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Subject: Ice Cream for the soul
Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could
say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is great, God is good. Thank you for
the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And
Liberty and justice for all! Amen!" Along with the laughter from the other customers
nearby I heard a woman remark, "That's what's wrong with this country. Kids today don't
even know how to pray. Asking God for ice-cream! Why, I never!" Hearing this, my son
burst into tears and asked me, "Did I do it wrong? Is God mad at me?" As I held him
and assured him that he had done a terrific job and God was certainly not mad at him,
an elderly gentle man approached the table. He winked at my son and said, "I happen
to know that God thought that was a great prayer." "Really?" my son asked "Cross my
heart." Then in theatrical whisper he added (indicating the woman whose remark had
started this whole thing), "Too bad she never asks God for ice cream. A little ice
cream is good for the soul sometimes." Naturally, I bought my kid's ice cream at the
end of the meal. My son stared at his for a moment and then did something I will remember
the rest of my life. He picked up his sundae and without a word walked over and placed
it in front of the woman. With a big smile he told her, "Here, this is for you.
Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes and my soul is good already."
The End
Maybe we should have a National Ice Cream Day .......
This is about or schools and how
things have changed over the years.
Now I sit me down in school,
Where praying is against the rule.
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple or orange or green,
That's no offense, it's the freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise,
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the State.
We're allowed to cuss & dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues & cheeks.
They've outlawed guns; but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the unwed daddy, our Senior King.
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.
We can get our condoms, & birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires & totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No Word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot,
My soul please take.
I asked for Strength.......And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for Wisdom.......And God gave me Problems to solve.
I asked for Prosperity....And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.
I asked for Courage..... .And God gave me Danger to overcome.
I asked for Love............And God gave me troubled people to help.
I asked for Favors.........And God gave me Opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted ........I received everything I needed!
Subject: THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL sent from Thomas
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In a room of
200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this."
He proceeded to crumple the bill up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the
hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" And he dropped it
on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up,
now crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.
"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the
money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the
decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are
worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your
value in God's eyes. To Him, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.
The worth of our lives comes not in
what we do or who we know but by
WHO WE ARE!
You are special - Don't ever forget it!
Please pass this on - you will never know the lives it touches, the
hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring!
Count Your Blessings, not your problems !
The Peolpes
Court ................ I think you should read this ... I really do.
After living a "decent" life my time on earth came to an end. The first thing
I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a
court house. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat
by the defense table.
As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor," he was a villainous looking gent who
snarled as he stared at me, he definitely was the most evil person I have ever
seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat my lawyer, a kind and gentle
looking man whose appearance seemed very familiar to me. The corner door flew open
and there appeared the judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence
as he moved across the room and I couldn't take my eyes off of him.
As he took his seat behind the bench he said "Let us begin."
The prosecutor rose and said "My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this man
belongs in hell." He proceeded to tell of lies that I told, things that I stole and
in the past when I cheated others. Satan told of other horrible perversions that were
once in my life and the more he spoke the further down in my seat I sank. I was
embarrassed that I couldn't look at anyone, even my own lawyer, as the Devil told of
sins that even I had completely forgotten about.
As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset
at my representative who sat there silently not offering any form of defense at all.
I know I had been guilty of those things, but I had done some good in my life - couldn't
that at least equal out part of the harm I've done? Satan finished with a fury and said
"This man belongs in hell, he is guilty of all that I have charged and there is not a
person who can prove otherwise.
When it was his turn, my lawyer first asked if he might approach the bench. The judge
allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned him to come forward. As he
got up and started walking I was able to see him now in his full splendor and majesty.
Now I realized why he seemed so familiar, this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my
Savior. He stopped at the bench and softly said to the judge "Hi Dad" and then he turned
to address the court. "Satan was correct in saying that this man had sinned, I won't deny
any of these allegations. And yes the wages of sins is death and this man deserves to be punished".
Jesus took a deep breath and turned to his Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed
"However, I died on the cross so that this person might have eternal life and he has
accepted me as his Savior, so he is mine." My Lord continued with "His name is written
in the book of life and no one can snatch him from me. Satan still does not understand
yet, this man is not to be given justice but rather mercy." As Jesus sat down, he quietly
paused, looked at his Father and replied "There is nothing else that needs to be done,
I've done it all".
