A water bearer had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his shoulders. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years, this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots of water to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor, cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them. For two years, I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

Moral: Each of us has his or her own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots but it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

**Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

- Author unknown

A young and successful executive was

traveling down a neighbourhood street, 
 
going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.

He was watching for kids darting out

from between parked cars

and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no children appeared.

Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to

the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car,

grabbed the nearest kid and

pushed him up against a parked car shouting,

"What was that all about and who are you?

”Just what the heck are! you doing?”

That's a new car and that brick you threw is

going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

The young boy was apologetic.

"Please, mister..please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," 
 
He pleaded.

"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."

With tears dripping down his face

and off his chin, the youth pointed to a 
 
spot just around a parked car. 
 
"It's my brother," he said. 
 
"He rolled off the curb and fell 
 
out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." 
 
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 
 
"Would you please help me get him back into his 
 
wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me." 
 
Moved beyond
words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling 
 
lump in his throat 
 
He hurriedly lifted the disabled boy back into 
 
his wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the 
 
fresh scrapes and cuts. 
 
A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.. 
 
"Thank you and may God bless you," 
 
the grateful child told the stranger. 
 
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched 
 
the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the 
 
sidewalk toward their home 
 
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. 
 
The damage was very noticeable, 
 
but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side 
 
door. He kept the dent there to
remind him of this message 
 
"Don't go through life so fast that someone 
 
has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" 
 
God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. 
 
Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, 
 
He has to throw a brick at us. 
 
It's our choice to listen or not. 

Hey everyone just wanted to let you know I have a bunch of great stuff coming up. I have a lot of blogs I published back before this site was so well known, that I will soon be republishing, as they have a lot of great content.

I also am going to be changing a few things around here, for instance making list of my spiritual blogs, and for those of you who have missed them, and the Pip and Squeak blogs, which should provide you with many hours of laughter.

As many of you know or have figured out by now, I love to encourage people in their walk with the Lord, which is why the spiritual element of this site is so important to me. Not to mention it helps people to grow in their walk with the Lord, as well as my own. So be looking for my upcoming spiritual stuff as an encouragement, and as something to grow and learn from.

I am also convinced that a good laugh helps to ease the stress that builds up in so many of us each day; and helps to make our lives a little more bearable, if not making us more bearable to those around us. I’m sure God made laughter, in fact the Bible is full of funny passages, for instance what was the first thing that God told Moses when he saw the burning bush? Don’t remember, it was quite funny if you think about it (I’ll enlighten y’all about it later). So I plan on more Pip and Squeak shows, but some Biblical humor to.

I also have a new idea I might be trying soon, something that would involve everyone, challenge you directly…we shall see as it is still in the planning stages.

Ok, last thing for today. I’m going to be separating my blogs a little more, I post some stuff that is quickly lost because by posting everyday the good stuff tends to move on rather quickly, as does the not so good stuff. So I am planning on starting to publish every 2-3 days, as most of you make rounds every 2-3 days, not every day; hopefully you all will actually have a chance to read what I write now.

God Bless Y’all

(I work for Little Debbie)

Y'all should be able to see the picture of the car in my photo album...evidently its not loading for some of you.

And by the way, I’m not a big NASCAR fan, so don’t feel bad about not getting excited, I’d never watched a race until yesterday, and I only did it because the company (Little Debbie) I work for was sponsoring #21, Ken Schrader, who came in 9^th.  

Hey everyone, prayer request here.

My mother has gone to the hospital to have the baby…

I’ll update y’all later, please pray for her

God Bless y’all,

Isaac

I have had many different experiences, not one of them the same ;) each one is a little different.

If you've read my dating blog, then you have seen one of the biggest witnessing tools I have found useful. I didn't intend it that way, but when other students are talking about their girlfriends, how they spent their weekend, etc, many times they will ask if I have a girlfriend or not. I use it as an open door, they asked, and therefore most of them are willing to listen to me talk about my beliefs, and why I believe what I believe (I never would have thought that a dating blog could turn into a witnessing tool! I never intended for it to be that way, but God has used it). I've been able to share my faith with many people this way...guess if God can use a donkey....

