I received this from a friend in my email! Author unknown
WET
PANTS
Come with me to a third grade classroom...... There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.
The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat.'
He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.
As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.
The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, 'Than k you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!'
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All
the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful... But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been
transferred to someone else - Susie. She tries to help, but they tell her to get out.
You've done enough, you klutz!'
Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You did that on purpose, didn't you?' Susie whispers back, 'I wet my pants once
too....’
May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good...
Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.
Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.
IF we all would do what we know is right! That includes me too!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Republican or Democrat?
Odds are that most all of us who are registered to vote in this country are republican or democrat. So if you fall into this category, why are you connected to either party?
I registered back in 1978, the first year I could. I remember that my first presidential vote was for Ronald Regan, a couple of years later. I liked his stance in particular on defence for our country. I really didn't care that he was a famous actor from Hollywood. I liked him and most of his positions on the issues.
I had watched the Carter administration and their response to the Iranian hostage situation. Every day when I would come home from working in the coal mine, I would watch the news with my dad to see what had happened the day before with our fellow Americans held as hostage's. I didn't like it at all! They were paraded around in front of the cameras while our country watched in horror. It was that crisis that helped shape my political views.
So what party do I owe my loyalty to? Republican or Democrat. I owe it to God!
I feel that all of us should do what we feel is right between us and our Creator. No matter what political party we are affiliated with. Yes I understand that we almost have to be one or the other to vote in a primary. As most of you know, I'm a registered republican. Do I always agree with everything the national, state or local party adheres to? Not at all. Its a matter of our principals and moral convictions. To me, the republican party is closer to my beliefs and opinions. Yet, that gives me no special privilege to say I'm better than anyone else. If a Democrat is closer to the way I feel and my morals led me, I will go that direction.
We owe it to our country and those who have given their blood on foreign lands to vote for what we feel is the right thing to do. Not the popular view at the time. No matter what party affiliation. At least that's my opinion.
I registered back in 1978, the first year I could. I remember that my first presidential vote was for Ronald Regan, a couple of years later. I liked his stance in particular on defence for our country. I really didn't care that he was a famous actor from Hollywood. I liked him and most of his positions on the issues.
I had watched the Carter administration and their response to the Iranian hostage situation. Every day when I would come home from working in the coal mine, I would watch the news with my dad to see what had happened the day before with our fellow Americans held as hostage's. I didn't like it at all! They were paraded around in front of the cameras while our country watched in horror. It was that crisis that helped shape my political views.
So what party do I owe my loyalty to? Republican or Democrat. I owe it to God!
I feel that all of us should do what we feel is right between us and our Creator. No matter what political party we are affiliated with. Yes I understand that we almost have to be one or the other to vote in a primary. As most of you know, I'm a registered republican. Do I always agree with everything the national, state or local party adheres to? Not at all. Its a matter of our principals and moral convictions. To me, the republican party is closer to my beliefs and opinions. Yet, that gives me no special privilege to say I'm better than anyone else. If a Democrat is closer to the way I feel and my morals led me, I will go that direction.
We owe it to our country and those who have given their blood on foreign lands to vote for what we feel is the right thing to do. Not the popular view at the time. No matter what party affiliation. At least that's my opinion.
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