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Sunday Greetings everyone!
One of the things that the pandemic has left hanging over us is the opportunity to return to places of our past that have not changed, but forever will never be the same because of the people we have lost.
This is very much on my mind because this week Grandma Cybersalt and I will be travelling to my home town for a big family gathering. I have not been with my parents for 3 years and am looking forward to being in the same room as them. However, joining this reunion will be the huge presence of the absence of my sister who passed away at the end of 2021. We will be celebrating her life and finding new ways to continue ours without her.
One of my favorite things to do during a visit home has been to get away and have a visit with my best childhood friend. On this trip I will slip away to visit Darrell's grave for the first time. We will be getting together with his wife and kids at their home. It will be nice to see them, but I am keenly aware that my visit will be another sad first for them.
Today's video is a song I discovered this week. With these things on my mind, it has been a great comfort and reminder of the invitation to come to Jesus for rest.
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~ Pastor Tim
Children's Message
A pastor was giving the children's message during church. For this part of the service, he would gather all the children around him and give a brief lesson before dismissing them for children's church.
On this particular Sunday, he was using squirrels for an object lesson on industry and preparation.
He started out by saying, "I'm going to describe something, and I want you to raise your hand when you know what it is." The children nodded eagerly.
"This thing lives in trees (pause) and eats nuts (pause)..." No hands went up. "And it is gray (pause) and has a long bushy tail (pause)..." The children were looking at each other, but still no hands raised. "And it jumps from branch to branch (pause) and chatters and flips its tail when it's excited (pause)..."
Finally one little boy tentatively raised his hand. The pastor breathed a sigh of relief and called on him.
"Well," said the boy, "I know the answer is supposed to be Jesus ... but it sure sounds like a squirrel to me!"
One-Liner #1657
Telling someone to calm down is about like baptizing a cat.
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My niece told all her little friends with pride that she had seen a man-eating shark at the aquarium, to which one of them replied,
"That's nothing! I saw a man eating shrimp at Long John Silver's."
- Charles Wukasch
Quote #2094
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Delegation, Time Management, Business
One day a gentleman walked into one of Ben Franklin's book stores.
As one of the clerks went to assist him, the gentleman asked the clerk the price of the book he wished to purchase. The young clerk looked at the price posted on the book and said, "That book is one dollar, sir."
The gentleman began to haggle with the clerk over the price. The clerk assured him that the correct price for the book was one dollar and no lower. As the man realized that his efforts to haggle with the clerk were going nowhere, he insisted on speaking with Ben Franklin directly.
Franklin stopped his work, walked out to the storefront and the gentleman asked, "What is the price of this book?"
Franklin answered, "One dollar and a quarter."
The gentleman was confused and replied, "Your clerk just said it was a dollar."
Franklin looked at the book again and answered, "Yes, it was a dollar. But now you're wasting my time."
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We had two of our grandkids staying with us last weekend. Both of them left us with wonderful memories, and one of them left me with his cold/flu/fever. And from that you can pretty much imagine how the week has gone at Cybersalt World Headquarters.
It seems a farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon load of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise.
My spouse says I have two faults; I don't listen and ... something else.
"Two silk worms had a race. It ended in a tie."
"Unless there is Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday."
Nearing the parish church during his daily walk, a young man saw that some shrubbery was on fire. He banged on the rectory door and told the woman who opened it she'd better call the fire department.
Today's video share is Palm Sunday as depicted in "The Jesus Film." This link will take you right to that point in the movie, which is 2 hours long in total and would be a great watch this Holy Week.
You know you've been drinking too much coffee when...
I don't trip, I do random gravity checks.
A man was passing a small courtyard and heard voices murmuring. He went in and saw an altar with a large zero in the middle and a banner that said 'NIL'.
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."
1. TODAY I WILL NOT STRIKE BACK:
I do not know if grouchy comes with old age or if in old age you are too weak to subdue it. I guess it does not really matter because I am having a little bit of trouble along this line. My grouchy seems to be getting out of control.
I was having one of the best sleeps I have had in a while last night when I was awoken at 1:55am by the front doorbell being rung three times in quick succession. I slowly got out of bed and looked outside to see if there was a police car in the driveway delivering some bad news.
Stacey makes a new friend at school and invites her home for the first time. Stacey excuses herself to fetch her Mom and introduce her new friend. As her friend is standing in the living room next to the fireplace, she picks up the attractive bowl on the mantle.
Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
"If someone complains that punning is the lowest form of humor, you can tell them that poetry is verse."
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
A big, burly man visited his pastor's home and asked to see the minister's wife, a woman well known for her charitable impulses.
Spring has truly arrived at Cybersalt World Headquarters. I know so because this week I spotted a Grandma Cybersalt out mowing the lawn!
Pete and Larry had not seen each other in many years. Now they had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by telling about their lives. Finally Pete invited Larry to visit him in his new apartment. 
I don't have grey hair; I have wisdom highlights!
"I'm going to the dentist today: HOPE I DON'T COME BACK ALL CAPS!"
"If Spring came but once a century instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change."
I answered my door and a Jehovah's Witness asked if he could talk to me about God.
Recently, I was reminded of my father’s passing 12 years ago. It’s funny how time quickly goes by, and then something happens to remind you of the past.