"Those school girl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone.....as Dorothy said to Toetoe in the Wizard of Oz, "I don' think we are in Kansas anymore....."

The Little Blue Engine

The little blue engine looked up at the hill.

His light was weak, his whistle was shrill.

He was tired and small, and the hill was tall.

And his face flushed red as he softly said.

"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."

So he started up with a chug and a strain

And he puffed and pulled with might and main.

And slowly he climbed, a foot at a time

And his engine coughed as he whispered soft,

"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."

With a squeak and a creak and a toot and a sigh.

With an extra hope and an extra try,

He would not stop-now he neared the top-

And strong and proud he cried out loud,

"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!"

He was almost there, when-CRASH! SMASH! BASH!

He slid down and mashed into engine hash.

On the rocks below...which goes to show

If the track is tough and the hill is rough,

THINKING you can just ain't enough.

"When the sun comes up each morning in deepest Africa on the Serengeti, the Gazelle awakens and starts running and knows that he must run faster than the slowest lion if he is to survive,"and each morning in deepest Africa, on the Serengeti plane the lion awakens and start running because she knows she must run faster than the slowest gazelle if she is to survive, so when the Communication 207 sun comes up, you better be running."

"When The Sun Comes Up, You Better Be Running"

Sermon, Sunrise Service, St.Petersburg Beach FLA

Easter, 1992