The Judge lifted his mighty hand and slammed the gavel down and the
following words bellowed from his lips-
"This man is free - the penalty for him has already been paid in full, case dismissed."
As my Lord led me away I could hear Satan ranting and raving "I won't give up, I'll
win the next one." I asked Jesus as he gave me my instructions where to go next,
"Have you ever lost a case?" Christ lovingly smiled and said "Everyone that has come
to me and asked me to represent them has received the same verdict as you...Paid in Full."
In this world of terrible hurt, pain, suffering, and extreme self centered focus to
the exclusion of everyone and everything else there are times when logic, thought,
discussion etc. do nothing. It is in these times I have learned that I have only one
place to turn to ease the pain.
If you do not pass this along to 15 people immediately absolutely nothing will happen.
No curse, no bad fortune, absolutely nothing. Passing this on to anyone you consider
a friend, as I have done here, will bless you both, that is what Jesus promised us all.
Passing this on to one not considered a friend is something I know Christ would do.
I don't know who wrote this. I wish I did so I could tell them what a wonderful
story I think this is. Since I can't tell them ...... I will post it here and
tell you what wonderful story I think this is. I hoped you liked it.
A Fun Bible Story
From: Reader's Digest
Jesus, Moses and an Old Bearded Guy, having some extra time on their hands, to use,
were playing Golf one day.
Moses was the first to tee off, and hooked his ball into the middle of a big lake.
Moses then parted the waters and hit his ball onto the green! Jesus was next to tee
off, but sliced his ball into another water hazard, but he walked on the water and was
able to stroke his ball near the cup! Then the Old Bearded Guy stepped up and made his
tee shot. He hit the ball with a tremendous force, but it hooked badly. The ball
bounced off of the Club House Roof, hit the cart path and rolled down a hill into a pond,
coming to a rest on a lily pad. A Frog hopped over to the lily pad and picked up the
ball, then a soaring Eagle swooped down, snatched the Frog and flew over the green!
As the Eagle flew over the green, the Frog dropped the ball, the ball bounced on the
green, then rolled into the cup, for a hole in one!
Moses turned to Jesus saying, " man I loath playing golf with your Old Man."
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If you never really knew his story here it is and it won't take you long to read but
will tell you alot . Maybe the story is not like you thought.... read it and see.
Visit any part of the world today. Talk to people of any religion.
No matter how committed they are to their particular religion, if they know
anything about history, they will have to admit that there has never been a man
like Jesus of Nazareth.
He is the most unique personality of all time.
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This is a very interesting story....Read this and see how they can't prove it wrong.
For all the scientists out there and for all the students who have a hard time
convincing these people regarding the truth of the Bible ... here's something that
shows God's awesome creation and shows that He is still in control. Did you know
that the space program is busy proving that what has been called "myth" in the Bible
is true? Mr. Harold Hill, President of the Curtis Engine Company in Baltimore, Maryland
and a consultant in the space program,relates the following development. "I think one of
the most amazing things that God has for us today happened recently to our astronauts
and space scientists at GreenBelt,Maryland. They were checking the position of the sun,
moon, and planets out in space where they would be 100 years and 1000 years from now.
We have to know this so we won't send a satellite up and have it bump into something
later on in its orbits. We have to lay out the orbits in terms of the life of the satellite
and where the planets will be so the whole thing will not bog down.They ran the computer
measurement back and forth over the centuries and it came to a halt. The computer stopped
and put up a red signal, which meant that there was something wrong either with the
information fed into it or with the results as compared to the standards. They called
in the service department to check it out and they said, "What's wrong?" Well, they found
there is a day missing in space in elapsed time. They scratched their heads and tore
their hair. There was no answer. Finally, a Christian man on the team said, "You know,
one time I was in Sunday School and they talked about the sun standing still." While
they didn't believe him, they didn't have an answer either, so they said, "Show us."
