Have a Blessed Day! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ann Dilal) >Food for Thought > > >In light of the recent shooting in Massachusetts, >let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray >O'Hare 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. > >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. And we said, an expert should know >what he's talking about so we said OK, we won't spank >them anymore. > >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 a big difference >between disciplining and touching, beating, smacking, >humiliating, kicking, etc. > >And we accepted their reasoning. 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, that's a grand idea. > >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, that's another great idea. > >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 we have no problem with that. > >And 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 they're entitled to their free >speech. > >And 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 in Michigan? > >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 Jesus 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 ever know what you did, >for sure. > >But, if you discard this thought process, then don't >sit back and complain about what a bad shape the world >is in. > W. Terry Lincoln ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
