Trivial Thursdays:

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Quote of the Day:

The best things in life are nearest: 

Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet,

duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. 

Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain,

common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and

daily bread are the sweetest things in life.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

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A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at  TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to communicate ideas about God.

Here are some of the results: 
God is like BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.
God is like a FORD
He's got a better idea.
God is like COKE
He's the real thing.
God is like HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best.
God is like TIDE
He gets the stains out that others leave behind.
God is like GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.
God is like SEARS
He has everything.
God is like ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you'll like Him
God is like SCOTCH TAPE
You can't see Him, but you know He's there.
God is like DELTA
He's ready when you are.
God is like ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with Him.
God is like VO-5 HAIR SPRAY
He holds through all kinds of weather.
God is like DIAL SOAP
Aren't you glad you have Him? Don't you wish everybody did?
God is like the U.S. POST OFFICE
Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destination.
God is like CHEVOLET. . . .the heart beat of America

God is like MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE. . .
Good to the very last drop
God is like BOUNTY. . . .
He is the quicker picker upper. . can handle the tough jobs. . .and He won't fall apart on you

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LOT 'S WIFE:
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, 'My Mommy looked back once, while she was driving,' he announced triumphantly, 'and she turned into a telephone pole!'
GOOD SAMARITAN:
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan. She asked the class, 'If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?' A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, 'I think I'd throw up.'
DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, 'Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark ?'
'No,' replied Johnny. 'How could he, with just two worms.'
HIGHER POWER:
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, 'We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?' One child blurted out, 'Aces!'
MOSES AND THE RED SEA :
Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School. 'Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt . When he got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the People walked across safely. Then, he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.' 'Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?' his mother asked. 'Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!'
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD:
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Rick was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line. On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Ricky was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, 'The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know.'
UNANSWERED PRAYER?
The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always paused and bowed his head, for a moment, before starting his sermon. One day, she asked him why. 'Well, Honey,' he began, proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages, 'I'm asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.' 'How come He doesn't do it?' she asked.
BEING THANKFUL
A preacher said to a precocious six-year-old boy, 'So your mother says your prayers for you each night? That's very commendable. What does she say?'  The little boy replied, 'Thank God he's in bed!'
UNTIMELY ANSWERED PRAYER
During the minister's prayer, one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Tommy's mother was horrified. She pinched him into silence and, after church, asked, 'Tommy, whatever made you do such a thing?' Tommy answered, soberly, 'I asked God to teach me to whistle, and He just then did!'
TIME TO PRAY
A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night. 'Yes, sir,' the boy replied. 'And, do you always say them in the morning, too?' the pastor asked. 'No sir,' the boy replied. 'I ain't scared in the daytime.'
ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS?
When my daughter, Kelli, said her bedtime prayers, she would bless every family member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).
For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli would say, 'And all girls.' As this soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this at the end, my curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, 'Kelli, Why do you always add the part about all girls?' Her response, 'Because we always finish our prayers by saying 'All Men'!'
SAY A PRAYER
Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away. 'Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer.' Said his mother 'I don't have to,' The boy replied. 'Of course, you do,' his mother insisted. 'We say a prayer before eating, at our house.' 'That's our house,' Johnny explained. 'But this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook!