Poems
& Stuff
Here are some things
that we have come across that are not always dog related, but we feel that they
are worthy of sharing. I decided to create this page for such things. We hope
that you enjoy all that you see on this site and maybe it will make a positive
difference in your day. If you have anything that you feel is worthy of sharing
and would like to see it here please email me and I will put it here. If you
have not come to the conclusion, we are very patriotic. We love our
country and stand behind OUR president, GEORGE W. BUSH! I implore
all who read this to take a moment to pray for him and our
troops. We are born again Christians and want His light to shine through us to
show His love for all people and that He is the Way, Truth and the Life to
heaven.
Bryan
Bricks:
1.
Put 400 bricks in a closed room.
2. Put your new hires in the room and close the door.
3.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours.
4. Then analyze the situation:
a. If they are counting the bricks, put them in the Accounting
Department. < BR>
b. If they are recounting them,
put them in Auditing.
c. If they have messed up
the whole place with the bricks, put them in Engineering.
d. If they are arranging
the bricks in some strange order, put them in Planning
e. If they are throwing
the bricks at each other, put them in Operations.
f. If they are sleeping,
put them in Security.
g If they have broken the
bricks into pieces, put them in Information Technology.
h. If they are sitting
idle, put them in Human Resources.
i. If they say they have
tried different combinations, they are looking for more, yet not a
brick has been moved, put them in Sales.
j. If they have
already left for the day, put them in Marketing.
k. If they are
staring out of the window, put them in Strategic Planning.
l. If they are
talking to each other, and not a single brick has been moved,
congratulate them and put them in Top Management.
Finally, if they have
surrounded themselves with bricks in such a way that they can
neither be seen nor heard from, put them in Congress.
This will give you
the chills........
GOOD chills.
A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible
Study.
The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's
voice
The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does God still speak to
people?'
After service, he went out with some
friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message.
Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different
ways.
It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home.
Sitting
in his car, he just began to pray, 'God...If you still speak to people,
speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.'
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest
thought
to stop and buy a gallon of milk.
He shook his head and said out loud, 'God is that you?' He didn't get a
reply and started on toward home.
But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.
The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice
of
God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
'Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' It didn't seem
like
too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped
and
purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, 'Turn Down that
street.'
This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection.
Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street.
At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.
Half jokingly, he said out loud,
'Okay, God, I will.'
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He
pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi- commercial
area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of
neighborhoods
either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the
people were already in bed.
Again, he sensed something! , 'Go and give the milk to the people in the
house across the street.' The young man looked at the house. It was dark
and
it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep.
He
started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
'Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up,
they
are going
to be mad and I will look stupid.' Again, he felt like he should go and
give the milk.
Finally, he opened the door, 'Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the
door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy
person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for
something,
but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here.'
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise
inside. A man's voice! yelled
out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then the door opened before the
young
man could get away.
The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he
just
got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too
happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. 'What is it?'
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this to
you.'
The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.
Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk! toward the
kitchen.
The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man
had
tears streaming down his face.
The man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying. We had
some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any
milk
for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get
some
milk.'
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to send an Angel with
some
Are you an Angel?'
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he
had on
him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car
and
the tears were streaming down his face.
He knew that God still answers prayers.
This is so true. Sometimes it's the simplest things that God asks us to
do,
if we are obedient to what He's asking, we can hear His voice more clear
than ever. Please listen, and obey! It will bless you (and the world).
Phi l
4:13
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions. Jesus
said,
'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.'
On the first
day God created...
On the first day, God created the dog and said:
"Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or
walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said: "That's a long time to
be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other
ten?"
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and
said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this,
I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for
twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back
ten like the dog did?"
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said:
"You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under
the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family For this, I
will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said: "That's kind of a tough
life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back
the other forty?"
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man and said:
"Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you
twenty years."
But man said: "Only twenty years ? Could
you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the
monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty,
okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You asked for
it."
So that is why for our first twenty years we
eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the
sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to
entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front
porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.....
--
Live well, laugh often, love much!!!
Just up the
road from my home is a field, with two horses in it.
From a distance, each
looks like every other horse.
But if one stops the car, or is walking by, one will notice
something quite amazing.
Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His
owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him.
This alone is amazing.
Listening, one will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around for the source of
the sound, one will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached
to her bridle is a small bell.
