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[zeta1]

You're probably right pkrause.

[zeta1]

We cannot say this or that trouble will not befall, yet we may,

by the help of the Spirit, say, Nothing that does befall

will make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.

Richard Sibbes

[zeta1]

There is nothing in the Bible that benefits you unless it is transmitted into life, unless it becomes a part of yourself, just like your food. Unless you assimilate it and it becomes body and bone and muscle, it does you no good.

Henry Weston

[Guest]

There is nothing in the Bible that benefits you unless it is transmitted into life, unless it becomes a part of yourself, just like your food. Unless you assimilate it and it becomes body and bone and muscle, it does you no good.

Henry Weston

Tis true.

[zeta1]

Thank you both!!!!!Blesseth Sabbath

[zeta1]

As, the Pastor today teached on various Chapters of the Bible, in his attempt to

share his message....this passage will probably be the one that I needed today.

'Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves

with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other

and forgive whatever grievances you have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together

in perfect unity.'

The Apostle Paul

in Colossians 3:12-14

[zeta1]

FORREST GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN

The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven.

He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed,

And Forrest approaches the gatekeeper.

St. Peter said, 'Well, Forrest,

It is certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I must

Tell you, though, that the place is filling up fast, and we have been administering

An entrance examination for everyone. The test is short, but you have to

Pass it before you can get into Heaven.'

Forrest responds, 'It sure is

Good to be here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever told me about any entrance

Exam. I sure hope that the test ain't too hard.

Life was a big enough test

As it was.'

St. Peter continued, 'Yes, I

Know, Forrest, but the test is only three questions.

First:

What two days of the week

Begin with the letter T?

Second:

How many seconds are there in a year?

Third:

What is God's first name?'

Forrest leaves to think the questions

Over. He returns the next day and sees St. Peter, who waves him up, and

Says, 'Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over,

Tell me your answers.'

Forrest replied, 'Well, the

First one -- which two days in the week begins with the letter 'T'?

Shucks, that one is easy. That would be Today and Tomorrow.'

The Saint's eyes opened wide and

He exclaimed, 'Forrest, that is not what I was thinking, but you do

Have a point, and I guess I did not specify, so I will give you credit

For that answer. How about the next one?' asked St. Peter.

'How many seconds in a year?

Now that one is harder,' replied Forrest, 'but I thunk and thunk about

That, and I guess the only answer can be twelve.'

Astounded, St. Peter said, 'Twelve?

Twelve? Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds

In a year?'

Forrest replied, 'Shucks, there's

Got to be twelve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd..... '

'Hold it,' interrupts St. Peter...

'I see where you are going with this, and I see your point,

Though that was not quite what I had in mind......but I will have to give

You credit for that one, too. Let us go on with the third and final question.

Can you tell me God's first name'?

'Sure,' Forrest replied,

'it's Andy.'

'Andy?' exclaimed an exasperated

And frustrated St Peter.

'Ok, I can understand how you

Came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the

World did you come up with the name Andy as the first name of God?'

'Shucks, that was the easiest

One of all,' Forrest replied. 'I learnt it from the song,

ANDY WALKS WITH ME,

ANDY TALKS WITH ME,

ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN.'

St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates,

And said: 'Run, Forrest, run!'

(Lord, give me a sense of humor

give me the ability to understand a clean joke, to get some humor out of life,

and to pass it on to other folks!)

[Guest]

The starry firmament on high,

And all the glories of the sky,

Yet shine not to thy praise, O Lord,

So brightly as thy written Word.

The hopes that holy Word supplies,

Its truths divine and precepts wise,

In each a heavenly beam I see,

And every beam conducts to Thee.

Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail,

The moon her borrowed glory veil,

And deepest reverence hush on high

The joyful chorus of the sky.

But fixed for everlasting years,

Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres,

Thy Word shall shine in cloudless day,

When heaven and earth have passed away

[phkrause]

FORREST GUMP GOES TO HEAVEN

The day finally arrived. Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven.

He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed,

And Forrest approaches the gatekeeper.

St. Peter said, 'Well, Forrest,

It is certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I must

Tell you, though, that the place is filling up fast, and we have been administering

An entrance examination for everyone. The test is short, but you have to

Pass it before you can get into Heaven.'

Forrest responds, 'It sure is

Good to be here, St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever told me about any entrance

Exam. I sure hope that the test ain't too hard.

