I think that is cool Phil. -- Can you imagine what a scarcity of news there would be If everybody obeyed > the Ten Commandments? I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is IN GOD WE TRUST Karen Carter '74 -KC- Ministries -------------- Original message -------------- From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> > I have been doing some google searches today on goose bumps, which is often > now spelled as one word, but I was wondering about it. Why? Well, I know > it can occur due to fear one might suddenly experience and that fear can > come in many types. Of course, everybody has probably experienced goose > bumps when listening to music you really like. Try, however, generating the > goose bump feeling and physical response by just thinking about doing it. I > don't think it is possible or at least I have never heard of anybody saying > they could make it happen just by thought alone. Anyhow, I was sitting at > my computer a few minutes ago and thinking about the greatness and power of > God. I can't remember why I was thinking that way but something came to > mind, I stopped what I was doing, and just sat and thought about God for a > few seconds. I bet it wasn't even more than 10 seconds. I smiled when, in > my thoughts, I realized, based upon whatever it was I was thinking about, > how big God was. Suddenly, I began tingling all over just like I have when > listening to music that I thought was really cool for some reason. I have > tried capturing these goose bump moments, forcing my mind to immediately > focus on what was happening to me at the moment, and I have noticed that I > am at a level of sudden keen awareness of emotions. Not my emotions but the > person doing the music, for example, and that it is almost as if I can feel > their emotional input to the music. Wow. I can't believe this but it just > happened again as I talked about it. sometimes it occurs when we suddenly > are chilled and my air conditioner is running but I am not cold. Have you > ever consider the emotions of the Creator? I mean, the one who gave us > emotions in the first place. What do you bet that the emotions we have are > very similar to the feelings of God. Say, there is a title for a good > theological book. The Feelings of God. Interesting. Or I suppose it could > be called the Goose Bumper. Publishers are using all types of weird titles > now I have noticed. So, have you had goose bumps, or goose flesh, or goose > pimples when praying or thinking about God? By the way, the sensation I > just experience while typing this and was trying to describe what I was > thinking about God? The goose bumps started at my head, flashed down my > arms and clear down my legs. Normally it just occurs on my arms. > Apparently the term comes from what a plucked goose, or perhaps chicken, > skin looks like, or feels like to the touch. This reminds me of an old > joke. Do you know what you get when you cross a chicken with a banjo? A > bird that can pluck itself. I told my dentist that one day when he was > getting ready to drill on me. He busted out laughing and so did his > assistant standing on the other side of me. He said, Phil, I'm not for sure > what that means. I told him I didn't know what it meant either but I heard > it on a children's program on TV one day that my kids were watching so the > joke had to be ok. > > Phil. > > > Has He Ever Crossed Your Mind? > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com >