The wonder of wonders to me is not just the miracle where God instantly invades and just interrupts and violates the flow of everything, to me the greater wonder is that God can take it all and still make it work for His will. That’s astounding to me. The diversity of an innumerable number of events, circumstances and attitudes that occur within the limited freedom of men and demons and God pulls it all together to accomplish exactly what He wants done. Incredible not only to conceive that it can be done but to make it happen. But that is precisely what God does. So that the world with what we assume to be an almost infinite number of random choices is doing nothing more than acting out that which is predetermined by God.
John MacArthur

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The Rules For Being Human

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#1 · October 22, 2003, 9:54 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

 
<>< The Rules For being Human ><>

YOU WILL RECEIVE A BODY...
You may like it or hate it,
but it will be yours for the entire period you're around.
 
YOU WILL LEARN LESSONS...
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called life.
Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
 
THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS...
Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation.
The "Failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works".
 
A LESSON IS REPEATED UNTIL LEARNED...
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
 
LEARNING LESSONS DOES NOT END...
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons.
If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
 
"THERE" IS NO BETTER THAN "HERE"...
When your "There" has become a "Here", you will simply obtain
another "There" that will, again, look better than "Here".
 
OTHERS ARE MERELY MIRRORS OF YOU...
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless
it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
 
WHAT YOU MAKE OF YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU...
You have all the tools and resources you need.
What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
 
YOUR ANSWERS LIE INSIDE YOU...
The answers to life's questions lie inside you.
All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
 
YOU WILL FORGET ALL THIS...
Unless you consistently stay focused on the goals you have set for yourself, everything you've just read won't mean a thing.
 
 
<>< Sudden Death ><>
 
A Bible study group was discussing the unforeseen possibility of sudden death. "We will all die some day," the leader of the discussion said, "and none of us really knows when, but if we did we would all do a better job of preparing ourselves for that inevitable event." Everybody nodded their heads in agreement with this comment.
"What would you do if you knew you only had 4 weeks of life remaining before your death, before your Great Judgment Day?" the leader asked the group.
 
"For those 4 weeks, I would go out into my community and minister the Gospel to those that have not yet accepted Jesus into their lives." one gentleman said.
 
"A very admirable thing to do," said the group leader. And all the group members agreed that would be a very good thing to do.
 
"For those 4 weeks, I would dedicate all of my remaining time to serving my family, my church, and my fellow man with a greater conviction," one lady said enthusiastically.
 
"That's wonderful!" the group leader commented, and all the group members agreed that would be a very good thing to do.
 
One gentleman in the back finally spoke up loudly. " For those 4 weeks, I would travel throughout the United States with my mother-in-law in a Ford Escort, and stay in a Motel 6 every night."
 
Everyone was puzzled by his answer. "Why would you do that?" the group leader asked.
 
"Because," the man smiled sarcastically, "it would be the longest 4 weeks of my life."
 
 
 
<>< Is It Time ><> 
 
 
  A child sat on Jesus lap in the splendor of heaven. The Child
  asked, "Is it time?"
 
  "No, not yet child."
 
  The child asked, "When will it be time?"
 
  Jesus replied, "When lessons are learned, hardships endured,
  and loneliness lived, then it will be time."
 
  Time passed.  The child asked, "Is it time?"
 
  Jesus parted the clouds, looked and said, "No, not yet child."
 
  The child asked, "When will it be time??
 
  Jesus answered, "When maturity is reached, self-worth affirmed
  and spirits strengthened, then it will be time."
 
  Time passed.  The child asked, "Is it time?"
 
  Jesus parted the cloulds, looked and said, "Their love is strong
  and their hearts are open. Yes, now it is time.  Your parents
  are ready."
 
 
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 
 
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