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I've Been In Long Caravans Before Where Anywhere ...
Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Oct 1, 2002 (message contributor)
I’ve been in long caravans before where anywhere from 5 to 25 vehicles are making the same trek together - as a tree planting and a youth pastor. You know what my rule always was for the drivers? Keep up with the guy ahead of you. That was my rule. It seemed natural because you’re always looking ahead anyhow.
As it turns out, that’s the dumbest thing we could have done. Just one car has to get too far ahead, one car is stuck in traffic and quickly everyone is separated, we miss rendezvous points, cars get lost, pass each other without knowing it, confusion.
Eventually I heard another method for traveling caravans that was exactly the opposite: keep the guy behind you in your rear view mirror at all times. That seemed unnatural, always looking backwards. But it was brilliant!
If everyone followed that rule, then the middle vehicle getting a flat means no one gets lost, because the next vehicle has him in their sights. You can always reach back and slow down, but often you can’t go fast enough to keep up. And you know what? We never lost a vehicle, and we all arrive together.
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Zig Ziglar Says He Looked Into A Mirror One Day ... PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
Zig Ziglar says he looked into a mirror one day & realized he needed to lose a lot of weight. He really wanted to get in shape. As an incentive, he put a picture of a thin man on the refrigerator door. There are all kinds of gimmicks offered as motivators to dieting. You can purchase sound tracks ...read more
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Marshall Hayden Wrote An Article A Few Years Ago ...
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
Marshall Hayden wrote an article a few years ago entitled, "Would Every Non-Hurter Please Stand Up?" He pointed out that people come to church wearing their best clothes & their best smiles. Everybody looks happy, so we assume everything is okay. But he suggests that we need to look beyond the ...read more
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G. Drs. Minirth & Meyer Have Written A Book ... PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
g. Drs. Minirth & Meyer have written a book about overcoming depression entitled "Happiness Is a Choice." They wrote, "As psychiatrists, we cringe whenever Christian patients use the words, `I can’t’ & `I’ve tried.’ Any good psychiatrist knows that `I can’t’ & `I’ve tried’ are merely lame excuses. ...read more
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In A Cemetery In Hanover, Germany, Is A Grave On ... PRO
Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her grave be made so ...read more
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Team: Together Each Accomplishes More!
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2005
TEAM: Together Each Accomplishes More! I was a student on the LMU campus in the early ’70’s. There was a required course called Music Appreciation. We had to spend hours in the music library listening to Masterpieces from the music greats. One day while digging through some old albums, I ran ...read more
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