Tony Vance: A Dad And A Pastor

A Pastor and a Dad have many of the same traits.  Your Dad wants to see you grow into the person you want to be.  He wants your dreams to come true.  Your Dad wants you to choose the vocation where you are the happiest.  He enjoys seeing you be successful in everything you do.  Your growth reflects his life (or not).  It doesn’t matter where you are or who you marry; he will love you.  He will look on your success as part of his.  You make his life complete. 

You will understand his feelings when you become a parent.

Your pastor wants you to grow in the kingdom of God.  Your pastor wants to enhance your vocation and your dreams so you can deal with the world’s problems.  Your pastor joys in your family’s growth both physically and spiritually.  He oftentimes feels responsible for your success and growth.  You make his calling worthwhile.

Your pastor wasn’t always a pastor.  You will only know a pastor’s heart if God calls you to be a pastor….

                                          …or the son of a pastor.

 

Love,      
Mike Vance
July 20, 2003

WISDOM NOTES:

FACTS THAT IMPRESS ME

 ~ Collected by Jason Vance

#1   A millionaire will go broke or what looks like broke 3 times before he receives his millions

#2   Picture what you want

#3  Past does not equal your future: you control your future

#4  You will be like who you associate with

#5  Hear it

       Repeat it
       Write it down
       Do it
       Report it

#6  What you make happen for others, God will make happen to you.

#7  If you want something bad enough you’ll find a way to get the results you want.

#8  Little keys open big doors.

 #9  A goal undermined is no goal at all.

#10  If you live in the past & in the future, you never succeed today.

#11  Attitude is everything.

#12  Unmanaged time is error.

#13  As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

#14  Change -- the painful act of giving up something you want (don’t need) for something you do need.

#15  Present condition is the result of your life’s experiences.

#16  Happily achieve - not achieve to be happy.

#17  If you’re going to think - think big.

#18  Associate with what you want to be like.

#19  Be aggressive for your dreams (Swim out to the boat.).

#20  If someone is in your life that is not helping you attain your goals, they should not be in your life.

#21  If you want something done right, do it yourself.

#22  Speed of light:  186273 miles per second

Homeschool

Q: How does a homeschooling family change a light bulb?
A: First, mom checks three books on electricity out of the library, then the kids make models of light bulbs, read a biography of Thomas Edison and do a skit based on his life.
Then, everyone studies the history of lighting methods, wrapping up with dipping their own candles.
Next, everyone takes a trip to the store where they compare types of light bulbs as well as prices and figure out how much change they'll get if they buy two bulbs for $1.99 and pay with a five dollar bill.
On the way home, a discussion develops over the history of money and also Abraham Lincoln, as his picture is on the five dollar bill.
Finally, after building a homemade ladder out of branches dragged from the woods, the light bulb is installed.
And there is light.

~Author Unknown

"I found my phone!!!"

You know....God is so good! To think that He would help a young man find his phone in this 50-acre woods is just amazing!


Anthony & his friend, Christopher, had a great time hiking thru the hills for almost an hour. Back here at the house Christopher later realized he had lost his dad's phone! So back thru the hills they went - for another 40 minutes - calling his phone every little bit. As they were starting back, I called it from here one more time.....& Christopher answered! He was so thankful that he didn't have to worry about life insurance!

Plus he had 37 missed calls!

Thank You Lord!

#23 Stay green & grow or get ripe & rotten.


#24 Either progress or regress.

#25 You will never leave where you are, until you know exactly where you want to be.


#26 You must know what you really want before you can obtain it.

#27 You will never change your location until you determine your destination.

#28 You don’t make the legs of the small tall, by cutting off the legs of a giant. - Abraham Lincoln

#29 Order increases productivity.

#30 Order affects your income.

#31



#32 Even if you are getting run out of town, get up front & everyone will think you are leading a parade.

#33 What you delight in controls your desires.

#34 Desires can be directions.

#35 Goals - measurable -- subject to change
       Objectives - valid
       An example would be happiness.

# 36 Perfection’s aim is mistakes.
Excellence’s aim is quality.

#37 Take care of the people who take care of you.

#38 Take time to stop & smell the roses. - H. M. Brown

#39 You must prepare to succeed before you succeed.

#40 Cleanliness & courtesy will be here (Disney) long after I am gone. - Walt Disney

#41 The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want!

#43 Blessings are approaching & passing us by constantly. Reach out & grab them! It’s our responsibility!

Be excited! Be ready!

#44 It’s better to try to obtain the whole sky & just come away with part of it than to try to obtain a molehill & get it all.

#45 People on a mountaintop didn’t just fall there.    - C. R. Vance

#46 To whom much is given much is required (expected).

Speck in Eye

Anthony had something in his eye that took some time to remove because it was so small. Later, he was still appreciating how good he felt because that speck was no longer there. Then we both remembered this verse in the Bible:


3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, Let me remove the speck from your eye; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:2 NKJV