Winning Words 4/2/12
“Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.” (Hans Christian Andersen) Today is Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. I like his story about “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The Germans call stories like this, “Wonder Tales.” That seems appropriate as we think of God’s involvement in our life. Who, but God, could have come up with the (wonder-full) twists and turns of your life and mine? ;-) Jack

FROM JE IN MICHIGAN: This is a wonderful one. God’s blessings are upon us, it doesn’t seem that I have to look far to see his work in my life.////FROM JACK: We see what we want to see. I once read of a man who was lying in a gutter. He looked up and saw stars.

FROM SHARIN' SHARON: Don't exactly know why I appreciate today's WW so much, there's a mysterious attraction and maybe partly because remembering all the favorite old fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. His imagination struck a chord in so many of us. No wonder he thought of a WW for everyone like this one. Thanks for passing it on.////FROM JACK: To me, H.C.A. looks like Danny Kaye.

FROM BLAZING OAKS: OH! He just missed being an "April Fool"~! His wonderful stories are still relevant today. I just shared the book "The Ugly Duckling" with my great-grands. Timeless truths in many of his fairy tales. Danny Kaye portrayed him in the film Hans Christian Anderson, didn't he? If we allow God's hand into our real life Fairy tales, It indeed is wonder-full. An apt phrase! Kudos to you AND HCA!////FROM JACK: The movie, released 60 years ago, and starring Danny Kaye, was a fabricated biography about the great Dane. ...a fairy tale about the teller of fairy tales. Ironic! A favorite of mine.

FROM SAINT JAMES: You know, I played the Emperor in elementary school...////FROM JACK: Now, how was that done without disrupting the whole school?