>From: Liann Dow >
 
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:07:17 -0800 (PST)
>
>In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to
>one another for a laugh, this is a little different:
>This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny,
>it's intended to get you thinking.
>
>Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early
>Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let
>something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on
>Sept. 11).
>
>Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful
>response. She said "I believe 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 He is, I believe He has calmly
>backed out. How can we expect God to give us His
>blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us
>alone?"
>
>In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school
>shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine
>Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found
>recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our
>schools, and we said OK.
>
>Then someone said you better not read the Bible in
>school the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt
>not steal, 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).
>We said an expert should know what he's talking about.
>And we said OK.
>
>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."
>
>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 you can send '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 lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles
>pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion
>of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
>
>Are you laughing?
>
>
>Funny how when you 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. Funny how we can be more worried
>about what other people think of us than what God
>thinks of us.
>
>
>Pass it on if you think it has merit