I got this in my email today... and thought I would share it with all of you. I miss you guys....Brenda
Thoughtful note for the day
Did you see where Billy Grahamıs daughter was being interviewed on the Early
Show a few days ago about the September 11 terrorist attack and Jane Clayson
asked her ³How could God let something like this happen?²
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, ³I
believe that God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years
weıve 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 that He is,
I believe that He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us
His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?²
Letıs see, I think it started when Madeline Murray OıHare (she was murdered,
her body was found recently) complained she didnıt want any prayer in our
schools, and we said OK.
Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school... the Bible that
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 shouldnıt spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might
damage their self-esteem. (Dr. Spockıs son committed suicide.) And we said,
an expert should know what heıs talking about so we said OK.
Then, someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our
children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty
member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we
donıt want any bad publicity, and we surely donıt want to be sued. (Thereıs
big difference between disciplining and touching, beating, smacking,
humiliating, kicking, etc.) And we said, OK.
Then someone said, letıs let our daughters have abortions if they want, and
they wonıt even have to tell their parents. And we said, OK.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and theyıre
going to do it anyway, letıs give our sons all the condoms they want, so
they can have all the fun they desire, and we wonıt have to tell their
parents they got them at school. And we said, OK.
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesnıt matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it
doesnıt matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private
as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
And then someone said letıs print magazines with pictures of nude women and
call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female
body. And we said, OK.
And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published
pictures of nude children and then stepped further still by making them
available on the internet. And we said OK, theyıre entitled to their free
speech.
And then the entertainment industry said, letıs make TV shows and movies
that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And letıs record music
that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we
said itıs just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it
seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Now weıre asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they
donıt know right from wrong, and why it doesnıt 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 ³WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.²
Then there was the student who wrote ³Dear God, Why didnıt you save the
little girl killed in her classroom? ³ Sincerely, Concerned Student... AND
THE REPLY ³Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools². Sincerely,
God.
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the
worldıs going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but
question what the Bible says. Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven
provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible
says. Funny how someone can say, ³I believe in God² but still follow Satan
who, by the way, also ³believes² in God. Funny how we are quick to judge but
not to be judged. Funny how you can send a thousand Ojokesı through e-mail
and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding
the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how the lewd, crude,
vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion
of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. Funny how someone can be
so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of
the week. Are you laughing yet?
Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many
on your address list because youıre not sure what they believe, or what they
will think of you for sending it to them. Funny how I can be more worried
about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me. Are you
thinking yet?