Many verses in the Bible 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. So…if you woke up heavy-hearted this morning…read the following and laugh! It’s healing to the soul! -anita
**On Aging:
. One of the good things about getting old is, you can hear all the things you said before for the first time! -Barn Wood 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 bun! -M.B. Schuessler
. You ain’t wearing enough clothes to make a pair of leggins 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 altar and pray for a crop failure…it won’t happen! God say, “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 bead! -Faye Hays
**On the Friends you keep:
. Birds of a feather, flock together! – Grandma Schuessler
. Bad company corrupts good manners. -The Bible I Cor. 15:33
**On Taking Advice:
. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink! -Grandpa 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 curse words 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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Even though we see a lot of humor in these old sayings, there is also much wisdom! Laugh…but find the deeper meaning. You’ll be wise if you do!
-Anita