Other ways thought include a student, who my first semester, asked about my belt buckle! It was an Cessna, he started asking about my interest in aviation. Well I'm planning on going into Missionary Aviation...strangely he seemed to be searching for God, raised Atheist he knew there had to be a God, but still hasn't found him. He transferred after that semester, to FL, strangely, a couple weeks ago I walked into class, and found that he has transferred back, and is in one of my classes! Please pray for him, we had several long talks my first semester, I haven't brought up the subject yet this semester, I pray the holy spirit will lead me to bring it up when the time is right. I don't know how it will end up, but I pray that he might find Christ, for some reason I have a feeling God might have brought him back here for a reason...and put him in my class...quite a coincidence no? But then coincidence is just God’s way of remaining anonymous.

I've found most people are curious about my faith and want to know a little, but that’s about as far as it gets, so I keep living my witness, planting seeds, the Lord will water, and someone else will hopefully reap.

I have also used my English essays (though I'm past English now), by writing my views on different topics, and tying my faith into them. Normally the essays get passed around for everyone to mark up, and then the teacher grades them...

I forget who it was, but someone once said "Give me 15 minutes with a man and I can tell you where his treasure lays".

Well you can't be around me without my faith coming up, its part of who I am. My faith is my life, therefore it affects every area of my life, and that is a witness to others who see that faith in me.

No I haven't seen anyone saved directly because of my witnessing, but that is not my job, I can't save anyone, only Christ can do that. If anyone could save himself or another, then why would Christ have had to come? My job is not to save but to witness, and share of Gods love.

Ok, for my last story, this one was quite funny actually.

I had an Atheist student challenge my faith my first semester, after he saw me carrying my Bible around on campus (another great way to witness); I could tell he wasn’t buying my arguments against his claims. He started talking about reliability he said there is no proof that the Bible is anything but a bunch of stories. I asked him how we know that anything happened in the B.C. years (or something like that). He said because we have the writing on the caves by the Egyptians, etc.

So I asked him point blank “You’re saying that if we had proof of the Bible from drawings on some caves, you’d believe it?”

He kinda shrugged and said something like “I guess” 

Well I was at a lost how was I to argue with him? I offered up a “flash prayer” because I had no idea what to say, I was at a complete lost. To this day no one can tell me that God didn’t hear me, I’ve seen him move in some neat ways, but this one still makes me shake my head.

The student kind of triumphantly walked over to the TV, planning on watching something, leaving me dumbfounded. Well he began flipping through the channels, looking for something to watch. I have no idea what the show was, or what it was doing on TV at that moment, but there was a historical documentary…about Hezekiah’s tunnel. For some reason the student stopped the channel, kind out of curiosity and watched the show. The documenters went through the history of King Hezekiah, and the circumstances, surrounding the tunnel and everything…and then went to 2 Kings and matched it all up. They showed parts of the tunnel that Hezekiah had used to bring water into Jerusalem, so that they could have fresh water, even if they were attacked. And guess what was on the side of the tunnel wall……the whole story had been carved in the side of the tunnel by the people who had built it.

The host then shared the gospel trough it somehow…

Anyway, so then it was the other students turn to be at a loss for words, here was the proof he had had said he wanted, staring him in the face! Eventually he said something like “well that don’t prove too much”. But I could tell he knew he had been beaten at his own debate. I still see him sometimes on campus, and he hasn’t changed any…but I know that God heard me that day, and answered my prayer, he also showed that student himself, it was then up to the student to accept or reject Gods gift, he has to make his own choice, I can’t make it for him. But I know I did my part, the rest is up to God.

It also showed me that I needn’t be afraid to be a witness; the holy sprit will guide my words, and if I get lost, he might provide an interesting solution better then anything I could come up with…