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As I faced my Maker at the last judgment,
I knelt before the LORD along with all the other souls.
Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt
in many piles, an Angel sat before each of us sewing
our 20 quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.
But as my...
God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him resting on the seventh day.
He inquired, "Where have you been?"
God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds,
"Look, Michael. Look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said...
I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.
There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who...
A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was sitting in the park just feeding some pigeons...
Yesterday I was informed by E-mail that a close childhood Friend of mine had passed due to Kidney cancer. He had been in Pain
and was challenged by his sickness in so many ways yet he pushed himself to care for others till his dying hours.
Below is one of the the many E-mails his daughter...
I was told a story about a lady in the hospital who was near death when an area Chaplain came to visit her.
This Chaplain was a very young female with long blond hair. She listened to the lady who was ill and left her a small gift for comfort It was a tiny ceramic frog.
The next day one of...
Why did JESUS fold the burial cloth?
An unusual approach to a biblical story...
Why did JESUS fold the linen burial cloth after
His resurrection? I never noticed this before. Have you?
The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was
placed over the face of JESUS, was not...
Father John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago,
writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy:
Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith.
That was the day I...
Three lawyers and three MBAs are traveling by train to a conference.At the station, the three lawyers each buy tickets and watch as the three MBAs buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asks a lawyer.
"Watch and you'll see," answers an MBA.
They...
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to __________ today."
4. Eat...
Dear Children,
It has come to my attention that many you are upset that folks
are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you've forgotten
that I wasn't actually born during this time of the year and
that it was some of your predecessors who decided to celebrate
My birthday on what was actually...
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma.
I was just a kid.
I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the
day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus,"
she jeered. "Even dummies know that!"
My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to...
JESUS IS THE REASON
by Marilyn Sackelford
When I was young
And too little to know
I thought "Merry Christmas"
Meant presents and snow
Just a big tree with tinsel and lights all aglow!
I didn't understand nor
Do I think that I cared
The "TRUE" Message of Christmas
Was the Love that GOD...
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson.
The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered.
The family ate together at the table.
But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult.
Peas...
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I...
A young man was at the end of his rope;
seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer.
"Lord, I can't go on," he said.
"I have too heavy a cross to bear."
The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight,
just place your cross inside this room.
Then, open that other door and pick...
Many people are like garbage trucks.
They run around
full of garbage,
full of frustration,
full of anger,
full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up,
they need a place to dump it and
sometimes they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally!
Just smile, wave, wish them well...
Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter.
She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at
the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and
address. She read the letter:
Dear Ruth:
I`m going to be in your neighborhood Saturday...
Please consider . . .
* For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
* For beautiful eyes, look for the good in other people.
* To lose weight, let go of stress, hatred, anger,
discontentment and the need to control others.
* To improve your ears, listen to the Word of God.
* Rather...
The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time...