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Today's Quotations – GRACE

 

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Grace is nothing else but a certain beginning of glory in us.

–  St. Thomas Aquinas

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Grace I understand here properly as the favor of God as it should be understood, and not as a quality of soul.

–  Martin Luther 

 
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Grace is nothing else than the forgiveness or remission of sins.

– Philip Melanchthon

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Grace is like a deity or living image of Christ, which enters the soul and deifies it and is truly the soul of the soul.

–  Luis De Leon

 

 

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Grace is unconquerable love . . .  waits not for merit to call it forth, but flows out to the most guilty, is the sinner's only hope.

–  William Ellery Channing

 

Today's Short Words of  Wisdom



Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

Thomas Jefferson

 

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  Today's Word – PRESCIENT 
   

 



pre·sci·ent adjective 1. Of or relating to prescience. 2. Possessing prescience.

It is a thing not uncommonly happening to the whale-boats in those swarming seas; the sharks at times apparently following them in the same prescient way that vultures hover over the banners of marching regiments in the east.

MOBY DICK;
OR THE WHALE
Herman Melville


Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary

 

Today's Fact

 

  
 


The
Diamond

 

 

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The basic unit of weight of the diamond is the carat. A carat is equal to 200 milligrams. A well-cut round diamond of 1 carat measure almost exactly 1/4 inch in diameter. Another unit of measure for the diamond is the point. A stone of 1 carat is equal to 100 points.

The largest diamond ever found was the Cullinan diamond. It was found on January 25, 1905, at the Premier Diamond Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The diamond, named for Sir. Thomas Cullinan - chairman of the company, weighed 3,106 carats. The diamond was cut into 9 major stones and 96 smaller brilliants. The total weight of the cut stones was only 1,063 carats.

Cullinan I, also known as the "Greater Star of Africa," is a pear-shaped diamond weighing 530.2 carats. It is 2 1/8 inches long, 1 3/4 inches wide, and 1 inch thick at its deepest point. It is the largest cut diamond in the world. It was presented to Britain's King Edward VII in 1907. The diamond was set in in the monarch's scepter with the cross..

SOURCE:  Handy Science Answer Book

 


 

 

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Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

 
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   


  • Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50."

    The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they give him $100."

    The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon... and it takes
    eight people to collect all the money!"


    After being with his blind date all evening, the man couldn't take another minute with her. Earlier, he had secretly arranged to have a friend call him to the phone so he would have an excuse to leave if something like this happened.

    When he returned to the table, he lowered his eyes, put on a grim expression and said, "I have some bad news. My grandfather just died."

    "Thank heavens," his date replied. "If yours hadn't, mine would have had to!"


     

    Auto Humor :

    Most people hate to parallel park. The other day, I saw this woman trying to get out of a tight parking space. She'd bump the car in front, then back-up and strike the car behind her. This went on about 2-3 minutes. I walked over to see if I could somehow help. My offer was declined though. She said, "Why have bumpers if you're not going to use them once in a while ?"


    My daughter-in-law bought a brand new super fancy Japanese sports car. I think she's gotten a little carried away though in caring for it. Nobody's allowed to get in it unless they take off their shoes first.


    Say What ?

    A woman hires a man to do some work around the house. "I want you to paint the porch out front ", she instructs.

    The man goes out the front door and returns in 20 minutes. "All finished", he announced.

    " How in the world can you be done in such a short amount of time?" she asks.

    "Well I am," he snapped. "And by the way, that 's not a Porsche, that's a Ferrari." 



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