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Name: william
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
Metro: State College
Birthday: 1/17/1987
Gender: Male
Interests: JC, music, reading, dancing, working out, Front Porch kids ministry, Zone (zsmonline.com), good smelling things, madden, E.A.G.L.E.S EAGLES!, PSU football, other things that make you happy..........
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| The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many 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 Katrina) 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. | | |
| Hear you voice
A gentle wisper
Calls from deep whithin
On my knees my heart it crys out
I'm Longing to draw near
Hide me now under the shadow of Your wings
Lord into your presence I will run
Take me away with you
I wanna be close to you
Take me away into the secret place
Take me into your arms
Here in your presence I belong
Take me away into the secret place
Let Your glory fill this place oh god
Fill this place
Final
Take me away with you
I wanna be close to you
Take me away into the secret place
Take me into your arms
Here in your presence I belong
Take me away into the secret place
Ohhh Lord
The secret place
Wanna go there with you
The secret place
Ohh want you take me there Lord Love this song........Planetshkers........ | | |
| Hello all! (sorry so long) Its been a while since I was last on here sharing any real thoughts, but a lot has gone down since we last were together. Biggest of all I guess is just getting back into the flow of school and my internship now that MC is out of the pic. All that has been pretty good though, just a matter of keeping god first and staying organized. One thing with being on campus though, especially a secular one is the spiritual challenges that arise. One that totally took me off guard happened just today, and God really opened my eyes to how I should be prayed up going into each class/time on campus. It all went down like this… I was in my Humanities class this morning and we got into a discussion about the power of words (verbal) vs. text (written). While we were focused more on the textual end of the conversation specifically geared toward religious views things got real interesting. My teacher began speaking about how your spiritual walk is a personal matter of life or death (not a religious class at all just happened to come up). He asked us (class) how many of us had been raised on our parents beliefs/religion? A majority of the class raised their hands…Then he paused for a moment and said, ok everyone flip to this page (number not important). He told someone to read the 2nd “proverb” or excerpt on the page and it was a little 2 sec story. It read along the lines of….There was this girl and when asked if she liked her mom’s soup she replied “ yes I love my mom’s soup it is the best!” It went on to say that the girl said this but had never tried anyone else’s soup….After reading that the teacher came back up front and basically said how does that girl know her mom’s soup is the best if she has never tried anyone else’s? Taking it to the next level he said….How many of you have ever taken the time to truly study another belief/religion aside from the one your parents instilled in you? Much to what I expected no hands were raised including my own. Then he (teacher) went on to say… how in the world can I base such a serious decision such as my eternal security on one thing and say it is the best if I have not even tried anything else to see what’s out there? He spoke a little more than dismissed class. Now most days I leave all my classes perfectly okay, thinking that it was a cool class and I am forced to come back next time. But this time I walked out a little shaken up (sadly). The first thought that went through my mind, and was on my mind all that morning till I prayed was a really rough one….My thought was that I have been raised on Christianity my whole life, its all I have ever known! By no means have I been perfect, and yes I have looked at/heard about other religions, but I have never studied another. For that short time in eternity my thought was, have I been wasting my time this whole life? WOW WILL! That’s not something you should be saying, coming from someone who is involved in a lot/ “leader” at church. This I know….So you better believe I found myself at church praying and in my word (bible) right after class. Then the truth really started to come to me as I worked all this out in my mind with God. One of the first things that came to mind was HOLD UP! I have been apart of a healing….How can I doubt! We healed her (Kim) in Jesus name….Then my next thought was that has anyone ever done anything like that in other God’s name? But that really means nothing to me because in Egypt when Moses was with Pharaoh his sorcerers performed signs and wonders (Exodus 7:6-12). So yes there are other forces working out there, but who do you/i serve? I am skipping some stuff I know but its getting long ha ha. It really all comes down to this…..God/the Bible/Christianity is truth or it is not! In the word it says that in his (Christ) name only there is true powe (Mark 16:17-18). So really when I questioned my own faith there was a simple answer….I either believe in it, or I don’t.…All of it is true or none of it is because everything in this faith (Christianity) is connected… So yes I do believe! And yes it is okay to question at times…But no I don’t need to go out and taste other religions because if I truly believe in Christianity (which I do) its all or noting! For me…I have tasted and I have seen, and I know in my heart I have truly found it (Christ/ Christianity) to be good. Try him out yourself and see if it is not real…Drink and tell me that you are not satisfied…. John 7:37-38 Matt 11:28-30 | | |
