This is long, but really caught my attention and felt no other choice but to share with those I care for....have a blessed day!!


>Finally, The Truth on National TV
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> > >      >Billy Graham's daughter was being interviewed on the Early
> > >      >Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something
> > >      >like this happen?"  And 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?"
> > >      >
> > >      >I know there's been a lot of email going around in regards
> > >      >to 9/11/01, but this really makes you think.  If you don't
> > >      >have time, at least skim through it, but the bottom line is
> > >      >something to think about...In light of recent
> > >      >events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.  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.  Benjamin 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 someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if
> > >      >they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents.
> > >      >And we said, OK.
> > >      >
> > >      >Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be
> > >      >boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons
> > >      >all the condoms they want, so they can have all the fun they
> > >      >desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got
> > >      >them at school.  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 someone said let's print magazines with pictures of
> > >      >nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation
> > >      >for the beauty of the female body.  And we said, OK.
> > >      >
> > >      >And then someone else took that appreciation a step further
> > >      >and published pictures of nude children and then stepped
> > >      >further still by making them available on the Internet.  And
> > >      >we said OK, they're entitled to their free speech.
> > >      >
> > >      >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."
> > >      >
> > >      >"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?
> > >      >
> > >      >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?
> > >      >
> > >      >Pass it on if you think it has merit.  If not then just
> > >      >discard it....no one will know that you did.  But, if you
> > >      >discard this thought process, then don't sit back and
> > >      >complain about what a bad shape the world is in!
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