It lets her blind friend know where she is, so he can follow
her.
As one stands and watches these two friends, one sees how she is always
checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk to
where she is, trusting that she will not lead him astray.
Like the owners of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because
we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges.
He watches over us and even brings others into
our lives to help us when we are in need.
Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by God and
those
whom
he places in our lives.
Other
times we are the guide horse, helping others see God.
Day 6, Truth & Deception: Christianity
& Jehovah's Witnesses
Founder:
Christianity--Jesus Christ,
God's eternal Son, co-equal with the Father & Holy Spirit
Jehovah's Witnesses--Chas. Taze
Russell & Jos. F. Rutherford, 1879, in Pennsylvania
Key Writings:
Christianity: The 66 Books of the Old and
New Testaments, written between 1400 B.C. and 100 A.D. One
God-breathed message: Salvation to all who believe on Christ.
Jehovah's Witnesses: Watchtower
Publications, "Awake!" magazine,
the New World Translation (with distorting notes) of the Bible
Who is God?
Christianity:
One Triune God, Father, Son and Spirit.
J.W.'s:
One Person, "Jehovah." Not Jesus and not the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the first thing "Jehovah" created.
Who is Jesus?
Christianity: Fully God &
Fully Man, Creator & Sustainer of all, Co-equal w. the Father.
J.W.'s: Not God.
Was Michael the archangel. After dying on a stake, not a cross, he was
resurrected as a spirit. His body was destroyed. Not coming
again, he came spiritually in 1914. Very soon he and the angels will
destroy all non-J.W.'s.
How can a person go to heaven?
Christianity: By grace
through faith in Jesus Christ, God's Son our Savior who died in our place on
the cross to save us from our sin.
J.W.'s: Be baptized as
a Jehovah's Witness.Earn everlasting life on earth by door-to-door work.
Salvation in heaven is for only 144,000, a number that has already been
reached.
J.W.'s don't observe holidays or birthdays,
don't salute the flag or work in the military, don't accept blood
transfusions.
Pastor's note: J.W.'s are trained
to redirect you through conversations and "Bible studies" in your
home. They will tell you for example that Jesus is "a
god," not THE GOD, cleverly trying to convince you that the absence of
the word "the" in John 1:1-3 means Jesus isn't the same as
Jehovah. Like Mormon door-to-door evangelists, they follow
clever lines of reasoning to get you confused and off-track. Don't
invite them in. THE OBVIOUS TEACHING THROUGHOUT THE NEW
TESTAMENT IS THAT JESUS IS GOD. Check it out for yourself.
from: Pastor Ed Shaw - Battle Ground Baptist Church
Day 6, Truth & Deception:
Christianity, "Unity" What's the difference?
Cult/Truth
FOUNDER:
Christianity: Promised and foreshadowed
through the Old Testament, JESUS CHRIST,
fully God & fully Man, recognized by secular historians of His time.
Unity: Chas. & Myrtle Fillmore, 1889,
Unity Village, Missouri.
WHO IS GOD?
Christianity: The One
Triune eternal Creator/Sustainer of all. 3 Persons, One God.
Unity: Invisible impersonal
power,principle, law, being, mind, spirit. "in everything."
WHO IS JESUS?
Christianity: THE Way,
THE Truth, THE LIfe, THE only Mediator between God and Man
Eternal, Incarnated Son Who died for man, rose again, ascended to heaven
and will return and reign forever.
Unity: A man. Not "the
Christ!"--("Christ" is a state of perfection in every
person.)
HOW DOES A PERSON HAVE ASSURANCE OF
SALVATION?
Christianity:
Confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Lord, and believe in your heart
that He died and rose again for your sake; receive the free gift of eternal
life, forgiveness, escape from "the second death," to
be with Christ in the new heavens & new earth!
Unity: Recognize that each person is a son
of god as Jesus is. There's no evil, no devil, no sin, no poverty, no
old age. A person is reincarnated till he learns this and becomes
perfect. Death is a result of wrong thinking. No literal heaven or
hell.
DO'S & DON'TS WITH FRIENDS IN DECEPTION:
1. Examine your own beliefs. Search the
Scriptures: John, I John, Romans, Ephesians for starters.
2. Freshly commit your heart to God and the
authority of His Word.
3. Show kindness.
4. Pray and wait for openings to share.
Your personal testimony is indisputable!
