I for one like the story very much even if it has nothing to do with
building a KR.
Bob Wood
On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Tony King wrote:
> Charles,
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> I know there are people of strong religious persuasion who believe
> it's
> their god given right and moral responsibility to share their faith
> at every
> opportunity, even (or especially) with those who aren't
> interested. Your
> most recent contribution to this forum suggests you may be one of
> those
> people. You're perfectly entitled to your views, but this forum is
> NOT the
> place and I for one strongly object.
>
> Tony King
> Queensland Australia
>
> On 20 October 2010 08:53, Charles Burkholder
> <born2...@abcmailbox.net>wrote:
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>> God's Grace
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>> What is mentioned here appears to be a
>> shame, but the message is very true. I hope you are all blessed by
>> this
>> story. I wonder how many people will delete this without reading
>> it because
>> of the title.
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>> There once was a man named George
>> Thomas, a
>> pastor in a small New England town. One Easter Sunday morning, he
>> came to
>> the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage and set it by the
>> pulpit.
>> Eyebrows were raised and as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to
>> speak . .
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>> "I was walking through town
>> yesterday when I
>> saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage. On the
>> bottom of
>> the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and
>> fright.
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>> I stopped the lad and asked, "What
>> do you
>> have there, son?"
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>> "Just some old birds," came the reply.
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>> "What are you going to do with
>> them?" I
>> asked.
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>> "Take 'em home and have fun with
>> 'em," he
>> answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make
>> 'em
>> fight. I'm gonna have a real good time."
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>> "But you'll get tired of those
>> birds sooner
>> or later. What will you do then?"
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>> "Oh, I've got some cats," said the
>> little
>> boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
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>> The pastor was silent for a moment.
>> "How
>> much do you want for those birds, son?"
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>> "Huh?! Why, you don't want them birds,
>> mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They
>> ain't even
>> pretty!"
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>> "How much?" the pastor asked again.
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>> The boy sized up the pastor as if
>> he were
>> crazy and said,"Ten dollars?"
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>> The pastor reached in his pocket
>> and took
>> out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash,
>> the boy
>> was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to
>> the end of
>> the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the
>> cage down,
>> he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars, persuaded the
>> birds out,
>> setting them free.
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>> So, that explained the empty bird
>> cage on
>> the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell another story.
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>> One day Satan and Jesus were having a
>> conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was
>> gloating and boasting.
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>> "Yes, sir, I just caught a world
>> full of
>> people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't
>> resist. Got
>> 'em all!"
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>> "What are you going to do with
>> them?" Jesus
>> asked.
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>> Satan replied,"Oh, I'm gonna have
>> fun! I'm
>> gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each
>> other, how to hate and abuse each
>> other, how
>> to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent
>> guns and
>> bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
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>> "And what will you do when you are
>> done with
>> them?" Jesus asked.
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>> "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared
>> proudly.
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>> "How much do you want for them?" Jesus
>> asked.
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>> "Oh, you don't want those people.
>> They ain't
>> no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll
>> spit on
>> you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!"
>>
>> "How much? Jesus asked again.
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>> Satan looked at Jesus and sneered,
>> "All your
>> blood, tears and your life."
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>> Jesus said, "DONE!"
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>> Then Jesus paid the price.
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>> The pastor picked up the cage and
>> walked
>> from the pulpit.
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>> I pray that everyone who sends this
>> on, God
>> will bless in a special way.
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>> If you have read this far then you
>> will know
>> that I prayed for you today. . .
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>> whether you send this on or not!
>> God bless
>> you!
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