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The Marshmallow Test
by Robert Haddad on Wednesday, 21 November 2012 at 06:25 ·

But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23



They call it the marshmallow test.
Researchers at Stanford University ran a test in the 1960s.
A researcher would say to four-year-olds:
“I am leaving for a few minutes to run an errand,
and you can have this marshmallow while I am gone,
but if you wait until I return, you can have two marshmallows.”



A dozen years later, the researchers restudied the same children
and found that those who’d grabbed the single marshmallow tended to be more troubled as adolescents,
and they scored an average of 210 points less on SAT tests.



We teach our children to say their ABCs, to say please and thank you,
their Bible verses, hymns, and how to tie their shoes…
and all these are great things.
But never underestimate the value of instilling self-control and delayed gratification.



Self control and delayed gratification are often missing in our training.
Usually we fail because we lean on our own power.
Remember, self-control is a fruit of the spirit—so if you truly seek
to operate under the power of the Holy Spirit, self control will be evident in your life.

Thank you Robert Bro'

 

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Psalm 100:4-5

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

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Lovely posts Dave, thanks!

 

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I Wish You Enough!

At an airport
I overheard a father and daughter
...in their last moments together.
They had already announced
her plane's departure.

Standing near the security gate,
they hugged and the father said:
"I love you, and I wish you enough!"

The daughter replied:
"Dad, our life together
has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed.
I wish you enough, too, Dad!"

They kissed and the daughter left.
The father walked over
to the window where I was seated.
Standing there I could see
he wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on his privacy,
but he welcomed me in by asking:
"Did you ever say good-bye
to someone
knowing it would be forever?"

"Yes, I have," I replied.
Saying that brought back memories
when I had to say goodbye to my Dad.
So I knew
what this man was experiencing.

"Forgive me for asking,
but why is this a forever good-bye?"
I asked.

"I am old, and she lives so far away.
I have challenges ahead
and the reality is - her next trip back
will be for my funeral," he said.

"When you were saying good-bye,
I heard you say: I wish you enough.
May I ask what that means?"

He began to smile.
"That's a wish
that has been handed down
from other generations.
My parents used to say it to everyone."

He paused a moment and looked up
as if trying to remember it in detail,
and he smiled even more.
"When we said: I wish you enough,
we were wanting the other person
to have a life
filled with just enough good things
to sustain them."
Then turning toward me,
he shared the following
as if he were reciting it from memory.

"I wish you enough sun
to keep your attitude bright
no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain
to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness
to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain
so that even the smallest of joys in life
may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain
to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss
to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hello's
to get you through the final good-bye."

He then began to cry and walked away.


~ Bob Perks ~


♥

 

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Then there was the LUCKY ONES
these, were the WISEST of all

 

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Cute
I hope you and Mary have a blessed Advent and Christmas season

 

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You and your's also Gail Sis'

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via: Brenda Saball
(¯`L´¯)Live simply.
.`•.¸.•´(¯`O´¯)Love generously.
******.`•.¸.•´(¯`V´¯)Care deeply.
************.`•.¸.•´(¯`E´¯)Speak kindly.
******************.`•.¸.•´
...

 

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via Brenda Saball

Santa's Christmas Prayer.

On Christmas Eve the other night
I saw the most amazing sight,
for there beneath the Christmas tree
...was Santa kneeling on his knee.
His countenance was different than
that all-familiar, jolly grin;
his head was bowed, with hand to breast,
and slightly tucked into his vest.
For there in a nativity
was Jesus and His family,
and as I heard him start to pray
I listened close to what he'd say.
"Lord, You know that You're the reason
I take pleasure in this season.
I don't want to take Your place,
but just reflect Your wondrous grace.
I hope you'll help them understand
I'm just an ordinary man,
who found a way to do Your will
by finding kids with needs to fill.
But all those centuries ago,
there was no way for me to know
that they would make so much of me,
and all the gifts beneath the tree.
They think I have some hidden power
granted at the midnight hour,
but it is my love for You
inspiring the things I do.
And so when they begin to open
gifts for which they have been hoping,
may they give You all the glory,
for You're the One True Christmas story."

♥ God Bless You All This Christmas ♥
we love you♥

Thank you Brenda Sis'

dave

 

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