Commonplace ideas

Here's more from my commonplace book:

From Max Lucado, Feb. 24, 1987:

The most valuable thing a Christian has is the edge of amazement he stands on. The church in the New Testament was overwhelmed with Jesus.
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Who would have believed that God would enter the world through the womb of a teen-age Jewish girl?
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Before he died Jack Benny arranged that his wife Mary would get a single red rose a day for the rest of her life.
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A boy saw a plaque on the wall of the church. He asked what it was. He was told it was a list of all who died in the service. He asked, "Which one, the first or the second?"
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. Red Smith
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Get your facts first and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain
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Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute.
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Seeds planted early take deep root. Elizabeth Yates
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(Books) Their pleasures linger like the smell of strawberries or the sound of a home run. Susan OHanion