Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, The Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen
Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Stuff Mom Always Said!

One of the ladies at church gave a copy of this to all the ladies last week.  It is SOOOOOOOOOOOO true!  So true, in fact, that I thought I would share it so you could use them, too!  :D

  • A little soap and water never killed anybody.
  • Leave your sister (brother) alone!
  • How can you be hungry?  You just ate an hour ago!
  • There's enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes.
  • If you're bored, I can always find something for you to do.
  • It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I don't trust everyone else.
  • Wipe your feet!
  • When you have kids of your own, you'll understand.
  • Pick that up before somebody trips on it and breaks their neck!
  • Running away?  Don't let the door hit you in the rear.
  • I said CLOSE the door, I didn't say SLAM it!
  • Look at this room!  It looks like a pigsty!
  • So what if Sally's mom let her do it?  If Sally's mom let her jump off the Empire State Building, would you want me to let you do it, too?
  • Just wait until your Dad gets home.
  • Don't make me come in there!
  • I didn't ask who put it there, I said, "Pick it up!"
  • You're the oldest....you should know better!
  • Don't go out with a wet head, you'll catch cold.
  • You can't find it?  Well, if you'd put things where they belonged, you wouldn't have this problem.
  • A little "birdy" told me.
  • When you have YOUR own house, you can make YOUR own rules!
I guess I probably had all of these directed to me from mom, however, I don't think I repeated many of them to our kids (did I?).  I know for sure one that mom DIDN'T use was the one, "Just wait until your Dad gets home."  Nope!  She ALWAYS took care of the situation herself!  I pretty much did, too!  Dearest mother!  How we all miss you and Dad!  Can't wait to see you in heaven! 

And in case I haven't said it lately, I love you all!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I laughed while reading down that list! I've said many of them!