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.The StainA lady sent a white velvet coat to the dry cleaners to remove a stain.Their efforts proved to be in vain for the stain would not move.When the woman returned to the dry cleaners she found a note pinned to the garment.It read “It is impossible to remove this stain.” No dry cleaner can remove the stain of sin from our life.Pilate could not wash away the stain of his own guilt.A leopard cannot remove its spots.But there is a cleansing agent that can remove every stain!220.Move a Little CloserThere is a story about a young man and an old preacher.The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn.So he went to see the old preacher.Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his problem.Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, “I've begged God to say something to help me.Preacher, why doesn't God answer?”The old preacher sitting across the room, spoke something in reply, so hushed it was indistinguishable.The young man stepped nearer.“What did you say?” he asked.The preacher repeated himself but in whispered tones.The young man moved closer until he was leaning on the preacher's chair.“Sorry, I still didn't hear you.” With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more.“God sometimes whispers so we will move closer to hear him.” This time the young man heard and understood.221.The Safest PlaceAvoid riding in cars.They are responsible for 20% of all deaths.Do not stay at home! 17% of all accidents occur at home.Avoid walking on streets because pedestrians suffer 14% of all accidents.Don't travel by air, rail, or water, because 16% of all accidents occur here.You will be pleased to learn that only 0.001% of all accidents occur in church and these are usually related to previously known physical disorders.Therefore, logic tells us the safest place in the world is church!222.You can't take it with youRose Greenhow was a spy for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.She tried to avoid capture and the loss of her ill-gotten gains by sewing the gold she had gained into the seams of her dress.But the ship she boarded sank and the weight of the gold made it impossible for the life belt to support her.She sank to the bottom with all her wealth.Dr Pierce Harris who told the story pointed out that death did to her what it does to all of us because we “cannot take it with us” when we die.But sometimes we might add, “it takes is with it!”223.How to Keep WarmOn one occasion, the famous Indian Christian Sadhu Sundar Singh was travelling through a pass high in the Himalayas.At one point they came across a person lying in the snow.Sundar Singh wished to stop and help, but his companion said, “In this fierce cold we shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves trying to help him.” But Sundar Singh would not think of leaving the man to die in the ice and snow.His companion went on alone as Sundar Singh lifted the man on his back and with great effort carried the man onwards.Gradually the heat of Sundar Singh's body began to warm the one carried and he revived.Soon they were both walking side by side.A little while later they came upon the frozen body of his previous companion who had collapsed and died from the cold.By being willing to lose his life to save another, Sundar Singh was himself saved; while his friend sought to save his life but lost it.224.For Whom the Bell TollsIn the days of Oliver Cromwell in England, a military court sentenced a young soldier to death.He was to be shot at the time of “the ringing of the curfew bell”.His fiancée climbed up into the bell tower some hours before curfew time and tied herself to the bell's huge clapper.At curfew time when only muted sounds came from the bell tower, Cromwell demanded to know why the bell was not ringing.The soldiers went to investigate and found the young woman cut and bleeding from being knocked back and forth against the great bell.They brought her down and the story goes, Cromwell was so impressed by her willingness to suffer on behalf of someone she loved that he revoked the sentence saying “Curfew shall not ring tonight”.225.The Ultimate TestThrough unusual circumstances John Blanchard met Miss Hollis Maynard but only by correspondence.During his overseas duty in World War II they had frequently corresponded and grew to know each other well.Romance was budding, Blanchard requested a photograph, but Hollis refused.She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn't matter what she looked like.The day finally came for him to return from Europe and they scheduled their first meeting, 7:00 PM at Grand Central Station in New York [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]