Sharing Cookies

The following was sent to me via email by a couple of friends. I believe each of us could learn something from the short story and something worthwhile to learn.


A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport.

As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a good book to spend her time.

She also bought a packet of cookies.

She sat down in an armchair, in the VIP Room of the airport, to rest and read in peace.

Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat.

He opened his magazine and started reading.

When she took the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing.

She just thought: "What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring!"

For each cookie she took, the man took one too.

This was infuriating her but she didn't want to cause a scene.

When only one cookie remained, she thought: "ah...What is the abusive man to do now?"

Then, the man taking the last cookie, divided it in half, giving her one half of the cookie.

Ah! That was too much:

She was much too angry now!

In a huff, she took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place.

When she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purse to get
her eyeglasses out, and to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened.

She felt so ashamed!! She realized that she was wrong...

She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse.

The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter.

...while she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him.

"And now there was no chance to explain herself...nor to apologize."

There are 4 things that you cannot recover.

The stone...
          ...after the throw!

The word...
          ...after it's said!

The occasion...
          ...after the loss!

The time...
          ...after it's gone!

Always think before you get angry and say something. It may be you that is at fault and you will never be able to take back what you say. You can say you are sorry but it has already been said and the hurt is already there.

I believe that without a friend you are missing out on a lot!!!

John 3:16

John 3:16; "For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."


The other night I dreamed of Jesus, instead of it being so long ago it was in our time, today. I had never thought about this before but it got me to wondering, would it be the same as it was back then. Yes, I think it would be. There are prophecies that had to be fulfilled. There are people in this time that doesn't believe in Jesus, I have never been able to understand this as everywhere you look you can see the Lord. Everything the Lord created is in perfect harmony. Man has destroyed some of these things just as they did 2000 years ago. I would hate to think people would spit on Him, beat Him, and put a crown of thorns on His head today. People mocked Him and when He was on the cross they said if He was the Son of God to save himself. But He knew this was the only way, he suffered humiliation and a beating that tore His flesh.

Genesis 3:15; "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." This verse has the first absolute promise of God's plan for the redemption of the world. It tells us there will be success for humankind and God over Satan and evil. In this verse it tells there will be a spiritual battle between the woman's seed (Jesus Christ) and the seed of the serpent (Satan and his followers). It says that Jesus would be born of a woman. He would be bruised through His crucifixion. Jesus rose from the dead and completely destroy Satan, sin, and death for the deliverance (salvation) of the human nation. From this verse we know God had a plan, it didn't matter if it was a couple of thousand years ago or in our time.

Romans 16:19; "For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." Believers should do everything within their means to guard their children from being exposed to deliberately misleading of sin and perverseness of this generation. Satan seems to want our children to know everything about evil and his ways. Repeated exposure to Satan's ways will lead many from the path of faith and obedience.

Matthew 16:21; "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day." Jesus knew the only way for people to have salvation was through the blood of someone that had never sinned. He was the one to take all of our sins, inequities, and illnesses so He was crucified for all of us not just some. He knew there would be some that would never believe in Him but He was willing to die a horrible and painful death for the ones that does believe in Him.

I have thought about the way He was crucified and I thought maybe He wouldn't be crucified. But the Bible tells us that it is through the blood that we are able to have salvation. I John 1:7; "But if we walk in the light, as He is the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." So, it doesn't really matter in what time frame He was crucified, He would be crucified and His blood would be what saves us.

God would have made a way for Jesus to be crucified. I have thought the world today would be to civilized to have someone crucified but if that is the way God wanted it done that is the way it would be done. My dream was only a dream and I am so glad that it was.

Blessings to you.

My Daughter

I want to pay tribute to my daughter, Debi. She is the best daughter in the world. She is compassionate, caring, understanding, helpful, and I could not ask for a better daughter.


She has been this way ever since she was a really young girl. When she was a little girl she always wanted to be helpful in any way she could be. She liked to cook and she was a really good one.

What does daughter mean to me?
D is for Debi
A is for Always there
U is for Unique
G is for Godly
H is for Helpful
T is for Truthful
E is for Excellence
R is for Righteousness

God blessed us with a daughter, Debi and she is always there. She is so unique, she is exceptional and rare. She is a godly woman, she shows respect for God and lives accordingly. She is very helpful, sometimes you don't have to ask, she just does it. She is a truthful woman. She knows God doesn't like lies so she tells the truth. She is an excellent daughter. She is pure and exceptional. She is righteous, a virtuous woman, and she is respectable.

Debi is a 'Children's Pastor.' And she is an awesome pastor. Some people don't think you have to work hard being a children's pastor but I have seen her work a few times getting her message ready for a Sunday morning and she works very hard and diligently. She thinks it has to be perfect and believe me, that is exactly what it is. She believes her message should be as good as the senior pastor's message.

She homeschooled her children and was great at that also. She helped them every day to be able to teach them what was expected of her.

She is a whiz at the computer and every time we need help (it is usually her Dad that messes everything up) but she comes out to see what is wrong. She has been known to work on the computer all day long to get it straightened up so he can use his computer. I thank you for this, Debi.

I haven't felt good the last couple of days and she has called me to see how I am doing. She didn't have to do this but being the woman she is she called not just once but probably four or five times. She took time out of her busy schedule to see how I was doing. I appreciate this very much, Debi.

Debi, you are my special daughter and you always will be. I love you very much and I thank God for you, you a real blessing.