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LIFE-CHANGING LESSONS
All texts are quoted from the King James Version (KJV) unless otherwise stated. Stories are credited to
the original author or source except where source information is unavailable.
Cover design, book design, and layout: Howard Bullard
Project assistant: Benjamin Baker
Copy editor: Bill Cleveland
Proofreaders: Jeannie Watkins, Shannan Malone
Typeface: Berkeley Oldstyle
This QuoteBook, Life Stories, is the tenth in the 101 Oakwood University
Graduate QuoteBook Series prepared annually for Oakwood University graduates.
Other QuoteBook titles include:
A Place Called Oakwood (2007 Special Edition)
The Universal Lesson Book (2006)
Powerful Traits for Christian Leaders (2005)
Healthy Habits (2004)
The Help-Yourself ListBook (2003)
The Coping Workbook (2002)
The Success Workbook (2001)
The Satisfaction of Service (2000)
Thoughts for the Journey (1999)
Each of the QuoteBooks can be found at the Oakwood University website:
www.oakwood.edu/goldmine/quotebook.
This QuoteBook was underwritten by
Adventist Risk Management
12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904
301-680-6800
DEDICATED
To all the progressive persons and entities
that supported and facilitated
Oakwood College becoming Oakwood University
from the inception of the vision
through the transition and planning that
culminated in the fulllment of this historic transition.
LETTER TO GRADUATES
Dear Graduate and Reader,
A story is a great way to illustrate lessons for life. There is something ageless about a
good story. They are fun, memorable, and engaging. People love a story.
More specically, uplifting stories cause us to examine a character or situation, think
about moral dilemmas or conicts, and vicariously experience the consequences of choices
made. Brief stories, as in this series, often involve a single, simple, consistent action without
extraneous details or distracting circumstances. Such stories are a great way to nail down
successful principles for life.
Thats what this little volume in the Oakwood University QuoteBook Series is all about.
These stories are entertaining, enlightening, engaging, and educational. They are some of
our favorites. Each of these 101 stories has a quotation, scripture, and an opportunity for
you to make a personal application to your life. The 101 stories are categorized according to
ten (10) values or principles that are emphasized throughout the Bible and are vital to the
successful development of character. The Appendix contains additional helpful material.
This rst QuoteBook since Oakwood has become a university is full of practical insights that will motivate and encourage you as a life-long learner. We hope you enjoy it.
As we gathered and selected these stories, we kept in mind our vision statement that
encapsulates the Oakwood mission: Oakwood University graduates are leaders in service to
God and humanity. We challenge you wherever you go, always remember our Aim: Education, Excellence, Eternity and our Motto: Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve.
Have a good life!
Blessings and success to you,
President and Mrs. Delbert W. Baker
CONTENT
SECTION I. Divine Priority
1. Bicycling With Jesus ........................................................................ 4
2. Dont Blame God ............................................................................. 6
3. Saint of the Gutters ......................................................................... 8
4. What Do You See? .......................................................................... 12
5. Climbing Kilimanjaro ................................................................. 16
6. Understanding Suffering ............................................................... 22
7. Jesus, the Bridge ............................................................................ 24
8. Grass on Your Path ...................................................................... 26
9. The End of the Story ........................................................................ 28
10. The Naked Truth ......................................................................... 30
SECTION II. Unconditional Love ........................................... 34
11. One Good Deed ...................................................................... 36
12. Request Granted! .................................................................... 38
13. The Promise ............................................................................ 40
14. The Whisper Test .................................................................... 44
15. A Dog Goes to Church ............................................................ 46
16. Dad, Is That You? .................................................................... 48
17. A Praying Mother .................................................................... 50