Found on the homepage website of Glasscock County ISD:
"Andrew Carnegie was responsible for developing forty-three millionaires. When asked what attributes he looked for in order to make a millionaire, he replied, "I mine for gold. You often move tons of dirt to find a single ounce of gold, but you don't look for the dirt-you look for the gold. It's the same way in working with people; you must look for the gold, the good."
Are we looking for gold or looking for dirt? Do we really look for the best in our co-workers, children or students? It has been said that parents and teachers give children eighteen negative remarks to one positive praise. As we see people, we treat them, and as we treat them, often they become..."
Philippians 2:3 says, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself."
Danny R. Biddy, Pastor of the Church on Old River since 1977.
When asked the definition of a lie, a little boy in Sunday School once declared, "A lie is an abomination to God and an ever present help in time of need."
Mark Twain said, "When in doubt tell the truth."
The Saturday Evening Post once reported, "The trouble with stretching the truth is that it is apt to snap back!"Falsehoods may have their day, but they have no future.
Can we even know what the truth is anymore?Yes, when we remember that real truth is not an idea or principle, but a person.Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.No one comes to the Father except by me."
Danny R. Biddy, Pastor of the Church on Old River since 1977. www.oldriverbaptist.com
False Witness
When asked the definition of a lie, a little boy in Sunday School once declared, "A lie is an abomination to God and an ever present help in time of need."
Mark Twain said, "When in doubt tell the truth."
The Saturday Evening Post once reported, "The trouble with stretching the truth is that it is apt to snap back!" Falsehoods may have their day, but they have no future.
Can we even know what the truth is anymore? Yes, when we remember that real truth is not an idea or principle, but a person. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me."
Danny R. Biddy, Pastor of the Church on Old River since 1977. www.oldriverbaptist.com