| I’m also learning that neither a single moment of goodness nor a single moment of failure defines me—one good deed doesn’t save me...........A Wise Person Once Said........ | | |
| Mark 9:23-24 23" 'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." 24Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Still even as write this i am in awe of hog gad has been moving this past week... If you need hope this one is for you.... This year is Masters Commission a girl in the program (kim) got diagnosed with RSD (don’t ask me what it stands for lol) which is a really bad disease that has no cure. Right before our year started she got bit by a spider in her leg and it messed up all the nerves in her led. The poison from the spider blocks her brain from sending signals down to her leg. All she could do was really feel pain. It caused her to lip or either be on crutches or a wheel chair. Her leg was so sensitive that it hurt just to blow on it at times! It would swell, and turn colors at time, and was clearly nothing to be taken lightly. So for this whole year she has had to sit out and not participate in a numerous hikes and challenges and had to put up with a pain that has no cure. Just last week our team got back from the Dominican Republic which was an amazing time, but the hot weather there cause her leg to swell and hurt. She tried to put sun block on her leg but it did not react to it at all and it burned all over and had a big boil with fluid or w/e you want to call it, it was just bad. So by the time we got back she was just really fed up with dealing with this whole problem. Then this thu morning in our normal prayer we have out of no where god laid it on my heart to go talk to her and see how she was doing and pray a lil bit. So i walked over behind her prayed a little and asked if all was well and she said yup, so i was just like oh well guess i was wrong. So i went back and prayed some more, and again god was like no you need to go back and this time ask her about her leg and if she would mind you praying for her healing. I right off the back was pretty much like no way cause i didn’t think i was in position to go and talk to her and every reason in my mind came through about why i should not go over. For about 20 min i sat there fighting with god about if i was going to listen and go over.....Then finally i was like w/e here we go! So scared and nervous i went back over sat down in front of her and simply said has your leg getting healed been on your mind a lot lately? Right away she broke down crying and said yes. Then i asked her if she really wanted to be healed sternly, and crying she said yes. Then i asked if all the MC crew could pray for her and she said yeah. So i turned down the music and we all got together, i told everyone to go get there hearts right (me included) and we would meet back together and pray for kim. That 5 or 10 min was probably the most intense 5 or 10 i have ever had in my whole life. I was on my knees crying and praying that god would not let me down for stepping out in faith ( like i could do anything to him ha ha) and then i laid all i had at the alter as the others did. After that we all came back together and just started praying like we meant it. From what i hear it went on for about 37 min of us crying out and speaking up in prayer. I cant even say how many times i looked around at the group and her leg and closed my eyes again and thought how crazy we are. I mean what would happen if we did all this and nothing happened!? It could totally rock our faith in the wrong way...But the time passed on and somehow we all got our hands on her leg and i slowly realized that no has been able to touch her leg all year. I sat there praying and was like no way....Then finally the prayers died down james backed up and said in Jesus name stand up and walk Kim. She lifted her head up and said i love you guys and thank you so much cause i know i am healed. You all had your hands on my leg and i didn’t feel any pain. She took her time got up and walked like there was nothing wrong!!! She jumped around a lil gave all of us hugs and then we worshiped some more. We all stood amazed as we saw her walk straight for the first time in worship in 9 months. So yeah, that’s how it all went down. I am sure some who read this are going to say yeah w/e its fake she was never sick, but i say to you she has already been back to 2 different doctors and its down on paper. All the tests came back and the doctor said her disease is gone. Now really there is nothing ANYONE can say against that!!! My god is real and moving today!!! You all know i am not crazy! But i lie to you not, it has been 3 days since and she is still ruining up stairs and jumping through halls just cause she can again ha ha. If you don’t believe in the savior i know there is nothing more you need to know. w/e you are going through good or bad, he can handle it. Just come to him and see what he does...I don’t know what else to say so i am done.... All the glory to JC..... | | |
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