Excuses for missing school
THOUGHTS Spring/summer 2016
My son is under a doctors care and couldn’t take PE yesterday. Please execute him.
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Please excuse Tom for being absent on January 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. A man with a nagging secret couldn’t keep it any longer. In the confessional he admitted that for years he had been stealing building supplies from the lumber yard where he worked. “What did you take?” his priest asked him. “Enough to build my own house and enough for my son’s house. And houses for our two daughters and our cottage at the lake.” “This is very serious,” the priest said “I shall have to think of a far reaching penance. Have you ever done a retreat?” “No, Father, I haven’t, the man replied. “But if you can get the plans, I can get the lumber.” It is better for people to confess their sins than to harden their hearts
Please excuse Danny for being, it was his father’s fault. Richard had an acre in his side. Please excuse Joe from being absent last week, he could not talk because of Larry and Gitus. Please excuse Nancy for staying home. The doctor said that her lungs are too full to be outside. Please excuse Robert from being absent, he had a cold and could not breed well. These were actual excuses for missing school handed in by pupils
Trying to improve your health? 1. "Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will." -Gandhi 2. "Fitness is not about being better than someone else, it's about being better than you used to be." 3.
"Excuses don't burn calories."
4. "The difference between try and triumph is a little umph." -Marvin Phillips 5. "The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential: these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence." -Confucius 6. "Do or do not. There is no try." -Yoda 7. "Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different?" -C.S. Lewis 8. "A year from now you'll wish you had started today."
The Bible is not a scientific book nevertheless when it does make scientific statements it is stunning for its accuracy.
The Bible says that God made man from the dust of the earth. NASA’s Ames research centre confirmed that every single element found in the human body comes from the soil. The Lord challenged Abraham to count the stars if he could number them. Modern telescopes have allowed us to see over 200 million stars in the Milky Way, there are over 10 billion galaxies besides our Milky way each containing more than 200 million stars. Genesis 1:6-7 declares that God created a large amount of water which he placed in the heavens or outer space. Scientists are currently discovering ice on many planets, proving the veracity of the Bible. The Tungusku explosion in Central Siberia on 30 June 1908 was caused by a massive block of ice weighing 30,9000 tons releasing energy equivalent to that of a thermonuclear bomb of 12 megatons Much of the water is locked up on the Oort Cloud from which comets emanate. The Bible says that when 3
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There’s enough here to keep you challenged all through 2016 and every other year enjoy.
The Bible declared it first!
THOUGHTS Spring 2016
Motivational tips for 2016
“Don’t be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes. “ Thomas Fuller
“An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failures of human kind,” Walter Bagehot “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible,” Jonathan Swift A classic is a book which people praise highly but never read. There’s a facelift you can perform yourself that is guaranteed to improve your appearance. It’s called a smile Don’t criticise too quickly. Even a clock that doesn’t work is right twice a day
The Bible declared it first (contd)
Jesus returns to this earth it could be in daytime or night time The apostle Luke could not have know this truth in his day. The sun moves through space in a orbit covering a period of 260,000,000 years. The Hubble telescope confirmed the accuracy of scripture Psalms 19:4-6. God said “Seek him that made the seven stars and Orion.” Only 6 stars were visible in Orion in Amos’s day Modern science with advanced telescopes have since revealed a 7th star in Pleiades. The Bible states that God hung the earth on nothing Job. 26:7 Astronomers have discovered that the area to the north of the axis of our earth towards the polar star is almost empty of stars. This information has taken cosmologists by surprise. The Bible reveals that winds are governed by their weight. Meteorologists have found that the relative weights of the wind and water greatly determine the weather patterns. The Gulf stream was alluded to by King David “the paths of the sea” We now know that there is an enormous “gyre” a 13,000 mile current of water circling the Atlantic ocean. God said to Job “have you entered the springs of the sea?” Its only in the last 60 years that these huge springs of fresh water pouring out of the ocean floor have been discovered. Space doesn’t allow for more examples of these truths revealed in God’s word I may continue in a future edition to reveal more; hope you find the article interesting, any thoughts! contact me, see front panel.
THOUGHTS Spring 2016 Don’t fear tomorrow God, is already there
Wish I’d said that!!
ABC OF SALVATION
Music is my first love… I have to be honest I simply love music nearly all kinds, but my real favourites currently are classics; show music and Christian songs and hymns. Having been a piano player from about age four. Though never having attained any grades and only a brief period of teaching am really mainly self taught, but having been bitten by the bug or gifting it has never left . If I see a piano anywhere in my travels the urge to play it, however badly!! is always there I have had an organ for about 20 years and have challenged myself to play some of the most diabolical pieces ever conceived by composers. and have seen improvements through determination it may in fact now almost be possible to convince my hearers of my faultless playing, but sadly that is not always the case. The key to success is never giving up and continual practice. So my advice is keep at what ever gives you pleasure, music, sport or whatever, because you can succeed.
ACKNOWLEDGE that you are a sinner, and have fallen short of God’s perfection Romans 3:23
BELIEVE in the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal lord and saviour Revelation 21:27
CONFESS with your mouth that Jesus Christ is now your Lord by telling others about it. Scary
The ABC of salvation looks a very simple way to enter into God’s kingdom while here on earth. Obviously there is much more to faith than just being saved from hell itself. It is then an opportunity to grow closer to God and get to know Him by reading His word. Speaking to Him and being in fellowship with other believers in a church where you can feel at home and become a useful servant. Knowing more of His love for you no matter where you have come from. Even the vilest sinner who turns away from his sin is welcomed into the kingdom of God. There is no entry fee. God came to save us sinners. Those who recognised their need of Him and who didn’t have it all together. He is a God who already knows all about you and me, even our hidden sins and He still loves us. A free gift without catches must be a one off in our materialistic world. But the choice is always in your hands. God will not force anyone to love him.