There are many verses in the Bible that encourage laughter, for it is good for the soul. “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22
Below are some funny, yet wise sayings I heard while growing up. Some were from friends, most were from grand-parents, parents, and preachers. So…if you woke up heavy-hearted this morning…read the following and laugh! It’s healing to the soul!-anita
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**On Aging:
- One of the good things about getting old is, you can hear all the things you said before for the first time! -Barnwood Builders
- As you are…so once was I; and as I am…so shall you be. – Faye Hays
**On Modesty:
. Kids now days don’t wear enough clothes to wad a shot gun! -M.B. Schuessler
. You ain’t wearing enough clothes to make a pair of leggings for a honeybee!-A straight-laced preacher in Texas
**On Sowing Your Wild Oats:
. A dancing foot, and a praying knee don’t grow on the same leg!-M.B. Schuessler
. A lot of folks go out on Saturday night and sow their wild oats; then on Sunday morning they come to church, run to the alter, and pray for a crop failure…it won’t happen! God says, “Whatever you sow…you WILL reap!” – M.B. Schuessler
**On Housekeeping:
. The Bible says that man is made from the dust of the earth, and I swear…I have at least six guys under my bed! -Faye Hays
**On The Friends You Keep:
. Birds of a feather, flock together! -Grandma Schuessler
**On Taking Advice:
. You can lead a horse to water…but you can’t make him drink!- Grandpa Koehn
**On Proper Actions For Young Ladies:
. A whistling woman, and a crowing hen, will surely come to some BAD end!- Grandma Koehn
**On Pre-Marital Sex:
I’m like the tomato bud…DON’T SQUEEZE ME, ’till I’m yours!- Faye Hays
**On Vulgarity:
. Some folks use the words, damn and hell like salt and pepper; most of these folks over-season the conversation! -Faye Hays
. Cursing is the effort of a feeble mind to express it’s self forcefully!- Unknown
**On Health:
. If God would have intended you to smoke…He would have put a fire-box in your belly, and a smoke stack on your head! -M.B. Schuessler
. Smoking will only ruin your health! You’re like a walking billboard: Fire on one end…Fool on the other! – M.B. Schuessler
**On Retirement (of Pastors):
. Old preachers never die…they just go out to pastor!- Faye Hays
**On Hasty Actions (doing before you think, and paying the consequences later):
. You made your bed…now lie in it!-Lola Schuessler
. Look before you leap!-Grandma Schuessler
. What in the cat hair were you thinking???- M.B. Schuessler
**On Facing The Truth:
. Truth hurts to heal…fiction tickles to destroy. – Dan Allen
**On Getting To The Point:
. Stop going around the barn…and just spit it out for Heaven’s sake!!- Aunt Heps
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We can see the humor in most of these old sayings…but there is also a lot of wisdom in the above words. Laugh…but find their deeper meaning. You’ll be wise if you do!-anita