Vocabulary: Brag

Brag
(verb)--to use boastful language; boast
Sounds like:Drag
Examples:
1. He bragged endlessly about his high score.
2. He bragged that he had won.
3. Susan is bragging her new bag to her classmates
4. His father reminded him not to brag his new car.
5. The moment she received the medal, she started bragging it to every one in the
room.
Acid test
the ultimate trial for someone's credibility
Example:
1. Your readiness to support me during the examination was the acid test of our
relationship.
2. Every employee needs to go through an acid test before being promoted.
BUILDING
A great and wise man once called one of his workmen to him saying, "Go into the far country and build for me a house. The decision of planning and of actual construction will be yours, but remember, I shall come to accept your work for a very special friend of mine."
And so the workman departed with a light heart for his field of labor. Materials of all kinds were plentiful here, but the workman had a mind of his own. "Surely," he thought, "I know my business. I can use a bit of inferior materials here and cheat on my workmanship a little there, and still make the finished work look good. Only I will know that what I have built has weaknesses."
And so, at last the work was completed and the workman reported back to the great and wise man. "Very good," he said. "Now remember that I wanted you to use only the finest materials and craftsmanship in this house because I wanted to make a present of it? My friend, you are the one I had you build it for. It is all yours."
How much like man. He comes to earth a stranger. He has his free agency. He may build as he likes. But on the morning of his resurrection, he will receive what he has built for an eternal home and habitation.