5. Be respectful and real.
6. Be courageous and humble.
7. Be positive. Share the transforming
power of Jesus' love & forgiveness.
8. Be patient. You may be a planter, a
waterer or a reaper. The Holy Spirit regenerates.
from: Pastor Ed Shaw - Battle Ground Baptist Church
Truth/Deception Day 7
Christian...Agnostic
Alexander Pope's "Essay on Man"
ushered in humanism, sister of agnosticism. Here's the central quote:
"Presume not God to scan; the answer to
man is man." [Dethrone God and take the throne yourself.]
Because Christians and
organized Christian religious groups are fraught with sin, a percentage of
folks exposed but not yet responsive in faith to Jesus' love
become disheartened. They let down their reverence. They back away,
entertaining the notion, "Christianity doesn't work."
Believing their own
sensibilities are more trustworthy than the Bible, and following their own
devices to find peace and pleasure, these individuals move to an
intellectual place called "agnostic." The literal meaning
is, "away from knowing." The position regarding God,
creation, the Bible as Truth, heaven and hell, 10 Commandments from God, is--"I
don't know!"
The notion is, I'm being
intellectually honest. I don't see Christianity working, and I do see
non-believers being pretty humane. I don't want an artificial
Authority over my life, so I take this ground: "I just don't
know." Therefore, I do whatever I want, and I assume I don't have
to answer to "God" or "The Bible" for my life. Famous
thinker Aldous Huxley, living in fornication, honestly admitted that he
chose agnosticism as a way to be unaccountable for behavior he chose to
engage in.
Is Christianity real?
1. Old Testament prophecy to Abraham, 2000
BC, came true in the 425-year captivity of Israel in Egypt, followed by the
predicted deliverance.
2. Old Testament prophecies to Moses, 1450
BC, came true in Israel 700 years later in the deportation to Babylon and
the deliverance 70 years later exactly as predicted.
3. Creation by God is SO
OBVIOUS THAT ONLY DISHONESTY ALLOWS CONTRADICTION. For example, the
chance that the Earth could sustain life by chance IS 10 TO THE NEGATIVE
15TH POWER, 1/1000th of a trillionth. Even an amoeba is so complex that
scientists don't completely understand it. The human eye is so tremendously
complex it takes volumes to describe what we know about how it develops and
works. It is wondrous beyond description in its intricate design and
sustenance.
4. The Old Testament prophecies of Christ,
315 of which we know were fulfilled in Jesus' conception, birth, life, death
and resurrection are stunning. Stunning. That these predictions would
come true in a person by chance is far beyond reason.
5. Every discovery in archaeology in
the Near East has confirmed the accuracy of Biblical records.
"Not one archaeological find has contradicted the Bible."--Dr.
Nelson Gleck, the leading (non-Christian) Near East archaeologist of the
last 1/4 of the 20th century. Jewish archaeologists recently found the
burned remains of Sodom, with clumps of sulfur amid blackened bricks, just
as the story goes in Genesis, from around 2000 B.C.
6. The Bible is true to psychology, the
universal ways of men's minds. Even the honest expressions of the
Apostle Paul in Romans 7 are consistent with what we know about psyche.
God, through nature, our own experiences, the Bible, the
enduring though flawed church, the Holy Spirit "touching" our
consciences and thought processes, calls us to Himself...to trusting in His
crucified, risen, ascended, returning, reigning, loving Son Jesus.
"O taste and see that the Lord is good," the Psalm beckons.
Malcomb Muggeridge, C.S. Lewis, J.R. Tolkein, John Milton, America's leading
genome scientist today, along with kings, queens, presidents, scholars and
geniuses, invite you to join the parade of believers, leaving the artificial
"smokescreen" of empty and reality-denying agnosticism.
Jesus loves you.
Christianity...agnosticism. "The fool has said in his
heart, no God."
from: Pastor Ed Shaw - Battle Ground Baptist Churh
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Good
friends are like stars.........
You
don't always see them,
but
you know they are always there.
|
You really should be sitting down when you
read this one.
>
>
>Gold Star Mothers is an organization made up of women whose sons were
>killed in military combat during service in the United States Armed
>Forces.
>
>Recently a delegation of New York State Gold Star Mothers made a trip
>to Washington, DC, to discuss various concerns with their elected
>Representatives.
>
>According to published reports, there was only one politician who
>refused to meet with these ladies.
