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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

The Carpenter ... Thx Judi C!

  The Carpenter

> Once upon a time, two brothers
> who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the
> first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side,
> sharing machinery and trading labor and goods as needed
> without a hitch.   Then the long
> collaboration fell apart. It began with a small
> misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference and
> finally, it exploded into an exchange of bitter words
> followed by weeks of silence.   One morning there
> was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man
> with a carpenter's toolbox. "I 'm looking for a
> few days' work," he said. "Perhaps you would
> have a few small jobs here and there I could help with?
> Could I help you?"   "Yes,"
> said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look
> across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor. In
> fact, it's my younger brother! Last week there was a
> meadow between us. He recently took his bulldozer to the
> river levee and now there is a creek between us.  Well,
> he may have done this to spite me, but I'll do him one
> better. See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to
> build me a fence an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to
> see his place or his face anymore."   The carpenter said,
> "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails
> and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job
> that pleases you."   The older brother
> had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the
> materials ready and then he was off for the day. The
> carpenter worked hard all that day -- measuring, sawing and
> nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the
> carpenter had just finished his job.
> The farmer's eyes opened wide, his
> jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all.
>   It was a bridge .. A bridge that stretched from one side of the creek to the
> other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all! And the
> neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his
> hand outstretched..   "You are quite
> a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and
> done."   The two brothers
> stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in
> middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the
> carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder.   "No, wait!
> Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for
> you," said the older brother.
> "I'd love to stay
> on," the carpenter said, "but I have many more
> bridges to build.”   Remember This ...       God
> won't ask what kind of car you drove, but He'll ask
> how many people you helped get where they needed to go.
>   God won't ask the square footage of your house, but He'll ask how many
> people you welcomed into your home.   God won't ask
> about the clothes you had in your closet, but He'll ask
> how many you helped to clothe.    God won't ask how
> many friends you had, but He'll ask how many people to
> whom you were a friend.   God won't ask in
> what neighborhood you lived, but He'll ask how you
> treated your neighbors.   God won't ask
> about the color of your skin, but He'll ask about the
> content of your character.   God won't ask why
> it took you so long to seek Salvation, but He'll
> lovingly take you to your mansion in Heaven, and not to the
> gates of hell.  

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