate sings!
Sending you warm Easter wishes … by hare-mail!
There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.
You ask why I follow this Jesus?
As may be expected, Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Although I prefer to call it Resurrection Sunday, I am not easily offended by words. Remember the old saying, "Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you."