>
>Can you guess which politician that might be?
>
>Was it New York Senator Charles Schumer? Nope, he met with them.
>
>Try again. Do you know anyone serving in the Senate who has never
> showed anything but contempt for our military?
>
> Do you happen to know the name of any politician in
> Washington who's husband once wrote of his loathing for
the
military?
>
> Now you're getting warm! You got it!
>
> None other than the Queen herself, Hillary Rotten Clinton.
>
> She refused repeated requests to meet with the Gold Star
Mothers.
>
> Now, please don't tell me you're Surprised. This woman
> wants to be President of the United States --- and
> there is a huge percentage of Voters who are eager to
> help her achieve that goal.
>
> May you sleep in peace always...and please....hug or
> thank a Veteran for that privilege.
>
> Think about this one !!!
>
>
> Don't forget, our girl,
>
> Hillary Rodham Clinton,
> as a New York Senator, now comes under this fancy
> congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan.
>
> It's common knowledge that, in order for her to
> establish NYS residency, they purchased a million+ dollar
> house in upscale Chappaqua, NY.
>
> Makes sense.
> Now, they are entitled to Secret Service protection for life.
>
> Still makes sense. Here is where it becomes interesting.
> The mortgage payments hover at about $10,000 per month.
>
> BUT, an extra residency had to be built within the
> acreage in order to house the Secret Service agents..
>
> The Clinton's now charge the Secret Service $10,000
> monthly rent for the use of said Secret Service residence
> and that rent is just about equal to their mortgage
> payment, meaning that we, the tax payers, are paying the
> Clinton's mortgage, their transportation, their safety
and
> security, their 12 man staff, and it's all perfectly
legal.
>
>
> Sincerely, Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)
>
> PS: Please forward this to as many people as you can. We
> don't want this woman to even think of running for
President.
> So, just how many people can you send this to?
> It will take no more than 2 minutes.
> Thanks
Anyone
remember this??
It
was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video
of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the
Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what
he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close to
$60,000 for a home security system?"
Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't
that just a little excessive?"
"No, sir," continued Ollie.
"No? And why not?" the senator asked.
"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
"Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it,
which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at
the attempt. Then the senator continued. Why are you so afraid of this
man?" the senator asked.
"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of",
Ollie answered.
"And
what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team
be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of
the clip.
By
the way, that senator was Al
Gore!
Also:
Terrorist
pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in
Israel
in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the
Oslo
agreement with the Palestinians in 1993,
Israel
had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners."
However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The
American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State,
Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released.
Thus
Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked the
US
by flying an airplane into Tower One of the
World
Trade
Center
. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the
terrorists were first identified.
It
was censored in the
US
from all later reports.
If you agree that the American public should be made aware of this fact, pass
this on.
Subj: 9/11
Do Not Break - it is 3 years strong
This is why I always say I love YOU....
This has not been broken since 9/11/01, please keep it going...
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory of all those who
perished this morning; the passengers and the pilots on the United Air and AA
flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all the
innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the friends and families of the
deceased.
IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's
okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
Send this to at least 10 people to show your support.
PLEASE DON'T BREAK IT!!!!!!
THE BOY AND THE
FLAG
I want my boy to be the
best,
I want him to be great;
I want him in in Life's
distant West,
Prepared for any fate,
I want him to be simple,
too,
Though clever, ne'er to
brag,
But, Oh! I want him,
through and through,
To love his country's
flag.
by EDGAR GUEST
TO THE BOYS OF
AMERICA
OF COURSE WHAT WE
HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT FROM
the American boy
is that he shall turn out to be a good American man. Now,
the chances are strong that he wouldn't be much of a man unless he is a good
deal of a boy. He must not be a coward or a weakling, a bully, a shirk or a
prig. He must work hard and play hard. He must be clean-minded and clean-lived,
and able to hold his own under all circumstances and against all comers. It is
only on these conditions that he will grow into the kind of man of whom
Americans can really be proud .
by THEODORE
ROOSEVELT
LET'S ROLL!!
by
Mr. BEAMER 9-11-2001
I SUPPOSE THERE'S
A TIME IN PRACTICALLY EVERY YOUNG BOY'S LIFE
when he's
affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don't mean the kind a boy
has for a pretty little girl that lives down the road. I mean the real kind that
has four small feet and a wiggly tail, and sharp little teeth that can gnaw on a
boy's finger: the kind a boy can romp and play with, even eat and sleep with.
by
WILSON RAWLS
WHERE THE
RED FERN GROWS
THE BOY AND
HIS DOG
A BOY AND HIS DOG
MAKE A GLORIOUS PAIR,
No better
friendship is found anywhere,
For they talk and
they walk and they run and they play
And they have
their secrets for many a day,
And that boy had
a comrade, who thinks and who feels,
Who walks down
the road with a dog at his heels.
