Vergie,

I am doing well except for missing Lear.  Tracey and I both got a bad case 
of stomach flu, but we're over that now, thankfully.




JulieMelton
visit me at
www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!





>From: VIRGIE UNDERWOOD <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Causes to Pray
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 11:56:31 -0400
>
>Julie,
>After I sent that message to Vickie I realized I was preaching to myself as 
>well.  It is a hard thing for me to do and to remember at times.  Hope you 
>are doing well.
>Virgie and Hoshi
>----- Original Message ----- From: "JULIE MELTON" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:21 AM
>Subject: Re: Causes to Pray
>
>
>>Vergie,
>>
>>You're right.  Too many times we let pride get in the way of letting 
>>others be blessed.  I'm not saying take everything for free, but it takes 
>>discernmetn to know when someone might need to bless us.  Preaching to 
>>myself here.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>JulieMelton
>>visit me at
>>www.heart-and-music.com
>>Keep smiling!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: VIRGIE UNDERWOOD <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: Causes to Pray
>>>Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:17:39 -0400
>>>
>>>Vickie,
>>>Sometimes we just need to let others have their blessings!  This man was 
>>>obviously blessed by that act of kindness.  You never can tell it might 
>>>have made that guys day by your acceptance of his kindness. Your prayer 
>>>might be the one that helps to lead this man to the Lord wouldn't that be 
>>>wonderful?
>>>Huggs,
>>>Virgie and Hoshi
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki and the Rors" 
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:08 AM
>>>Subject: Causes to Pray
>>>
>>>
>>>>Saturday I went to a water aerobics class.  I took our local Para 
>>>>transit
>>>>
>>>>Service to get there.  I was pretty convinced by the tone of the 
>>>>conversation in the van
>>>>
>>>>That my driver wasn't a professing Christian.  He was nice enough, but 
>>>>if I could
>>>>
>>>>Describe him with one word just based on casual observation, I would 
>>>>have labeled
>>>>
>>>>Him as hard-shelled.  Of course, we run in to people in our daily paths 
>>>>each
>>>>
>>>>Day who aren't Christians, so nothing new about that.  I didn't speak 
>>>>with
>>>>
>>>>Him about the Lord as I didn't feel led to do so.  Quite frankly, it 
>>>>never crossed
>>>>
>>>>my mind.  I don't happen to have the gift of evangelism, though that 
>>>>isn't
>>>>
>>>>an excuse for any of us.  But as I said, it didn't cross my mind and I
>>>>
>>>>didn't feel led in that direction.  We talked about the Cinco de Mayo
>>>>
>>>>traffic, the weather and a few others pass the time type topics.  We 
>>>>rounded
>>>>
>>>>the corner taking sharp turns in to the parking lot, and he began to
>>>>
>>>>maneuver that vehicle in to a parking spot to drop me off near the gym
>>>>
>>>>entrance.  When I reached down and grabbed my gym bag I noticed I had
>>>>
>>>>forgotten my bottle of water. I casually commented about it, with a hint 
>>>>of laughter
>>>>
>>>>in my voice.  He asked me what I was going to do
>>>>
>>>>about forgetting it.  I responded that there was a whole pool of water 
>>>>in there should I
>>>>
>>>>need some.  I told him there was always the drinking fountain too if I 
>>>>was
>>>>
>>>>really seriously interested, and that it just wasn't a big deal.  In my 
>>>>mind,
>>>>
>>>>I thought, "I never drink out of drinking fountains."  "And that 
>>>>disgusting
>>>>
>>>>pool water certainly doesn't count for drinking substance, unless of 
>>>>course
>>>>
>>>>by accident, one gets a mouth full of the nasty tasting stuff."  I 
>>>>obviously didn't voice my thoughts.
>>>>
>>>>As I reached for the handrail to descend the steps of the van, instead 
>>>>of
>>>>
>>>>Finding the hand rail, there was a bottle of cold water firmly placed in 
>>>>my hand.  I
>>>>
>>>>explained that it really wasn't necessary for me to have it, and for him 
>>>>to keep it.  He
>>>>
>>>>replied that he had three other bottles.  Nothing would do but that I 
>>>>should take it.  He
>>>>
>>>>told me it was unopened and that it was Kroger's brand.  Feeling quite
>>>>
>>>>embarrassed, I offered to pay him for it which he didn't accept.  So I 
>>>>thanked him and hurriedly left the van.  I showed my id at the counter 
>>>>and headed toward the women's locker room hardly giving a thought to the 
>>>>cold water given to me by the stranger.
>>>>
>>>>I was just inside the locker room door when a voice thundered in my head 
>>>>the words, "And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least 
>>>>of my
>>>>
>>>>followers, you will surely be rewarded." (Matthew 10 verse 42, NLT) 
>>>>WHILE A CAREFUL STUDY OF THIS VERSE AND SURROUNDING VERSES WILL MORE 
>>>>FULLY EXPAND THE full MEANING AND APPLICATION< I was abruptly reminded 
>>>>of the act of kindness done to me by the van driver, and how Jesus views 
>>>>seemingly small actions. In that moment I asked the Lord to bless him 
>>>>for his kindness and prayed for his salvation.  Had this not happened as 
>>>>it did, I most likely would not have prayed for this person's salvation 
>>>>at all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Wonder what God incidents have happened to others of you that have 
>>>>caused you to specifically pray.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And by the way, don't ask me if my water aerobics cause me pain and 
>>>>agony the next day.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Vicki
>>>>
>>>
>>
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