Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was
drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued
him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On
his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the
Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army
issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51
years

Dream on.............

"Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away
from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for
and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a
people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known
it again."

– Ronald Reagan

Jesus was and is God the Son...One of the Holy Trinity. Was He a
pagan?...define pagan...He was of the lineage of David, so He was a Jew,
but He hated the Jewish 'religion'. He was and is Christ the Messiah and
He founded His Church : "And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it".
St. Matthew 16:18.

Jesus is coming 'soon'!!!!!!!

Do you mean replies are not posted? Or, are they ineligible?

The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this
world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no
monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible
impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us
to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique
talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the
time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power
of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a
life around. It's overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities
there are to make our love felt.

– Leo Buscaglia

Jesus is God the Son, He was God incarnate (God and man), He is Prophet,
Priest and King, He is our Saviour and He is coming back soon.

Well, I think I remember making a worst mistake...years ago

I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by
Always to look myself straight in the eye.
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done.

I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of man I really am.
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.

I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see.
I know what others may never know;
I never can fool myself, and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.

Edgar Guest

Sorry, thought I was posting on 'poems, qoutes'

I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by
Always to look myself straight in the eye.
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done.

I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of man I really am.
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.

I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see.
I know what others may never know;
I never can fool myself, and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.

Edgar Guest

Excerpt from Senate floor statement by Senator Sessions, Al.


"It is clear the people who drafted this legislation had an agenda and
the agenda was not to meet the expectations of the American people. The
agenda was to create a facade and appearance of enforcement, an
appearance of toughness in some instances. When you get into the meat of
the provisions and get into the bill and study it, tucked away here and
there are laws that eviscerate and eliminate the real effectiveness of
those provisions. It was carefully done and deliberately done. This is a
bill that should not become law. It is a bill that will come back to be
an embarrassment to our Members who have supported it. I wish it were
not so. I know how these things happen. You do not always have time to
do everything you want to do. You try to do something you think is
right, but ultimately in a bill as important as this one that has
tremendous impact on the future of our country and our legal system and
our commitment to the rule of law, we ought to get it right. We ought
not to let this one slide by. It is not acceptable to say, let's just
pass something and we will send it to the House and maybe the House of
Representatives will stand up and stop it and fix it. That is not
acceptable for the great Senate of the United States.

I strongly believe we are not ready to pass the bill. We are not ready
to give it final consideration. I strongly believe it is a horrendous
violation of the Committee on the Budget and that it is, as Mr. Rector
said, a fiscal catastrophe if passed, and as such we ought not to waive
the Budget Act but pull the bill from the floor and fix it."

Aw, Shucks Ma'm....thanks

Take Time

Take time to think...
it is the source of power.
Take time to play...
it is the secret of perpetual youth.
Take time to read...
it is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray...
it is the greatestpower on earth.
Take time to love and be loved...
it is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly...
it is the road to happiness.
Take time to laugh...
it is the music of the soul.
Take time to give...
it is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work...
it is the price of success.
Take time to do charity...
it is the key to fulfillment.

The telephone solicitor selling basement waterproofing must have thought
she'd died and gone to heaven when she reached my very polite and
patient son on the phone. At the end of her long sales pitch, she asked,
"Do you mind if we send out someone to give you an estimate?"

"Not at all," my son said.

"When would be a good time?" she asked.

My son answered, "Just as soon as I dig a basement."

Maxine got my vote when she said that..'she will dig a moat from the
Gulf of Mexico along the Mexican border to the Pacific ocean, use the
dirt to build New Orleans up above sea level and put all the troublesome
aligators from around Florida in the moat'...fixing 3 problems.

Go Maxine!!

Hey, all you ugly people...maybe OleJeb can help you!!!
I have an exercise program and some 'ugly vanishing cream'...I'll give
you a good deal.
Look to your left, that is my 'after' pic and if enough are interested
I'll post my 'before' pic....you won't believe I was ever that ugly.

When you see what my program did for me...you'll just have to have it.

