Starting Right
Starting Right is a 5 minute Day Starter to help keep you motivated, encouraged, and focused throughout your day. DannyMac is a pastor, teacher, motivational speaker, husband, and father. His years of leading and training people have given him vast experience in helping individuals to accomplish change in their lives and meet their goals. He can help you set the course for your day by offering practical advice from God's Word in a positive and fun way. There is no better way to begin your day than by Starting Right with DannyMac.
Starting Right
Courtroom Bloopers and Divine Days
Have you ever considered that today wasn't randomly assembled but specifically crafted for you? In this refreshing five-minute reflection, we explore the powerful truth behind Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it."
The journey begins with some much-needed laughter as we share hilariously misguided questions that real lawyers have asked in courtrooms. These genuine courtroom bloopers remind us not to take ourselves too seriously.
But beneath the humor lies a profound message about joy that transcends circumstances. When the psalmist declares "This is the day the Lord has made," he's revealing that God specifically designed today, maintains control, watches over us, and stays by our side through everything. This divine craftsmanship behind each day enables us to experience authentic joy regardless of external situations. The peace and joy God provides often doesn't make logical sense amid difficult circumstances - yet it sustains us anyway because it flows from within. Today, I encourage you to embrace this gift: laugh, spread happiness, and recognize the sacred purpose in this day created specifically for you.
Good morning and welcome to Starting Right. I am Danny Mac and I'm going to be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great start to your day. So grab your cup of coffee, sit back and relax for the next five minutes as I help you start your day by starting right. Psalm 118, verse 24, says this is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Today we're just going to have some fun. It's not about anything theological. It's not about any great lesson or inspiration we need to do or be. It's just about having some fun.
Speaker 1:So I combed extensively through the internet for hours and hours on end and I put together a list of questions that lawyers asked witnesses while they were on the witness stand. I know how we generally view lawyers. They are amongst the most highly educated and probably some of the most intelligent people around, and there's a lot of good lawyers out there. So I mean no disrespect to lawyers, but if there are any lawyers listening this morning, you have some cohorts who ask some really dumb questions. Let me show you what I mean.
Speaker 1:During cross-examination, a lawyer said so the nose that you broke as a result of this incident. Was that the same nose that you broke as a child? How about this one Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes away quietly and really doesn't know anything about it until morning? Here's another winner. Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war? I like this one in this age of uncertainty. Do you have any children or anything of that kind? How about this one where the lawyer asked the question and the witness responded? The lawyer said I show you now exhibit three and ask you if you recognize that picture. Yes, that's me. Were you present at the time that picture was taken? Or how about this one now, mrs johnson, how was your first marriage terminated by death, and by whose death was it terminated? How about this one that seems to show a complete lack of understanding of how stairs work. The lawyer said you say the stairs went down into the basement. Yes, and these stairs do they go up? Also, I love the witness's response to this one. This is one of my absolute favorites.
Speaker 1:The lawyer was questioning the coroner and trying to trick him. The lawyer began yes, no. Did you listen to the heart? No. Did you check for breathing, no. So when you signed the death certificate, you weren't sure the man was dead, were you? Well, let me put it this way, the man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk, but I guess it's possible he could be out there practicing law somewhere. Those are in no way a reflection of all lawyers, but these, reportedly, are actual dumb questions asked in courtrooms and they hopefully gave you a bit of a smile.
Speaker 1:Today, when the Bible says that we are to rejoice for this is the day the Lord has made, the psalmist is actually saying that God specifically made today, that God is in control, that he's looking out for us, that he's with us, that he's guiding us, and because we know that God is still in control, we can rejoice, we can laugh, we can enjoy each other's company, we can enjoy our family and everything around us.
Speaker 1:The joy that God can give us is not dependent upon our circumstances.
Speaker 1:It doesn't matter what's going on in the world around us, because the power of that joy is from what is inside of us, and God wants us to experience that joy every day of our lives, and that comes for when we put our faith and our trust in Him and when we put our faith in Him, when we put our trust in Christ as our Lord and Savior, he comes inside of us and he gives us a joy and a peace that doesn't make sense in the middle of our circumstances.
Speaker 1:We can look around us. We can see all kinds of things that we should be depressed about, that we should be freaking out about. But God has said I have made this day and I have made it for you. I have made it so that you can experience everything that there is in this life with peace and with joy, because this is the day that I have made and I have made it for you. So today, my encouragement is enjoy the day, laugh, make somebody else laugh, experience joy, do something that will make somebody happy, enjoy every minute of this day that God has made for you. Have a great day, my friends. We'll talk again tomorrow. Thank you for listening today and I invite you to join me Monday to Friday, right here on Starting Right with Danny Mac.
