Ron's Cafe!

[Ron]

****And God Said, "No!"****

I asked God to take away my pride, and God said, "No." God said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole, and God said, "No." God said her spirit is whole; her body is only temporary.

I asked God to give me patience, and God said, "No." God said that patience is a by-product of tribulation: It's not granted: it's earned.

I asked God to give me happiness, and God said, "No." God said he gives blessings, happiness is up to me.

I asked God to spare me pain, and God said "No." God said suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to Me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow, and God said "No." God said I must grow on my own, but God will prune me and make me fruitful.

I asked God if He loved me, and God said "YES." God said He gave His only Son who died for me and I will be in heaven some day because He died for me, if I believe.

So I asked God to help me love others, as much as He loves me, and God said, "Ah, finally you have the idea!"

[Ron]

The Problem
=========

Once we begin to place our faith
anywhere other than where it belongs,
we have become the problem.

[Ron]

No Need to Be Discouraged
====================

As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a
local Little League baseball game that was being played in a
park near my home.

As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked
one of the boys what the score was.

"We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile on his
face.

"Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very
discouraged."

"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look.

"Why should we be discouraged?

We haven't even been up to bat yet."



I don't know who wrote the above joke but when life has you
down, when it appears you are losing, when you think the odds
are impossibly against you, remember this little boy.

Remember the Moment I had when I both laughed and
realized the truth of the jest.

...you haven't even been up to bat yet.

[Ron]

See It Through
===========

When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.

When it's vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!

Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
But don't let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.

If the worst is bound to happen,
Spite of all that you can do,
Running from it will not save you,
See it through!

Even hope may seem but futile,
When with troubles you're beset,
But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met.

You may fail, but fall still fighting;
Don't give up, whate'er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.

See it through!


~Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)~

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by Ron

The Problem
=========

Once we begin to place our faith
anywhere other than where it belongs,
we have become the problem.

Bro. Ron,

This is so true!

I am enjoying your thoughts, poems and place here!

Just wanted you to know that!!

Blessings,

Falla39

Thank you Ron for you constant encourgement to us all...

[Ron]

Thank you Sis Falla, STS. You both have been a great encouragement to myself.


Rufus and Clarence
==============

There were two old men living in the backwoods of the Ozarks
.... Rufus and Clarence.

They lived on opposite sides of the river, and they hated each
other. Every morning, just after sun-up, Rufus and Clarence
would go down to their respective sides of the river and yell at
each other.

"Rufus!!" Clarence would shout.
"You better thank yor lucky stars I cain't swim .... or I'd swim
this river and whup your behind!!"

"Clarence!!!" Rufus would holler back.
"You better thank YOUR lucky stars that I cain't swim ....
or I'd swim this river and whup your skinny behind!!!"

This happened every morning for twenty years.

One day the Army Corps of Engineers comes along and built a
bridge.

Still, every morning, every day for another five years this
yelling across the river goes on, even with the bridge.

Finally .... Mrs. Rufus had had enough.

"Rufus!" she squallers one day. "I cain't take no more!!
Every day for 25 years you've been threatenin' to whup Clarence.
Well, there's the bridge .... have a go at it."

Rufus thought for a moment.

Chewed his bottom lip for another moment.

"Woman!" he declared, snapping his suspenders into place,
"I'm gonna across that thar bridge and I'm gonna whup Clarence's
behind!!!"

He walked out the door, down to the river, along the riverbank,
came to the bridge, stepped up onto the bridge,
walked about halfway over the bridge, looked up .....

TURNED TAIL AND RAN SCREAMING BACK TO THE HOUSE, SLAMMED THE
DOOR, BOLTED THE WINDOWS, GRABBED THE SHOTGUN AND DOVE, PANTING
AND GASPING, UNDER THE BED!!!!!

"Rufus!" cried the misses.

"I thought you wuz gonna whup Clarence's behind!!!"

"I was, woman, I was!!" he whispered.

"Rufus!" cried the misses. "What in tarnation is the matter?"

"Well," muttered the terror-stricken Rufus, " I went to the
bridge .... I stepped up on the bridge .... walked halfway over
the bridge .... looked up ...."

"And?" asked Mrs. Rufus, breathless with suspense.

"And," continued Rufus, "I saw a sign that said ....
"Clearance, 13 feet, 6 inches" .... he ain't never looked that
big from the other side of the river" !!!

[Malvaro]

Ron, I'd like a Carmel Apple Cider to go please.... busy day ahead....

[Ron]

Originally Posted by Malvaro

Ron, I'd like a Carmel Apple Cider to go please.... busy day ahead....

Malvaro, I am sorry. What a lousy host. I will try to find some and have it ready for a next time visit!

[Ron]

How honest are we?



This is the way we would sing these well-known hymns–if we’re honest.



I Surrender Some


There Shall Be Sprinkles of Blessings


Fill My Spoon, Lord


Oh, How I Like Jesus


He’s Quite a Bit to Me


I Love to Talk About Telling the Story


Take My Life and Let Me Be


It is My Secret What God Can Do


There is Scattered Cloudiness in My Soul Today


Onward, Christian Reserves


Where He Leads Me, I Will Consider Following


Just As I Pretend to Be


When the Saints Go Sneaking In