Sobering thoughts

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This is good even though I am not a Graham supporter, the words are very

true!

> >> > Sobering Thoughts...

> >> >

> >> > Did you see where Graham's daughter was being interviewed on

> >> > the

> >> > Early Show a few days ago about the September 11th terrorist attack

> >> > and

> >> > Jane Clayson asked her " How could God let something like this

> >> > happen? "

> >> >

> >> > Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She

> >> > said " I

> >> > believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but

> >> > for years

> >> > we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our

> >> >

> >> > government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman

> >> > that

> >> > He is, I believe that He has calmly backed out. How can we expect

> >> > God to

> >> > give us His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave

> >> > us

> >> > alone? "

> >> >

> >> > Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare (she was

> >> > murdered, her body was found recently) complained she didn't want

> >> > any

> >> > prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

> >> >

> >> > Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school... the

> >> > Bible

> >> > that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your

> >> > neighbor

> >> > as yourself. And we said, OK.

> >> >

> >> > Then, Dr. Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when

> >> > they

> >> > misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we

> >> > might

> >> > damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide) And we

> >> > said,

> >> > an expert should know what he's talking about so we said OK.

> >> >

> >> > Then, someone said teachers and principals better not discipline

> >> > our

> >> > children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said

> >> > no

> >> > faculty member in this school better touch a student when they

> >> > misbehave

> >> > because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want

> >> > to be

> >> > sued. (There's big difference between disciplining and touching,

> >> > beating,

> >> > smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.) And we said, OK.

> >> >

> >> > Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what

> >> > we do in

> >> > private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said

> >> > it

> >> > doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in

> >> > private

> >> > as long as I have a job and the economy is good.

> >>

> >> > And then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and

> >> > movies

> >>

> >> > that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record

> >> > music

> >>

> >> > that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes.

> >> > And we

> >> > said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody

> >> > takes it

> >> >

> >> > seriously anyway, so go right ahead.

> >> >

> >> > Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why

> >> > they

> >> > don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill

> >> >

> >> > strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

> >> >

> >> > Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure

> >> > it out.

> >> > I think it has a great deal to do with " WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. "

> >> >

> >> > Then there was the student who wrote " Dear God, Why didn't you save

> >> > the

> >> > little girl killed in her classroom? " Sincerely, Concerned

> >> > Student... AND

> >> > THE REPLY:

> >> >

> >> > " Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools. Sincerely,

> >> > God. "

> >> >

> >> > Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why

> >> > the

> >> > world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers

> >> > say, but

> >> > question what the Bible says. Funny how everyone wants to go to

> >> > heaven

> >> > provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything

> >> > the Bible

> >> > says. Funny how someone can say " I believe in God " but still follow

> >> > Satan

> >> > who, by the way, also " believes " in God. Funny how we are quick to

> >> > judge

> >> > but not to be judged. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes'

> >> > through

> >> > e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending

> >> > messages

> >> > regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how the

> >> > lewd,

> >> > crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the

> >> > public

> >> > discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

> >> >

> >> > Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be

> >> > an

> >> > invisible Christian the rest of the week.

> >> >

> >> > Are you laughing yet??

> >> >

> >> > Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it

> >> > to many

> >> > on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or

> >> > what

> >>

> >> > they will think of you for sending it to them. Funny how I can be

> >> > more

> >> > worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks

> >> > of me.

> >> >

> >> > Are you thinking yet???

> >>

> >>

> >

> >> God Bless You!

> >

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