He may go where
he will and his dog will be there,
May revel in mud
and his dog will not care,
Faithful he'll
stay for the slightest command
And bark with
delight at the touch of his hand;
Oh, he owns a
treasure which nobody steals
Who walks down
the road with a dog at his heels.
No other can lure
him away from his side,
He's proof
against riches and station and pride;
Fine dress does
not charm him and flattery's breath
Is lost on the
dog, for he's faithful to death;
He sees the great
soul which the body conceals,
Oh, it's great to
be young with a dog at your heels!
by EDGAR GUEST
When I
say... "I am a Christian"
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting
"I am saved"
I'm whispering
"I was lost"
That's how I got
this way.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I don't speak of
this with pride.
I'm confessing
that I stumble
and need someone
to be my guide.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to
be strong.
I'm professing
that I'm weak
and pray for
strength to carry on.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging
of success.
I'm admitting I
have failed
and cannot ever
pay the debt.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming
to be perfect.
My flaws are too
visible, but
God believes I am
worth it.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I still feel the
sting of pain,
I have my share
of heartaches
which is why I
speak His name.
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I do not wish to
Judge.
I have no
authority.
I only know that
I'm loved.
Share this with
somebody who already has this understanding, as reinforcement.
But more
importantly, share this with those who do not have a clear understanding of what
it means to be a Christian, so that the myth that Christians think that they
are "perfect" or better that others can be dispelled.
Author Unknown
Power and
Responsibility
"With great
power; comes great responsibility."
UNCLE BEN -
SPIDERMAN
We are all given a certain degree
of power, whether we use for good or evil is in our hands but the outcome may
not be. In the end justice will be served.
by BRYAN RODRIGUEZ
"We must all hang
together, or assuredly we will all hang separately"
by Benjamin Franklin at the
signing of our Declaration of Independence
First Grade
Wisdom
A first grade
teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the
first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the
proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are first
graders... "6" year-olds, because the last one is classic!
Better to be safe
than......punch a 5th grader.
Strike
while......bug is close.
It's always darkest
before......Daylight Saving Time.
Never underestimate
the power of......termites.
You can lead a
horse to water but......how?
Don't bite the hand
that......looks dirty.
No news
is......impossible.
A miss is as good
as a......Mr.
You can't teach an
old dog new......math.
If you lie down
with dogs, you'll......stink in the morning.
Love all,
trust......me.
The pen is mightier
than the......pigs.
An idle mind
is......the best way to relax.
Where there's smoke
there's......pollution.
Happy the bride
who......gets all the presents.
A penny saved
is......not much.
Two's company,
three's......the Musketeers.
Don't put off till
tomorrow what......you put on to go to bed.
Laugh and the whole
world laughs with you, cry and...you have to blow your nose.
There are none so
blind as......Stevie Wonder.
Children should be
seen and not......spanked or grounded.
If at first you
don't succeed......get new batteries.
You get out of
something only what you.....see in the picture on the box.
When the blind
leadeth the blind......get out of the way.
And the favorite:
Better late
than......pregnant!!!!!!
The man who changes diapers,
changes the world.
Author
unknown
Declaration
of Dependence on Christ
"When in the
course of my life it has become
abundantly clear
that I am a sinner by nature
and practice in
the eyes of a holy God,...
...and since I
have learned that God so loved
me that He gave
His one and only Son to die
in my place for
all my sin and rise again in
glory to await
His own in heaven...
...and since He
promises to save all who
call upon Him
from the consequences,
power and very
presence of sin without
reservation or
hesitation...
...I do, on this
day, declare my repentance from
the tyranny of
myself and my sin. I do transfer
my trust to Jesus
alone to direct my mortal
life and for my
eternal salvation?"
