Food for Thought Finally, The
Truth on National TV.
Billy Graham's daughter
was being interviewed on
the Early Show and Jane
Clayson asked her
"How could God let
something like this
happen?" And Anne
Graham gave an extremely
profound and insightful
response. said "I
believe that 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 that
He is, believe that He
has calmly backed out.
How can
we expect God to give us
His blessing and His
protection if we demand
that He leave us
alone?" I know
there's been a lot of
emails going around in
regards to 9/11/01, but
this really makes you
think. If you don't have
time, at least skim
through it, but the
bottom line is something
to think about.... In
light of recent
events...terrorists
attack, school shootings,
etc.
Let's see, I think it
started when Madeline
Murray O'Hare (she was
murdered, her body was
found recently)
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
notsteal, 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)
And we said, an expert
should know what he's
talking about so we said
OK.
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 big difference
between disciplining and
touching, beating,
smacking,humiliating,
kicking, etc.) And we
said, OK.
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, OK.
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, OK.
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, OK.
And then 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
OK, they're entitled to
their free speech.
And then 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
killed in her
classroom? "
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 God
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
know that you did.
But, if
you discard this thought
process, then
don't sit back and
complain about what a bad
shape the world is in! ____________________________________________