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In Pilgrim’s Progress, when Mr. Greatheart went with Miss Much-afraid and Mr. Feeble-mind on the road to the Celestial City, he had his hands full. He says of poor Mr. Feeble-mind that, when he came to the lions, he said, “Oh, the lions will have me!” And he was afraid of the giants, and afraid of everything…

We are never so subject to impatience as when there is nothing we can do. While the farmer is occupied with ploughing, harrowing, tilling, drilling, hoeing, and the like, he is too busy to be fretful. It is when the work is done, and there is nothing more to occupy his hands, that the very leisure he…

The Lord Jesus Christ is to have the preeminence. I think that he will have the preeminence in the number of souls that will be saved as compared with those that will be lost, and that can scarcely be effected except by a lapse of time in which many will be brought to Christ. I look at it this way. As…

When John Bunyan was a boy, he was so foolhardy that when a snake rose against him, he took it in his hand and plucked the sting out of its mouth, but he was not harmed. It was his turn to stand sentinel at the siege of Nottingham, and as he was going forth, another man offered to take his place. That…

I cannot pass over the thirty years of His silence without feeling that here was a marvelous instance of how He humbled Himself. I know young men who think that two or three years’ education is far too long for them. They want to be preaching at once—running away, as I sometimes tell them, like chickens…

The hammer said, “I will break the anvil.” The anvil did not answer, but abode in its place, while the hammer smote it day after day. Month after month, year after year, the anvil patiently received the blows, but after a while the hammer broke. And though it did not say so, for it was too quiet to speak,…

Some of our teachers wanted us to learn the big doctrines first, and they did not like it because we could not at once see all the sublime truths of election and predestination. Certain of the old standards who are very orthodox expect all newborn babes to eat meat at once; as soon as ever a person is…

It is like John Bunyan’s parable of Passion and Patience in Pilgrim’s Progress. Passion would have his best things first; Patience would have his best things last. Passion had all his best things, and laughed at Patience as Patience sat there. But after a while, Passion had used up all his best things…

When the “Our Place Restaurant” in Manfield, Texas ran out of soup, they would not discount their Saturday Special or offer a substitute to Dwain Downey. Instead of shrugging it off, Downey, who happens to be an attorney, sent them a demand letter for $2.25, along with an additional $250.00 fee for writing…

Burke O’Connell had the words “Super Bowl 50” and “Champs” tattooed on his calf along with his team’s logo. Unfortunately, he got the celebratory tattoo two days before his team, the New England Patriots lost to the Denver Broncos for the AFC Championship title. There would be no Super Bowl for the Patriots.…

Residents of a Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhood thought an old 1971 Cadillac that had been parked for decades on a side street was an eyesore. Some residents believed it was a landmark. One morning they all discovered the old car had been towed. The residents were shocked, the rusted vehicle hadn’t moved…

Jalen Hurts, became the backup quarterback for the University of Alabama football team when the coach benched him for a freshman during his second National Championship game. Before his demotion, Hurts had led Alabama to a 26-2 record, which included a National Championship. Most thought he should transfer,…

The safest bus to ride in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, Ohio is the one driven by Godwin McNeal. McNeal has driven for the Regional Transit Authority for 40 years, and logged nearly 1.2 million miles without causing an accident. Officials say that is the longest preventable accident-free streak in RTA…

Reddit invites people to post the epiphanies people have while taking a shower. One that caught my attention was WiiSportsEnthusiasts’ observation that “Patience is something you admire in the person behind you, but never in the person ahead of you.” —Jim L. Wilson https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shower-thoughts-reddit-march-2018-part-one_us_5a994910e4b089ec35394cbc…

In the last five years Mary Shertenlieb has dealt with leukemia three times. This year she took on the Boston Marathon but sixteen miles into the race, which occurred under wet and cold conditions, medics told Mary that hypothermia has taken hold and she needed to quit. Her husband suggested that she…

British police found a suspicious object along a highway and closed the road for several hours to protect motorists. A video recorded along the stretch of road showed that the stranded travelers passed the time by playing an extended soccer game in the empty northbound lanes. Thames Valley Police said…

In 2016, the Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in heart-stopping fashion in Game 7 of the World Series. The faithful fans in Chicago have not just waited a long time; they’ve waited generations for a victory. The World Series win ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and a 108-year World Series…

During the summer of 2016 a tornado destroyed a small neighborhood in the province of Windsor, Ontario. Residents along Riberdy Road had to wait patiently for the repair of their homes. Ten weeks passed when one of the residents, Greg Trembley had enough. He complained to the insurance company, asking,…

They say, “Patience is a virtue,” in the case of a New Zealand man, it pays. The anonymous man was waiting in line to purchase a lotto ticket, when a man cut in line in front of him. “I wasn’t in any hurry,” he said, “so I let them go ahead and didn’t say anything.” You guessed it—the patient man won…

After their eviction, Boo’s owners took the belongings they wanted to keep, but left Boo, their pit bulldog behind. Thirty days later, Boo was still waiting for his owners to come for him. That’s when Dustin Oliver, of the “Detroit Youth and Dog Rescue” discovered Boo’s plight and spent over 15 hours…

Some of the best fans in sports are those who have chosen the Chicago Cubs as their team. They sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” year after year and “root, root, root for the Cubbies” as they go another year without a championship. The last time the Cubs won the World Series, “Teddy Roosevelt was president,…

Recently, the Guinness World Records organization gave 112-year-old Israel Kristal a certificate as the world’s oldest living man. Kristal was born in Poland in 1903, and survived both World Wars and a Nazi Concentration camp. His first wife and two children died in the camp, but Kristal survived and…

Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome (PAS) is the name given by psychologists to those who walk in a very brisk and directed manner on busy city sidewalks. The aggressiveness comes when they encounter dawdlers in their path who are intent with their cell phones, either talking or texting. As they pass,…

In the Disney animated movie Kung Fu Panda, Po is a struggling young panda working in his family’s noodle shop. Through a series of events, he receives the chance of a lifetime, his dream, to train with the Kung Fu masters. Under the leadership of Master OOgway, who is a mature, old turtle, Po begins…