Author unknown
I implore you
right now after reading this and you feel the Holy Spirit calling to you, please
answer Him. You may not get another chance. All you have to do right now where
you are sitting just tell Jesus that you know that you are a sinner, that you
want Him to cleanse your soul and make you brand new. After you have said this
prayer I want you to call someone close to you that you know is a believer or
me, you can even call me collect. It is very important that you get into a body
of believers.
NOBILITY
Nobility is not a
birthright, it is defined by ones actions.
Robin Hood
POLITICALLY
CORRECT - NOT!
Samuel Thompson
wrote: "I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody
for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't
go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of
evolution. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness will not be endangered
because someone says a 30-second prayer before a game. So what's the big deal?
It's not like somebody is up there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just
talking to a God they believe in and asking Him to grant safety to the players
on the field and the fans going home from the game. "But it is a Christian
prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the United States of America, a
country founded on Christian principles. And we are in the Bible Belt. According
to our own phone book Christian churches outnumber all others better than
200-to-1. So what would you expect somebody chanting Hare Krishna? If I went to
a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer. If I went
to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer. If I went
to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.
And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome.....
"But what about the atheists?" is another argument What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection
plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman
or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call
your lawyer. Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell
thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a
football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Christians are just
sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our
rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray
before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful
of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us. And
if that last sentence offends you, well.....just sue me. The silent majority has
been silent too long. It is time we let the one or two who scream loud enough to
be heard, be heard. It is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you
don't have to pray, you don't have to say the Pledge of Allegiance, you don't
have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right,
and we will honor your right, but by golly you are no longer going to take our
rights away. We are fighting back.....and we WILL WIN! After all, the God you
have the right to denounce is on our side. God bless us one and all, especially
those who denounce Him...God Bless America, despite her faults...She is still
the greatest nation of all....God Bless our service men who are fighting to
protect our right to pray and worship God... may 2003 be the year the silent
majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and
institutions. Keep looking up....In God We Trust
Take time to deliberate, but when
the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Andrew Jackson (03-15-1767 to
06-08-1845) U.S. President
TWENTY-ONE
TRUTHS TO PONDER
1. Faith
the ability to not panic.
2. If you
worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.
3. As a
child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.
4. Blessed
are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
5. When we
get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so that He
can untangle the knot.
6. Do the
math. Count your blessings.
7. God
wants spiritual fruit, NOT religious nuts.
8. Dear
God, I have a problem. It's me.
9. Silence
is often misinterpreted, but NEVER misquoted.
10. Laugh
every day; it's like inner jogging.
11. The
most important things in your home are the people.
12. Growing
old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
13. There
is no key to happiness............ The door is always open.
14. A
grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who
dies with the most toys is STILL dead.
16. We do
not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious
moments.
17.
Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just hearsay.
18. It's
all right to sit on your pity pot every now & again. Just be sure to flush
when you are done.
19. Surviving
and living you life successfully requires courage. The great goals and dreams
you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from a turtle -- it only
makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. Be
more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character
is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you
are.
21. Feed
your faith and...................your doubts will starve to death.
Author unknown
Something else to
ponder: Let us say that you will live to be 100 years old, that is a total of
36,500 days. Let's say all the money you would ever make in your lifetime is
$36,500. How eager would you be to throw even one dollar away?
The Jelly Bean
Prayer
Red - is
for the blood He gave.
Green - is
for the grass He made.
Yellow - is
for His sun so bright.
Orange - is
for the edge of night.
Black - is
for the sins we made.
White -
is for the grace He gave.
Purple - is
for His hour of sorrow.
Pink -
is for our new tomorrow.
A bag full of
jelly beans, colorful and sweet, is a prayer, is a promise, is an Easter treat!
****DARRELL
SCOTT TESTIMONY****
Guess
our national leaders didn't expect this, hmm? On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the
father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the
Columbine
High School
shootings in
Littleton
,
Colorado
, was invited to address the
House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders
during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not
prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard
by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every
psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by
Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt
t hat God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a
portion of the transcript:
"Since
the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men
and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The
death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic
teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood
cries out for answers.
"The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out
in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the
National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the
murder could only be found in Cain's heart.
"In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how
quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member
of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to
represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible
for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be
defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be
their strongest opponent.
I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy-it was a
spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies!
Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the
pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. "I wrote a poem just four
nights ago that expresses my feelings best. This was written way before I knew I
would be speaking here today:
Your
laws ignore our deepest needs,
Your words are empty air.
