Hi Helen,

That could apply to family members too.  LOL.  I did think that one was
funny.

How about for right now unless anybody else has other thoughts, we just
share from Proverbs some that have meant things to us.

Thanks by the way for sharing that one.

Vicki

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From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:16 AM
Subject: Proverbs


> Vicki, has it been decided whether or not to study Proverbs?  Or shall we
> each share what some of them have meant to us?
>
> Until I receive you reply, here is one that has amused me.  Several years
> ago, I was attending an early morning prayer meeting at 6 a.m.  We met at
> the church and went into a room suited for the meeting.  Many times about
> ten of us would arrive at the church at the same time.  There was one
> brother who always talked very loudly, which was okay most of the
> time.  But when he yelled his good morning greetings at us at 6 a.m., it
> used to bother me, probably because he was waking me up and I wasn't ready
> yet.  l o l
>
> Anyway, I happened across a Proverb that I shared with him one morning,
not
> that it changed his loudness, but was fun sharing it with him.
>
> Proverbs 27:14  He who greets his fellow loudly early in the morning
>                           Shall have it reckoned to him as a curse.
>
> He just laughed at it, and went on his way.
>
> There are other Proverbs that are quite humorous, too, and some that have
> been a source of strength and comfort.
>
> Helen
>