Life was a big enough test

As it was.'

St. Peter continued, 'Yes, I

Know, Forrest, but the test is only three questions.

First:

What two days of the week

Begin with the letter T?

Second:

How many seconds are there in a year?

Third:

What is God's first name?'

Forrest leaves to think the questions

Over. He returns the next day and sees St. Peter, who waves him up, and

Says, 'Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over,

Tell me your answers.'

Forrest replied, 'Well, the

First one -- which two days in the week begins with the letter 'T'?

Shucks, that one is easy. That would be Today and Tomorrow.'

The Saint's eyes opened wide and

He exclaimed, 'Forrest, that is not what I was thinking, but you do

Have a point, and I guess I did not specify, so I will give you credit

For that answer. How about the next one?' asked St. Peter.

'How many seconds in a year?

Now that one is harder,' replied Forrest, 'but I thunk and thunk about

That, and I guess the only answer can be twelve.'

Astounded, St. Peter said, 'Twelve?

Twelve? Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds

In a year?'

Forrest replied, 'Shucks, there's

Got to be twelve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd..... '

'Hold it,' interrupts St. Peter...

'I see where you are going with this, and I see your point,

Though that was not quite what I had in mind......but I will have to give

You credit for that one, too. Let us go on with the third and final question.

Can you tell me God's first name'?

'Sure,' Forrest replied,

'it's Andy.'

'Andy?' exclaimed an exasperated

And frustrated St Peter.

'Ok, I can understand how you

Came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the

World did you come up with the name Andy as the first name of God?'

'Shucks, that was the easiest

One of all,' Forrest replied. 'I learnt it from the song,

ANDY WALKS WITH ME,

ANDY TALKS WITH ME,

ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN.'

St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates,

And said: 'Run, Forrest, run!'

(Lord, give me a sense of humor

give me the ability to understand a clean joke, to get some humor out of life,

and to pass it on to other folks!)

Loved it Zeta.

pk

[zeta1]

HOPE THIS MAKE YOU SMILE.

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,

'Jesus knows you're here.'

He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard

'Jesus is watching you.'

Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.

Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

'Did you say that?' he hissed at the parrot.

'Yep', the parrot confessed, then squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn you that he is watching you.'

The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?'

'Moses,' replied the bird.

'Moses?' the burglar laughed. 'What kind of people would name a bird Moses?'

'The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus.'

[phkrause]

I love that one Zeta, I've heard this before, but never with pictures to go along with it.

pk

[zeta1]

I just love this bird!

[phkrause]

hiccup, hiccup, hiccup, so sorry dgrimm which I could help.

pk

[phkrause]

I think you need a shrink dgrimm.

pk

[phkrause]

OK dgrimm

pk

[zeta1]

Humor is good for the soul.

[phkrause]

Humor is good for the soul.

Yes it is Zeta.

pk

[zeta1]

Christianity is different from all other religions.

They are the story of humanity's search for God.

The Gospel is the story of God's search for humans.

Dewi Morgan

[zeta1]

It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention

that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding

of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day

in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged

by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else

without reserve to the will and power of God.

Fenelon

[zeta1]

If someone were to ask me whether I believed in God, or saw God, or had

a particular relationship with God, I would reply that I don't separate God

from my world in my thinking. I feel that God is everywhere. That's why

I never feel separated from God or feel I must seek God, any more than

a fish in the ocean feels it must seek water.

In a sense, God is the "ocean" in which we live.

Robert Fulghum

[John317]

That is exactly-- or perhaps only very similar, depending on your meaning-- what Dr. John H. Kellogg taught in the early 20th century. He taught that God is in the water we drink and bathe in, in our boots, in the trees. Is this what you have in mind?

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

That's very much what Native American spirituality is like, too.

[Guest]

That's true. Also known as pantheism.

[zeta1]

John13 I'm not quite sure what Mr. Fulgumn had in mind or if he

based this on the teaching of Dr. Kellogg 'God is all ' theories.

(pantheism)

A deceased Native American friend was into crafts and used this quote on a gift she made me. I totally love this quote by

Fulghum....... To me, He is all things!!!!!!!

[John317]

That's very much what Native American spirituality is like, too.

Yes, I wouldn't be too quick to be critical of their view because they would misunderstand and maybe think I'm an atheist or something. I would just talk to them of Christ and of how God is not an energy but a person you can pray to and who loves us and answers us.