You've stripped away our heritage,
You've outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question "Why?"
You regulate restrictive laws,
Through legislative creed.
And yet you fail to understand,
That God is what we need!
"Men
and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and
spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we
create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and
reek havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational
systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges
began as theological seminaries. This is an historical fact. What has
happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so
doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as
terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately
look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass
more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and
private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. "Eric
and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of
gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of
massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.
"As
my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his
two friends murdered before his very eyes-He did not hesitate to pray
in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I
challenge every young person in
America
, and around the
world, to realize that on
April 20, 1999
, at
Columbine
High School
prayer was brought back to our
schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in
vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for
legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with
Him. To those of you who would poin t your finger at the NRA - I give
to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before
casting the first stone!
My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this
country will not allow that to happen!"
Do
what the media did not - - let the nation hear this man's speech.
Please send this out to everyone you can.
THE
POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE:
Living
on Earth is expensive,
but
it does include a free trip
Around
the sun every year.
How
long a minute is
depends
on what side of the
bathroom
door you're on.
Birthdays
are good for you;
the
more you have,
the
longer you live.
Happiness
comes through doors you
didn't
even know you left open.
Ever
notice that the people who are late
are
often much jollier
than
the people who have to wait for them?
Most
of us go to our grave
with
our music still inside of us.
If
Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day,
how
come nothing is free yet?
You
may be only one person in the world,
but
you may also be the world to one person.
Some
mistakes are too much fun
to
only make once.
Don't
cry because it's over;
smile
because it happened.
We
could learn a lot from crayons:
some
are sharp, some are pretty,
some
are dull, some have weird names,
and
all are different colors....but
they
all exist very nicely in the same box.
A
truly happy person is one who
can
enjoy the scenery on a detour.
Have
an awesome day, and
know
that someone
who
thinks you're great
has
thought about you today!..
"And
that person was me.".....
Please
don't keep this message
to
yourself.....send it to those
who
mean so much to you.... "NOW".
Working
for God on earth does not pay much,
but
His Retirement plan is out of this world.
Windshield
Message from a child
One rainy afternoon I was driving
along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary
when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from
her relaxed position in her seat. "Dad, I'm thinking of something."
This announcement usually meant
she had been pondering some fact for a while, and was now ready to expound all
that her six-year-old mind had discovered. I was eager to hear.
"What are you
thinking?" I asked.
"The rain;" she began,
"is like sin, and the windshield wipers are like God wiping our sins
away."
After the chill bumps raced up my
arms I was able to respond.
"That's really good,
Aspen.."
Then my curiosity broke in. How
far would this little girl take this revelation?
So I asked... "Do you notice
how the rain keeps on coming? What does that tell you?"
Aspen didn't hesitate one moment
with her answer:
"We keep on sinning, and God
just keeps on forgiving us."
Author Unknown
"The
issue is not war and peace, rather, how best to preserve our freedom."
General Russell E. Dougherty
"History does not long
entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The nation which forgets
its defenders will be itself forgotten."
Calvin Coolidge
"Accept the challenges so
that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
General George S. Patton
"The price of freedom is
eternal vigilance."
Thomas Jefferson
"When we assumed the
soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen."
George Washington
"Courage is the price that
life exacts for granting peace."
Amelia Earhart
"Great works are performed,
not by strength, but by perseverance."
Samuel Johnson
"The family is the
cornerstone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude,
the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child."
Lyndon Baines Johnson
"Far and away the best prize
that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
Theodore Roosevelt
"We will not falter, we
will not tire, we will not fail."
President George W. Bush
Angels at Work ........
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was
showing me around. We
walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is
the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are
received."
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many
angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and
scraps from people all over the world. Then we moved on down a long
corridor until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.
Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and
delivered to the living persons who asked for them."
I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working
hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and
were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door
of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was
seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment
Section," my
angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. "How is it
that? There's no work going on here?" I asked.
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings
that
they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked.
"Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you,
Lord."
"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof
overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this
world.
"If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a
dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in
the world who has that opportunity."
Also ......
"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ...... you
are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you
are ahead of 700 million people in the world.
"If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than, three
billion people in the world.
Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in
that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more
blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at
all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along
to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
Attn: Acknowledge Dept.: Thank You Lord!
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and
for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with."