Billy
Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson
asked her "How could God let something like this Happen?" (regarding
Katrina)
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.
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 in.
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