An Inconvenient Truth: Global Pew Warming





By the year 2020*, if the Lord tarries, the church as we know it we will
be in massive trouble. There will be very few churches that escape the
reach of this dilemma. Almost every church in every part of the world
will be affected. However, churches on the cutting edge in their
“ministry,” relevant in every way to the current societal norms, will be
the most affected by this phenomenon. A flood that has long been
predicted by those who monitor and track the climate change in the
church is inevitable. Global Pew Warming will wreak its devastating
consequences unless we change.



For years there has been a melting away of the basic truths of God’s
Word. In an effort to be relevant, more user-friendly and more
comfortable to the masses, shortcuts have been taken in the application
of truth. Sound, biblical preaching and teaching have undergone massive
erosion as progress and growth at any cost has become the mantra.
Biblical convictions that once stood as the foundation for the
infrastructure of the church have been replaced by feelings, fun and
frivolity.



Noise pollution has become one of the leading factors in Global Pew
Warming. There are now multiple ways in which people can communicate a
message and the competition to be heard is enormous. The sheer volume of
unaccountable words spoken has done great damage to what started out as
a very simple message. (See John 3:16.) Much of what is being
communicated comes more from the minds of men than the heart of God and
the eternal value is very limited, if even there at all.



A consequence of this epidemic is already being seen in the food supply.
Genetic modifications have been made to the good seed and have caused
fruit production to decrease to levels that have not been seen in our
lifetime. The fruit that is being produced by this modified seed lacks
the ability to provide necessary nutrition and ultimately, to sustain
life. Though it has only been used in production for a relatively short
time, this bad seed is showing its inability to produce lasting results.



This has helped to produce Global Pew Warming.



Defined, Global Pew Warming is the sad truth that large majorities of
the people who are in the church today are not born again believers as
defined by scripture. (See First John.) They are people who have been
convinced, through various means, that church is good for their life and
their family. They have been convinced that they need to add God to
their lives in order to be more complete. They have been convinced that
going to church can be fun, exciting and a great benefit to their sense
of well-being. They have been shown that the church can compete weekly
with anything in the secular world in order to attract their attention.



Massive amounts of resources have been used to grow this church
environmental nightmare. Money is thrown at anything that will get
people in the doors. Time and energy are expended by well-meaning
members as they are given tasks that are supposed to be building the
church. Methods, no matter how harmful, are legitimized and become the
accepted norm as long as they work to the desired end; bring in lots of
people, keep them happy and have lots of programs for them to support
that make them feel good about things in their lives.



Who is responsible for this Global Pew Warming?



While I am sure that there is enough blame to go around, the
responsibility for this seems to fall squarely at the feet of leaders,
specifically leaders in the church.



Many leaders in what is called the church today have become addicted to
Big Church, Big Production, Big Budget, Big Buildings, Big Debt, Big TV,
Big Crowds and Big Success. In their pursuit of these goals, the
biblical environment that is supposed to exist in the church has been
polluted to the point that it is hardly recognizable. What we see today
is a result of years of neglect. The outlook seems to be very bleak.



Is change possible? In truth, yes and no.



For many of these leaders, because of their addiction, their goals and
desires, when confronted with the need for change, they can only give it
lip service. They see clearly that reform is needed to correct the
problems associated with Global Pew Warming but the cost is just too
great. If they initiate reform and return to biblical truth, preaching
the Gospel of Jesus Christ with all its exclusivity, people will be
offended. More than likely, many would choose to leave the church and an
exodus like that would trigger a landslide of financial problems, not to
mention the programs that would be destroyed. All that time and energy,
wasted.



The hope lies in leaders in the church who believe that the Lord is the
One who builds His church. They rest securely in the fact that they are
called to faithfully preach, teach, disciple and train believers for
life and ministry to God. They desire to see the true transforming power
of the Gospel at work in the lives of those who are being born again.



So is there hope? Can Global Pew Warming be reversed? I believe so. Here
are a few suggestions to get the process started:



Reduce the toxic emissions of relevance
Drive less with purpose for life and more with passion for the gospel
Recycle the Word of God in the church and home
Eliminate “led” based ideas unless they are biblically sound
Cut back on energy consumption for things that do not matter for
eternity
Promote conservation and preservation of truth


If we begin with these few steps, we may be able to reverse the current
effects of Global Pew Warming.


David Raynaud

www.christianworldviewnetwork.com


*Not scientifically proven nor meant to be specific