“A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.” Proverbs 17:22

A Merry Heart

As we begin a new year, I pray that the Lord will bless you with a merry heart. No doubt, we have many things for which to be thankful as we begin the New Year. Donna and I were blessed to have our son-in-law, oldest daughter and two granddaughters with us during the holidays. They live in Los Angeles so we are not able to see them often. We also are blessed to have our middle girl living and working in Fayetteville and our youngest girl still at home going to college. In addition we traveled to Oklahoma City and visited with Donna’s family. What a great way to start the New Year! I want to share a few humorous stories I ran across in some recent research. I hope you will enjoy them and that they will help to make your heart merry.

"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her," said mystery author Agatha Christie, who was married to one.

Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you say. After marriage, he will fall asleep before you finish.
A man has six items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437.

A man wanted to buy a present for his wife, so he went into a pet shop and paid a hundred bucks for a mynah bird. It was a very special bird, which could speak six languages and recite the alphabet backwards. He had the bird sent to his wife, and later on he rang her up to ask her: "How did you like the bird?" "Fine," replied his wife. "It was delicious!"

John got off the elevator on the 50th floor and nervously knocked on his blind date's door. She opened it and was as beautiful and charming as everyone had said. "I'll be ready in a few minutes," she said. "Why don't you play with Spot, my dog, while you're waiting?" He does wonderful tricks. He rolls over, shakes hands, sits up and if you make a hoop with your arms, he'll jump through." The dog followed John onto the balcony and started rolling over. John made a hoop with his arms and Spot jumped through--over the balcony railing. Just then John's date walked out. "Isn't Spot the cutest, happiest dog you've ever seen?" "To tell the truth," he replied, "Spot seemed a little depressed to me!"

Prospective father-in-law to daughter's suitor: "How much money do you have in the bank"? Young man: "I don't know. I haven't shaken it lately.

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