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Editor: Richard (Dick) Innes          
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Vol.18 - No. 4216  October 15, 2016

 
Thought for the week: "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure—try to please everybody." – Herbert Bayard Swope
 
    INDEX
1.   Words of Wisdom
2.   On the Lighter Side
3.   When Trees Are Threatened
4.   I Just Helped Him Cry
5.   Angels in Disguise
6.   Can I Borrow $100?
7.   Pursue Peace
8.   Receive Daily Encounter Devotional  Without Charge
9.   Weekend Encounter E-mail Edition  Without Charge
10.   Know God ... Without Having to Be Religious
11.   Seven Pillars of Character
12.   Prayer Partners Needed
13.   Please Help Support Weekend Encounter
14.   Helpful Books
15.   Services Without Charges
16.   ACTS in Action Report; Archives for Daily and Weekend Encounter
 

1. Words of Wisdom

"The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep need meet." – Frederick Buechner

"The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward." – Igor Sikorsky

"Someone once asked Wayne Gretsky, the great hockey player, how he managed to become the best goal-scorer in the history of the game. He simply replied, 'While everyone else is chasing the puck, I go where the puck is going to be.'" – Unknown

"Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling." – Author unknown

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do." – Henry Ford

"If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it." – Pam Shaw

"Be grateful for your problems, for they stimulate an 'I-can-solve-it' new attitude." – Mark Victor Hansen

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer." – Denis Waitley

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2. On the Lighter Side

The minister of a well-attended, strong, and enthusiastic church often showed himself ready and able to deal with any situation that might come up. One Sunday, just as he was reaching the climax of his sermon, his own young son entered the church, ran to the center aisle, started making loud beeps and vrrrmms like a car without a muffler, then zoomed right toward him. The minister stopped his sermon, pointed severely at his son, and commanded, "Jimmy, park the car immediately beside your mother on that bench (pointing), turn off the ignition, and hand her the keys." The sermon continued undisturbed ... after a good laugh by the congregation.

– Source Unknown

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3. When Trees Are Threatened

We signed up for a hike with a ranger, who told us a remarkable thing: when a tree's life is threatened, stressed by the elements of fire, drought, or other calamity, it twists beneath its bark to reinforce and make itself stronger.

On the surface, this new inner strength may not be visible, for the bark often continues to give the same vertical appearance. Only when the exterior is stripped away, or when the tree is felled, are its inner struggles revealed"

Inner struggles for folks like you and me can also make us stronger if we so choose, and face our difficulties and challenges with courage and determination and not allow them to defeat us.

– Marilyn J. Abraham

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4. I Just Helped Him Cry

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The Winner? A four year old boy whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

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5. Angels in Disguise

Two businessmen were traveling by train to an important business meeting. In the seat opposite them was an old man with a shaggy beard, dressed in a tattered sweater and jeans. Throughout the ride the two told each other crude jokes about bums and tramps, with particular reference to the chap in the next seat. When they arrived at the meeting they discovered this "tramp" was a world-class scholar and the meeting's keynote speaker. Realizing he had heard everything they said en route, they apologized. "It is not my forgiveness you need," he responded, "but the forgiveness of all the common people you hold in such disdain."

Charles H. Bayer, When It Is Dark Enough, CSS Publishing Company, 1994,
0-7880-0001-2.

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6. Can I Borrow $100?

Tim was disappointed that his father didn't attend the last soccer game of the season, but he wasn't surprised. Tim was a mature 10-year-old and he understood that lots of clients depended on his dad, who had to work most nights and weekends. Still, it made him sad, especially since this year he won the league's most valuable player award.

One evening Tim got up the nerve to interrupt his father's work to ask him how much lawyers actually make per hour. His father was annoyed and gruffly answered, "Well, they pay me $300 an hour."

Tim gulped and said, "Wow, that's a lot. Would you lend me $100?"

"Of course not," his father barked. "Please, let me work."

Later, the father felt guilty and went to Tim's room where he found him sobbing. "Son," he said, "I'm sorry. If you need money of course I'll lend it to you. But can I ask why?"

Tim said, "Daddy, I know your time is really worth a lot and with the $200 I already have, I'll have enough. Can I buy an hour so you can come to the awards banquet on Friday?"

It hit his father like a punch to the heart when he realized his son needed him even more than his clients did and that he needed to be there for his son more than he needed money or career accolades. He hugged his son and said, "I'm so proud of you, nothing could keep me away."

Lots of parents are stretched to their limit trying to balance business demands and family needs. It's always a matter of priorities. But if we don't arrange our lives to be there for our children, they will regret it—and after it's too late, so will we.

This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts.

© 2005 Josephson Institute of Ethics; reprinted with permission. Michael Josephson, one of the nation's leading ethicists, is the founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and the premier youth character education program, CHARACTER COUNTS!  For further information visit www.charactercounts.org. This story is derived and adapted from one that has been circulated on the Internet without attribution. The original source is unknown.

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7. Pursue Peace

Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes

"Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual up-building" (Romans 14: 19, RSV).

"I know what makes him tick, and I know what ticks him off!"

These were the words of a speaker I heard when talking about her relationship with her husband—with whom, by the way, she had a very good relationship.

Clever lady. Smart wife!

For couples, and friends for that matter, to relate well to each other—and to build each other up—each needs to know how the other ticks; that is, understand each other. First though, we need to know and understand ourselves ... and know what ticks us off and why we get ticked off (get angry)!

There are some things we ought to get angry about, such as at anything that is harmful to others, but oftentimes we get angry—and overreact—not because of what the other person has done, but because of who we are. In other words, when I have a lot of unresolved hurt and anger from the past, it can get triggered by the slightest incident and I overreact!

What the other person does may or may not be a problem, but my hurt and my anger is always my responsibility. And to the degree that I overreact, that is always my problem!

So we need to know not only what ticks us and each other off, but also why we get ticked off ... and what we need to do about it if we are to have fulfilling and meaningful relationships.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please help me to know, understand and accept myself, so I will be much more understanding and accepting of others. And help me to face and resolve my character issues and be a peacemaker and not a troublemaker. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

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11. Seven Pillars of Character

The first of these six pillars of character are from Michael Josephson of Character counts to which I have added a seventh:

  • Trustworthiness
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Fairness
  • Caring
  • Citizenship
  • Personal Honesty

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