“Identity” is a buzz word in our world – that question of what makes us who we are.  The world tells us our identity is determined by a bunch of different factors, including:

But if you’ve tried to define yourself based on those factors, you know they’re ultimately hollow; they shift around like sand, leaving us with nothing solid to hold on to.

Pete was telling a friend that he had just lost his job.  “Why did the foreman fire you?” the friend asked in surprise.

“Oh,” Pete said, “you know how foremen are.  They stand around with their hands in their pockets watching everyone else work.”

“We all know that,” replied his friend.  “But why did he let you go?”

“Jealousy,” answered Pete.  “All the other workers thought I was the foreman.”

Here are some tip-offs that your child may have some flaws . . . even though you may think he or she is perfect:

Monday, February 19:

Moses & Pharaoh – God’s message to Pharaoh & Pharaoh’s arrogant rejection

Helen Wilton, a Sunday school teacher, asked her class of preschoolers if they knew where God lives.  Stephen Mason, a precocious six-year-old, raised his hand, and the teacher called on him.”

“God lives in my bathroom,” the boy confidently answered.

In his book, How to Use Humor for Business Success, Malcolm Kushner reports that there are three ways to get things done: 

1) Do it yourself. 

2) Ask someone else to do it. 

3) Ask your kids not to do it.

A man walked by and saw a sentry standing guard for no apparent reason, so he approached the sentry and asked him why he was standing in that particular place.

The sentry replied, “I don’t know.  I’m just following orders.”

So, the man went to the captain of the guard and asked him why the sentry was posted in that place.

“I don’t know,” replied the captain, “we’re just following orders.”