Notable Harbour Illustrations
Volume 7
Edited by
Brian L. Harbour
Reprinted from Volume 17, Brian’s Lines, 2001. Database © 2008 WORD search Corp.
Contents
Sermon Dressing VII. Illustrating Your Sermons
Sermon Dressing VII. Illustrating Your Sermons
Acceptance
Talk show host and entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey interviewed Tiger Woods on her show. During the interview, Tiger’s father was also present.
The interview covered a wide range of subjects, of course, but one subject was Tiger’s family background. Tiger’s heritage is a racial patchwork: Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian. When Oprah asked the young golfing star with the varied background what race his parents taught him he belonged to, Tiger’s father quickly answered: “The human race.”
[Paul Powell, Getting the Lead out of Leadership. Tyler: Paul Powell, 1997, p. 41]
Action
During the dark and brutal days of the Civil War, President Lincoln sent a note to his general, Ulysses S. Grant. Only a few brief lines were contained in this note, yet when executed, this note precipitated the end of the war. Here was the note:
April 7, 1865
11 o’clock a.m.
General Sheridan says, “If the thing is pressed, I think that Lee will surrender.”
Let the thing be pressed.
A. Lincoln
[Charles R. Swindoll, Rise and Shine. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1989, p. 180]
The hospital administrator complemented a young surgeon on his efforts in the operating room that morning. “Marvelous bit of work,” said the administrator. “You operated just in time. One more day and the patient would have recovered without it.”
Sometimes, of course, premature action is unwise, for the problem can work itself out with time. However, in most cases, procrastination only exacerbates the problem. We need to act immediately.
[Larry Wilde, The Official Doctors Joke Book, Toronto: Bantam Books, 1981, p. 113]
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