Inspirational Devotional for Mother's Day

Mothers are special people and must truly be the most patient people on the face of this earth.  Only God could be more patient with His children.  God never abandons His children through all of their rebellious ways.   Just like mothers, God wants His children to have a harvest of plenty, but He also wants His children to seek Him.  The following is an except from the book SO? Whatever!

A mother had lost all patience in dealing with her son and his constantly getting into mischief.  She asked, “How are you ever going to get into heaven?” she asked.  The son said, “I will run in and out slamming the door until St. Peter finally says, ‘Billy, come in or stay out.’”

Billy got the idea of persistence down pretty good.  He knew how to turn a “no” or a “do not” into acceptance.  That is exactly what we need to do in life.  It is easy to get frustrated when our season of hope is not realized.  The key is not to go backward.  Keep hoping, keep planting, and keep pursuing your dreams and goals.  There is a season for everything.  God will find favor and show increase if you keep your eyes on Him. 

Leviticus 26:4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit.

Humorous Joke and Devotional for the Day

The following is a humorous joke followed by a devotional thought and Bible verse.  It is taken from the book, So? Whatever!  

    The man’s weight was out of control so he goes to his family doctor who says, “You are going to have to lose a hundred pounds.”  The man argued, “There’s no way I can lose that much weight.”  The doctor told him there was a diet guaranteed to work.  The man then asked, “What type of diet is that?”  The doctor responded, “Put it in your mouth, if it tastes good, spit it out.”

    The man reached that weight over a period of time.  It began as a small gain and gradually got out of control.  That is the way sin works.  It begins as something small.  When left un-confessed and encouraged by others, it will progress to something larger.  One single drug usage could ultimately make a person into a drug addict.  Don’t try to solve your small problems and allow them to grow into large ones which you cannot handle.  Take your small problems to Jesus every day.
    Romans 6:12  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.

Humor and Devotional for Today

It is important to begin the day with a devotional thought and a little humor to make the day go better.  The following is an excerpt from our book, So? Whatever!

Crawling around under a house is not a fun job.  But this particular day a worker found a cute brass box.  He emptied the dirt and ashes, intending to take it home at the end of the day.  At lunch the lady of the house asked if they had seen the box.  It was her deceased husband’s ashes.  The worker quickly dusted the imagined ashes off, crawled back under the house, refilled the little box with some dirt and placed it back on the sill.

This presents a very important concept.  Listen carefully. Man is not a body that has a soul—he is the soul and has a body.  When God breathed into Adam the breath of life, he became a living soul. The real you is your soul, and it has a body; not the other way around.  When a loved one passes away, it is only the cessation of the body with the soul living on into eternity.  A Christian’s consolation is in knowing this great truth. 

 Psalm 116:8  For you, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling,