Devotional 12-26-09

Old Farmer’s Advice

• Your fences need to be horse-high, pig tight, and bull strong.
• Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
• Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
• A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere Tractor
• Words that soak into your ears are whispered - not yelled.
• Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
• Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
• Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
• It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
• You cannot unsay a cruel word.
• Every path has a few puddles.
• When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
• The best sermons are lived - not preached.
• Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
• Don't judge folks by their relatives.
• Silence is sometimes the best answer.
• Live a good, honorable life - then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a 2nd time.
• Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you none.
• Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
• Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
• Always drink upstream from the herd.
• Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
• Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it in.
• Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, Leave The Rest To GOD.....

Paul Riggs