Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the
outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
"Coming from the Soviet Union, I was not prepared for the incredible variety of products available
in American grocery stores. While on my first shopping trip, I saw powdered milk--you just add
water, and you get milk. Then I saw powdered orange juice--you just add water, and you get
orange juice. And then I saw baby powder--I thought to myself, 'What a country!'"
Sorry, Yakov, it's not that easy. It's not that easy to bear children and it is not that easy to raise
them.
When actor Robert Young was starring in the television series FATHER KNOWS BEST, his
teenage daughter asked him, "Dad, how come each week on television you solve the most
difficult family problems imaginable, and yet at home you seem so stupid?" He laughed and
replied, "Well, honey, at the studio I just have a good scriptwriter."
That's what we all need in living together as a family--a good scriptwriter. And we have the best
one, God. Read and study his script (the Bible) often.
(Hebrews 13.7
NRSV)
In his book called AMERICA ON SIX RUBLES A DAY, the comedian Yakov Smirnoff writes:
Dear God, thank you for your word that teaches me the way to true life. Amen.