He got a Bible and went back to the book of Joshua where they found a pretty ridiculous
statement for any one with "common sense." There they found the Lord saying to Joshua,
"Fear them not, I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand
before thee." Joshua was concerned because he was surrounded by the enemy and if
darkness fell they would overpower them. So Joshua asked the Lord to make the sun stand
still! That's right - "The sun stood still and the moon stayed and hasted not to go
down about a whole day!" (Joshua 10:12-13) The astronauts and scientists said, "There
is the missing day!" They checked the computers going back into the time it was written
and found it was close but not close enough. The elapsed time that was missing back in
Joshua's day was 23 hours and 20 minutes, not a whole day. They read the Bible and there
it was "about(approximately)a day" These little words in the Bible are important, but
they were still in trouble because if you cannot account for 40 minutes you'll still
be in trouble 1,000 years from now. Forty minutes had to be found because it can be
multiplied many times over in orbits. As the Christian employee thought about it, he
remembered somewhere in the Bible where it said the sun went BACKWARDS. The scientists
told him he was out of his mind, but they got out the Book and read these words in 2
Kings that told of the following story: Hezekiah, on his deathbed, was visited by the
prophet Isaiah who told him that he was not going to die. Hezekiah asked for a sign as
proof. Isaiah said "Do you want the sun to go ahead 10 degrees?" Hezekiah said "It is
nothing for the sun to go ahead 10 degrees, but let the shadow return backward 10 degrees."
Isaiah spoke to the Lord and the Lord brought the shadow ten degrees BACKWARD!
Ten degrees is exactly 40 minutes! Twenty three hours and 20 minutes in Joshua,
plus 40 minutes in Second Kings make the missing day in the universe!" Isn't it
amazing? References: Joshua 10:8 and 12,13 and 2 Kings 20:9-11.
Forward this to as many people who you believe would think this is equally as cool.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark.
Professionals built the Titanic.
The Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched
the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it
could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a
pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then
emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued
to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge
and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither
happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a
swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting
cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were
God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would
be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are
exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any
obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
We could never fly!
Subject: Unfold the rose
A young, new preacher was walking with an older, more seasoned preacher
in the garden one day, and feeling a bit insecure about what God had for
him to do; he was inquiring of the older preacher. The older preacher
walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told
him to open it without tearing off any petals.
The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was
trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his
wanting to know the WILL OF GOD for his life and for his ministry.
Because of his high respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to TRY
to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact... It wasn't long
before he realized how impossible it was to do so.
Noticing the younger preacher's inability to unfold the rosebud while
keeping it intact, the older preacher began to recite the following:
UNFOLDING THE ROSEBUD
It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of GOD's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.
The secret ofunfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so sweetly,
When in my hands they fade and die.
If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of GOD's design,
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?
So I'll trust in Him for His leading
Each moment of every day.
I will look to him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way.
The pathway that lies before me,
Only my Heavenly Father knows.
I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.
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The Door is OPEN and the offer stands.
This kinda makes you feel a little bit humble.
A man named Preacher Thomas entered his church one morning with a rusty,
old, bent bird cage. He set the bird cage on the pulpit causing a few
raised eyebrows. Then he began to speak;
"Yesterday morning I came across a young boy who had
three scared birds in a cage shivering from the cold.
I asked him, 'What you got there?'
'Just some dumb old birds!'
'What you going to do with them?'
'Tease 'em, play with 'em, and pull out their feathers!'
'Then what you going to do with them?'
'Feed 'em to my cat, he likes birds!'
The pastor went silent for a moment then asked,
'How much you want for them?'
'Oh, you don't want these, they're ugly and they can't even sing.'
'How much?' came the pastors definite reply.
The boy thought for a moment and then said, 'Fifty bucks.'
The pastor reached into his pocket and pulled out fifty dollars.
The boy took the money and vanished.
The pastor picked up the cage, walked to the end of the alley where
there was a tree and a small grassy spot. He opened the door and by gently
tapping the bars to the cage, coaxed the birds out into the grass.
They were free." That explained the bird cage on the pulpit.
Then he proceeded to tell this story........
"One day Satan and Jesus were walking and Satan had just come
out of the Garden of Eden, he was gloating and boasting. 'Yes
sir, I caught me a whole world of people. Set a
trap they just couldn't resist. Yep, got 'em all.'
'What are you going to do with them?' came the reply.
'Gonna have some fun with them; teach them how to hate, hurt, and kill each other.'
'Then what are you going to do?'
'Oh, then I'll destroy them and bring them down into my kingdom.'
Jesus paused, 'How much do you want for them?'
'Oh, you don't want them. They'll just hate you, spit
on you, mock you and kill you. They don't want you.'
Jesus paused and looked straight into Satan's soul, 'How much?'
Satan looked at Christ and sneered, 'All your tears, all your blood, all
your footsteps, all your strengths...all your life.'
Jesus paid the price, picked up the cage and opened the door."
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