"Is it your birthday today?"

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Today is my "little" brother’s birthday. Only he’s outgrown me by a few inches in height and a few pounds, too. So he’s not exactly little anymore, but he’s still my "little brother," you know what I mean?

You see, I vividly remember waiting at the hospital to see him for the first time and getting upset because my Mama was in a wheelchair. And kissing on him so much that I gave him my cold in the first week or two of his life. And ringing the front door bell until someone came to the door and paid some attention to me instead of just to that crying baby.

I remember teaching him to throw and hit a baseball and then his pitching a no-hitter and hitting a grand slam in a Small Fry game. His shooting me with a BB gun and me not telling on him because I knew Mama would take both our guns. And our riding bikes for miles, imagining the bad guys were chasing us.

He’s not so little anymore, but God gave me the best brother I could ever have. So "Happy Birthday," Jeff! Listen to life and make a life, not just a living today, little brother!

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"Are you hooked up?"

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A guy had just started his own firm. He’d rented a beautiful office and furnished it with antiques. Sitting at his huge oak desk, he saw a man come into the outer office. So the businessman picked up the phone and pretended he was working on a big deal.

"I’m sorry," he said, "that’s just too small an account for a firm like ours. We only deal with accounts worth $1 million and higher. Now if you want to bundle some accounts together in your company and let us handle all of your business, we can do that."

He waved the man in from the outer office and motioned him to a chair.

"Sure, we can take care of $250 million for you. No problem! Okay, let’s talk again soon," he said. He hung up the phone and turned to the man in the chair. "And what can I do for you today, sir?"

And the man said, "I’m here to hook up your phone."

Are you hooked up? I mean, with someone other than yourself?

Hook up with God today as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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"Small world, isn't it?"

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A friend who listens to life with us through our web site at www.listentolife.org recently emailed me an experience her son had while applying for a job. The job required a physical examination.

So he showed up for the physical. The nurse began by asking his birthday. He told her, "April 15, 1975." And the nurse said, "Really? That’s my birthday! How about that?"

Then she asked, "Where were you born?"

He told her the name of the city and she said, "I can’t believe it! That’s where I was born!"

So here were two complete strangers, born the same day in the same hospital, two people who shared the same nursery the first night of their lives, meeting for the very first time.

The world gets smaller every day, doesn’t it? Just think about all the people you shared a nursery with your first night of life. When will you get to meet them?

Now you’re beginning to understand how God can have the whole world in hand.

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"Do you have a dog's life?"

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Do you have a dog’s life? If you do, here are some letters you might write to God.

"Dear God, if all dogs go to heaven, do we get to sit on your couch? Or, is it the same ole story?

"Dear God, why are there cars named after the jaguar, mustang, cougar, and stingray, but not one vehicle named after a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? I mean we love to ride so what it would hurt to have a truck named bulldog?

"Dear God, if a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?

"Dear God, are there mail carriers in heaven? If there are, will I still have to apologize?

"Dear God, can I put my head in your refrigerator?

"Dear God, when I live with you, can I eat the cat’s food, too?

"Dear God, do I have to shake the rain off before coming in your house?"

Laugh out loud today because you just might have a dog’s life as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.

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