If You Want to Soar with Eagles, Don't Hang out with Turkeys: Gems for Christian Living
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Hopefully, these gems will give the reader a laugh or two, or as the Christian comedian Ken Davis would say, “Lighten up and live!” If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, these gems may provide some food for thought as you live your life and raise your children. If you have not yet come to a saving relationship with the living Christ, hopefully some of these gems will challenge you to contemplate your relationship with Him, and hence your future beyond this limited time you have on this earth.
Lois E. Scott
Lois E. Scott Biography Lois E. (Williams) Scott grew up in Ashfield, Mass., where she graduated from Sanderson Academy and Northampton Commercial College. Married for over 50 years, she is a dedicated homemaker and wife, mother of three grown sons, grandmother to eleven, and great-grandmother to seven. She and her husband Fred live near Ithaca, N.Y. where she is totally dedicated to her family, her church, and to ministering as substitute grandmother to the less-fortunate.
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If You Want to Soar with Eagles, Don't Hang out with Turkeys - Lois E. Scott
Gems of Advice and Humor for Christian Living
Animals
Dog-bird(a).tifAny time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else’s dog. — The Cockel Bur.
Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie
until you can find a rock. — Will Rogers
Dogs have owners; cats have servants. — Unknown
Don’t saddle a horse you can’t ride. — Unknown
He who grabs a cat by the tail learns a lot about cats. — Mark Twain
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it is yours. If it doesn’t, it never was. — Richard Bach
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. — Mark Twain
If your dog thinks you’re the greatest person in the world, don’t seek a second opinion. — Jim Fiebig
If you want the best seat in the house, move the cat. — Unknown
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. — Mark Twain
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. — Will Rogers
One reason a dog is such a good friend is that his tail wags instead of his tongue. — Unknown
Rural Pearl’s advice when a tool is borrowed: Remember, it’s not a cat. It won’t come home by itself.
— Donna Rhodes, Country, August/September 2006, p. 68.
The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter. He’s got to just know. — Will Rogers
Bible
Bible(a).tifA Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to a person who isn’t. — Frank A. Clark
A well-worn Bible is a sign of a well-fed soul. — Our Daily Bread (ODB), October 2004.
A world in darkness needs the light of the Gospel. — ODB, May 2003.
Bestsellers come and go, but the Word of God abides forever. — ODB, January 2006.
Deposit God’s word in your memory bank, and you’ll draw interest for life. — ODB, August 2002.
Gems of truth are found in the Bible—but you must dig for them. — ODB, January 2003.
God’s Word is the compass that keeps us on course. — ODB, June 2006.
If you want life-changing mail, open your Bible and read a letter from God. — ODB, August 2003.
In all literature, there is nothing that compares with the Bible. — John Milton
Many books can inform you; only the Bible can transform you. — ODB, May 2003.
Many who have been blind to the truth have found that reading the Bible is a real eye-opener. — ODB, October 2003.
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. — Mark Twain
One of the marks of a well-fed soul is a well-read Bible. — ODB, March 2003.
One truth from the Bible is worth more than all the wisdom of man. — ODB, April 2005.
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. — Zig Ziglar
Real truth, truth you can rely on, truth that will never turn sour, that will never backfire, that’s the truth of the Bible. — Chuck Swindoll, Growing Deep in the Christian Life, p.