My daughter Elizabeth had brought her children to our Montana home in mid-December for a visit. We had already plowed and shoveled the snow from earlier in the week. When Elizabeth went outside to bring something in, she commented, “It’s snowing again.”
After she left the room our 5-year-old granddaughter Kandice remarked, “Well, maybe God is just trying to make it fun for little kids.”
—Audrey Neuharth-Ponaski, Kila, Montana
When my husband, Leon, was pastor of the Village church in College Place, Washington, near the campus of Walla Walla University, he had invited one of his friends to speak at the Sabbath service. After my husband introduced the speaker, he returned to his seat on the platform.
The guest speaker arose, turned to my husband, and asked, “How long do I speak?”
My husband replied, “You may speak as long as you wish, but the people go home at noon.” This brought many laughs from the audience.
—Alice Robbins, Loma Linda, California
“Our faith is not in God’s blessings, but in the God
who gives the blessings. . . .
Little is much when God gives it.”
—Pastor Roosevelt Marsden, Atholton Seventh-day Adventist Church, Columbia, Maryland
I don’t need a ring to show
I’m faithful to my wife.
For every day I show her
What she’s brought into my life.
It’s all the little things that really count
And words we often say,
Like “Love you, hon” and “You look nice”
And “I’ll fix that drawer today!”
Some fall for money, some for fame,
And some can’t live apart;
I love my wife for all the warmth she
Brings into my heart.
So rings and things may be all right,
It’s not for me to say,
But I would rather have her heart
Than symbols any day!
—D. Carl Anderson, Groveland, California, after a discussion with a young church member regarding wedding rings
We are looking for brief submissions in these categories:
Sound Bites (quotes, profound or spontaneous)
Adventist Life (short anecdotes, especially from the world of adults)
Jots and Tittles (church-related tips)
Camp Meeting Memories (short, humorous and/or profound anecdotes)
Please send your submissions to Give & Take, Adventist Review, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600; fax: 301-680-6638; e-mail: [email protected] ventist.org. Please include phone number, and city and state from which you are writing.
