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Sunday greetings everyone!
This past week was one of the busiest I've had in a very long time. Between meetings — both work and personal — and everything happening on the business side of Cybersalt, it's been full-on! I'm not complaining, though. It's been genuinely rewarding. And while rewarding doesn't mean it isn't tiring, I'll take tired-with-a-sense-of-reward over just plain tired any day.
Today's video share is a helpful reflection on the struggle we have with Negative Thoughts.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.
~ Pastor Tim
Overworked
(These numbers need to be updated, but the principle remains...)
For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked.
The population of the US is 237 million.
104 million are retired.
That leaves 133 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work.
Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government, leaving 19 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the work.
Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You and me.
And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes.
One-Liner #2007
The fact that most captchas are based on robots not being able to identify bikes or traffic lights doesn't fill me with confidence for self-driving cars.
A Pigeon Pun 😂
I gave the rest of my pastry to two pigeons.
I smiled when I realized that I had filled two birds with one scone.
Quote #2443
"The man who says his wife can't take a joke, forgets that she took him."
- Oscar Wilde
The Elevator Pinch
As the crowded elevator descended, Mrs. Wilson became increasingly furious with her husband, who was delighted to be pressed against a gorgeous blonde.
As the elevator stopped at the main floor, the blonde suddenly whirled, slapped Mr. Wilson, and said, "That will teach you to pinch!"
Bewildered, Mr. Wilson was halfway to the parking lot with his wife when he choked, "I... I... didn't pinch that girl."
"Of course you didn't," said his wife, consolingly. "I did."
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 . . . .
Nobody is Perfect, at least That’s What I’m Told
People often say nobody is perfect. I've said that at least 100 times, but there are times when I am not quite sure that it applies to me.
There are some situations when I think I am perfect. I do not say it aloud because I do not want to step on anybody's toes. But I believe I am perfect, I keep believing it, and then reality hits like a pie in my face.
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Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had had enough.
My sweet wife got me a simple metal bracelet with the first initials of our kids on it.
Not all construction work is equally enjoyable. 
Politics is our religion.
“Even though I walk through the valley…”
A new young minister got his first charge - a tiny church way out on the prairies. He traveled from the big city early to familiarize himself with the parish, and visited the church on Wednesday. It was dark and dreary inside, and remembering the suggestion that he find a cause to get the congregation working together, he got the bright idea that they should raise funds to buy a chandelier to hang in the middle of the sanctuary, and spent the next three days preparing his sermon.
Although the year is new, I’m still an old geezer. I think I know what geezer means, but I’m not sure what the definition of “old” is. One person’s old is another person’s youth. Believe me, I don’t know the difference.
Sony has announced its own computer operating system now available on its hot new portable PC called the Vaio.
It's like my mom always told me ... "You might not be the dumbest guy in the world, but you better hope he doesn't die."
I once asked a girl on a date and she said I had a face like the back of a boat.
"Do you remember, before the internet, that it was thought that the cause of collective stupidity was the lack of access to information? Well ... it wasn't that."
"Oh, No!" he gasped as he surveyed the disaster before him. Never in his 40 years of life had he seen anything like it. How anyone could have survived he did not know.
Lets face it
I saw a chameleon today, so I guess it was a pretty bad chameleon.
Justice is a dish best served cold.
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers."
If you've been following along, you already know I'm trying to write a song every week. And let me just say — this is not a small task. I may be losing a little sleep over it, but I'm honestly very excited. There's something special about digging into Scripture and letting it shape a song.
A woman had a beautiful black cat with white feet, named Socks. Socks spent his days outside and came indoors only at night. One cool October evening, he disappeared.
One of the most valuable gifts in life is the ability to see. I cannot imagine a day I cannot see.
8:00 am: Too tired to think.
My dad was always a "If you got up there on your own, you can get down on your own" sort of man. 
I took the shell off my racing snail, thinking it would make him faster.
"We don't develop new patterns by unearthing old ones; we develop new patterns by intentionally behaving in new ways."
Two angels are talking on Cloud #8 when one says, 