AND WE SAID OKAY
This one will make you think
In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to
one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not
intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you
thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early
Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this
happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful
response. She said, "I believe 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 He is, I believe He has calmly
backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His
protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school
shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she
was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want
prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
school . the Bible 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). We said an expert should know what he's talking
about. And we said OK.
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."
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 you can send '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 lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass
freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed
in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you 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. Funny how we
can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God
thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just
discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this
thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the
world is i