Thanks for the positive comments about the Vision message. I believe the big challenge God is laying before is this year is to Know Jesus Better.
Numbers represent people God loves. This past Sunday 1562 people came to ADBC! Thanks be to God!
Big Thought for the week: Knowing Jesus better depends on the direction of your heart.
To all Football fans: no comment on Clemson v. West Virginia. But, wasn't Tebow impressive Sunday?
Smile: To all of you who wondered about my quote from Mark Twain ("The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something about cats you can learn no other way"), you may wonder if I have a cat. I do not. I have a teenager. The species are similar:
– Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
– No matter what you do for them, it is not enough. Indeed, all humane efforts are barely adequate to compensate for the privilege of waiting on them hand and foot.
– You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teenager in his or her right mind wants to be seen in public with his or her parents.
– Even if you tell jokes as well as Jay Leno, neither your cat nor your teen will ever crack a smile.
– No cat or teenager shares you taste in music.
– Cats and teenagers can lie on the living-room sofa for hours on end without moving, barely breathing.
– Cats have nine lives. Teenagers carry on as if they did.
– Cats and teenagers yawn in exactly the same manner, communicating that ultimate human ecstasy — a sense of complete and utter boredom.
– Cats and teenagers do not improve anyone’s furniture.
– Cats that are free to roam outside sometimes have been known to return in the middle of the night to deposit a dead animal in your bedroom. Teenagers are not above that sort of behavior. Thus, if you must raise teenagers, the best sources of advice are not other parents, but veterinarians. It is also a good idea to keep a guidebook on cats at hand at all times. And remember, above all else, put out the food and do not make any sudden moves in their direction. When they make up their minds, they will finally come to you for some affection and comfort, and it will be a triumphant moment for all concerned.
PLUS one young lady from our church took up the challenge of picking up her cat by the tail:
I was assured that neither girl nor cat was harmed in the taking of this picture.
