Marlene,
    That was very good.  I sent it on to people on my address book.  Thanks
for posting it.

Amy

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From: "marlene" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: something to think about


> In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for a
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> laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke,
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> it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
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> Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
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> Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?"
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> (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
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> Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She
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> said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for
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> years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of
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> our government and to get out of our lives.
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> And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How
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> can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we
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> demand He leave us alone?"
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> In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I
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> think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her
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> body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools,
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> and we said OK.
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> Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school . the Bible
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> says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor
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> as yourself. And we said OK.
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> Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
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> misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we
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> might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We
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> said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
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> Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they
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> don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
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> strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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> Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it
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> out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
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> Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the
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> world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but
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> question what the Bible says.
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> Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
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> wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people
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> think twice about sharing.
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> Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through
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> cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and
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> workplace.
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> Are you laughing?
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> Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on
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> your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what
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> they WILL think of you for sending it. Funny how we can be more worried
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> about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
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> Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no
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> one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't
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> sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in!!
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