"The Sound of Truth"
By: Notes from the Elder.
Katrina
This is from an email someone recently sent me. There are a few comments* after you read this.
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.
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. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
"Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there
Comments*
In the name of Jesus, not only is she (Ms. Graham) right, think about this:
In the last few years, you can look at the way things have been going.
Florida had a change in the management of Disney. The year they made the change,
they announced thier support of gays. They had five hurricanes hit Florida (that year).
The first time five hurricanes had ever hit the same place in one year. Since Disney
announced thier support of gays, the casinos were built across the gulf coast. Not only
the casinos being reason enough, but New Orleans has long been known to be full of porn,
alcohol, drugs, witchcraft, sorcery, gambling, & other evil.
God sent Katrina, & wiped them out. The mud slides in California; the fires in California, & Texas. - You should
be able to see the picture now. Also, you are warned, you people - the mayors, governors,
the president of the U.S., & every citizen in these areas. Do not rebuild these things.
Do not rebuild the casinos, bars, porn houses, gay parades, & parties, mardi gras,
head shops, or any of such evil. God hates all of it. You will bring more punishment,& destruction on
yourselves. You will be held responsible for those lives you destroy in rebuilding it.
In Jesus' Name,
Elder Jim