Illustrations about respect
Hank was driving through a small Texas town when he failed to come to a complete stop at an intersection before continuing on his way. Unfortunately, a highway patrolman witnessed the infraction and pulled him over.
Within minutes, Hank would learn that a ticket wasn’t the worse thing he could get from a cop.
Slaves have always had it tough. In early America, they had no property and no rights. It was worse in ancient societies; there, they literally didn’t have an identity. The law of non habens personam meant that they “did not have a person” or “did not have a face.”
But Jesus’s example would change all of that.
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
Major General John Sedgwick, better known as “Uncle John” to the men he commanded during the Civil War, was a solid, dependable, and highly decorated military officer. His bravery got him shot in several battles, though he recovered and resumed fighting each time.
That is, until he underestimated a nameless Rebel sharpshooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania.
A slightly overzealous D.E.A. officer was driving through Texas when he stopped at a ranch and began talking with the old rancher. The agent told the rancher, “I need to inspect your property for illegally grown drugs.”
Charles was really enjoying his new position as a greeter at Wal Mart. He was a hard worker, always clean-shaven, and had a sharp mind. The recent retiree only had one problem: he couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every single day he strolled in 5 or 10 minutes late.
Hank, the office boss, worried that his employees didn’t give him enough respect. Pondering what could be done about the situation, he settled upon an idea guaranteed to work.
In WWII, the gedunk bar, slang for ice cream bar, was one of the most popular places to be.
The Navy allowed men to have as much ice cream as they wanted, and so the ships that made ice cream, the concrete gedunk cruisers, cranked out almost 5,000 gallons of the dairy treat…per hour.
One muggy afternoon in the Pacific, two freshly minted ensigns aboard the battleship New Jersey, the flagship of the Third Fleet, decided they wanted some ice cream.
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