[Faith-talk] 10/21/16 Quotes, and a Very Important Announcement Concerning My Radio Broadcast

[Paul Smith]

Well folks, for most of us it's the end of the workweek today, for 
those of us who are gainfully employed, and at this time tomorrow the 
weekend will have begun.  I do hope that your day is going well, by 
God's matchless grace and His providential care.

Here are today's two quotes for your consideration, pondering and reflection.

Things done by halves are never done right.

The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound 
truth may very well be another profound truth.  Niels Bohr, Danish 
physicist, 1885-1962 (quote compiler's historical vignette on him:  It 
was he who was largely instrumental in getting Danish Christians in 
shepherding their fellow citizens, Jews, across a narrow body of water 
to Sweden during World War II.  Understandably the German occupiers 
were furious, but as I understand it the Danes were prepared and made 
elaborate plans to save their own skin.  One of the youngsters at that 
time who was shepherded to Sweden, not a Jew but an "undesirable" in 
the eyes of the occupying power because of his blindness, was Lars 
Pilegard of Copenhagen, who went to be with His Lord in 2014).

And there you have the quotes, but stay tuned to the announcement.

Have you ever accessed a particular magazine, whether in Braille, large 
print, regular print or audio and found an article interesting merely 
by its title? And have you begun reading it and, as you continued 
reading or listening to it, it became more and more interesting? Well, 
the lead article I'll be presenting on my local radio reading service 
this morning (eastern time) is just such an article.  It's the cover 
story in the September 2016 National Geographic magazine, and it deals 
with blindness and of the research that is even now being done to 
eliminate such a condition.  If you are interested and your schedules 
allow for it, from 9-10 AM eastern time, just point your browsers to
http://www.radioreadingnetwork.org
and click on where you find the word "listeners" without the quotes, 
and you should be there.  Folks, I spent half the night reading this 
excellent piece, because I just couldn't put it down.  The rest of the 
program will be devoted to health articles on the mind-body connection 
as reported in the Spring 2016 University of Berkeley Wellness Letter.

And that will do for now.  Until tomorrow when, Lord willing when two 
more quotes will be posted, I am your obedient servant of the One who 
lived an earthly existence, died to pay for your sins and mine, and now 
lives forever to bring us His salvation and peace, Oil of Gladness.