GOD EXISTS!
What a great analogy of God for those who don’t know. (by Robin Williams, no less!)
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand: A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
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From the lyrics of a new song by “Casting Crowns” in the album, The Altar and The Door, the song entitled “East to West,” with reference to Psalm based on Psalm 103:12 ~ “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
I have always heard others teach this with reference to the infinity of space. The lyrics of this song ask, “Jesus can You show me just how far the east is from the west?” The response is: “From one scarred hand to the other!” ~ That, Beloved, is “Intimate Infinity!”
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“There were two kinds of Christian: those who sincerely believe in God and those who, just as sincerely, believe that they believe. You can tell them apart by their actions in decisive moments.”
~ Richard Wurmbrand, In God’s Underground
Friday, February 18, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN (Part 1)
She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!"
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My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, "62." He was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
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After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
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A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
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My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.
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Amy Poehler of “Saturday Night Live (NBC)” reported: Robert Adler, the inventor of the TV remote died this week at the age of 93. In accordance with his wishes, Adler will be buried between two enormous sofa cushions.” ~ Hmmmmm!
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“It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” ~ Hank Aaron
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Pat Plummer, the “Lighthouses of Prayer” Co-ordinator for Anderson, Indiana sent this vital link to us ~ www.prayercentral.net/baghdad/bless
to support our Troops in Iraq! Praise God!
She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter as she'd done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good-bye!"
#######
My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, "62." He was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
#######
After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
#######
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
#######
My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.
#######
Amy Poehler of “Saturday Night Live (NBC)” reported: Robert Adler, the inventor of the TV remote died this week at the age of 93. In accordance with his wishes, Adler will be buried between two enormous sofa cushions.” ~ Hmmmmm!
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“It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” ~ Hank Aaron
***********************
Pat Plummer, the “Lighthouses of Prayer” Co-ordinator for Anderson, Indiana sent this vital link to us ~ www.prayercentral.net/baghdad/bless
to support our Troops in Iraq! Praise God!
Friday, February 11, 2011
“I have an impersonal trainer. We meet at the gym, we don’t talk, he works out alone, and I go home.” ~ George Carlin
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GOD EXISTS!
What a great analogy of God for those who don’t know. (by Robin Williams, no less!)
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand: A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
<><< <><< <><< <><< <><< <><< <><<
From the lyrics of a new song by “Casting Crowns” in the album, The Altar and The Door, the song entitled “East to West,” with reference to Psalm based on Psalm 103:12 ~ “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
I have always heard others teach this with reference to the infinity of space. The lyrics of this song ask, “Jesus can You show me just how far the east is from the west?” The response is: “From one scarred hand to the other!” ~ That, Beloved is “Intimacy!”
~~~~~~~```
GOD EXISTS!
What a great analogy of God for those who don’t know. (by Robin Williams, no less!)
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation other people will understand: A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
<><< <><< <><< <><< <><< <><< <><<
From the lyrics of a new song by “Casting Crowns” in the album, The Altar and The Door, the song entitled “East to West,” with reference to Psalm based on Psalm 103:12 ~ “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
I have always heard others teach this with reference to the infinity of space. The lyrics of this song ask, “Jesus can You show me just how far the east is from the west?” The response is: “From one scarred hand to the other!” ~ That, Beloved is “Intimacy!”
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
WHAT IS A GEEK?
A group of friends were discussing how to communicate to others what a “geek” is. One said, “We’re all sort of geeks, because we’re seldom at a loss for answers.” His friend commented, “Having a command of a large body of information does not a geek make.”
“Maybe not,” retorted the first, “but putting a verb at the end of a sentence does.”
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WATCH YOUR PUNCTUATION, PLEASE!
Sign outside a local family restaurant: Kids Under 12 Eat Free Live Clown Every Wednesday
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HILLARIOUS! (Part 1)
To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door – at nose height:
Dear Dogs and Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your dish and food, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the
slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think that I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl
up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the
knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same
door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - - - canine
or feline attendance is not required.
The proper order is to kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!
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“I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day!” ~ 2 Timothy 1:12b
A group of friends were discussing how to communicate to others what a “geek” is. One said, “We’re all sort of geeks, because we’re seldom at a loss for answers.” His friend commented, “Having a command of a large body of information does not a geek make.”
“Maybe not,” retorted the first, “but putting a verb at the end of a sentence does.”
~~~~~~~```
WATCH YOUR PUNCTUATION, PLEASE!
Sign outside a local family restaurant: Kids Under 12 Eat Free Live Clown Every Wednesday
~~~~~~~```
HILLARIOUS! (Part 1)
To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door – at nose height:
Dear Dogs and Cats,
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your dish and food, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the
slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think that I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl
up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the
knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same
door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - - - canine
or feline attendance is not required.
The proper order is to kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!
~~~~~~~```
“I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him against that day!” ~ 2 Timothy 1:12b
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