Quote from Forum Archives on March 2, 2007, 9:15 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"When Do You Pray"

 

 

When you are on top of the world
and things are going your way...
how often do you stop
to talk to the Lord and pray?

 

When money is no problem
and your health is good...
Do you take it for granted
and fail to pray like you should?

 

Your house is the finest,
there are cars in the driveway...
but how often do you stop
to thank God and pray?

 

Your health is gone
and your bank account, too
What's this you say....
God, where are you?

 

Why should He answer,
when you forgot about Him;
until troubles surround you
and you called out to Him?

 

If others did us, like we do Him
How many of them
would you call your friend...
Or would you mark them off and start again?

 

So again, I ask you...,
"When do you pray?"
You should talk to Him daily
and love Him ALWAYS.

 

"Jake the Rancher"

 

In Wyoming, Jake the rancher went one day to fix a distant fence.
The wind was cold and gusty and the clouds rolled gray and dense.
As he pounded the last staples in and gathered tools to go,
the temperature had fallen, the wind and snow began to blow.
 When he finally reached his pickup, he had a heavy heart.
From the sound of that ignition, he knew it wouldn't start.

 

Jake did what we'd probably do if we too had been there.
He humbly bowed his balding head and sent aloft a prayer.
He turned the key for the last time, and softly cursed his luck.
They found him three days later, frozen stiff in that old truck.

 

Now Jake had been around in life and done his share of roaming.
But when he saw Heaven, he was shocked...it looked just like Wyoming!
 Of all the saints in Heaven, his favorite was Saint Peter.
(Now, this line ain't really needed but it helps with rhyme and meter.)
They sat and talked a minute or two, or maybe it was three.
Nobody was keepin' score 'cause in Heaven time is free.

 

"I've always heard," Jake said to Peter, "t hat God will answer prayer,
But the one time I asked for help, well, he just plain wasn't there.
Does God answer prayers of some, and ignore the prayers of others?
That don't seem exactly square.  I know all men are brothers.
Or does he randomly reply, without good rhyme or reason?
Maybe, it's the time of day, the weather or the season.
Now I ain't trying to act smart, it's just the way I feel.
And I was wonderin', could you tell me what the heck's the deal?!"

 

Peter listened patiently and when old Jake was done,
there were smiles of recognition, and he said, "So, you're the one!!
That day, when your truck wouldn't start, and you sent your prayer a flying,
you gave us all a real bad time, with hundreds of us trying.
A thousand angels rushed, to check the status of your file.
But you know, Jake, we hadn't heard from you in what's been quite a long long while.
And though all prayers are answered, and God ain't got no quota,
He didn't recognize your voice...and started a truck in North Dakota."

 

BETTER KEEP IN TOUCH!

 

 

"USE IT, OR LOSE IT"

 

 

A fellow who had been reared in the city bought a farm and

several milk cows. In the feed store one day he complained his

best cow had gone dry.

 

"Aren't you feeding her right?" asked the store owner.

 

"I'm feeding her what you've been selling me," said the man.

 

"Are you milking her everyday?"

 

"Just about. If I need six or eight ounces of milk for

breakfast, I go out and get it. If I don't need any, I don't get

it--I just let her save it up."

 

The feed store owner had to explain it doesn't work that way.

With cow's milk, like God's presence, you take all that's there,

or you eventually have nothing. Asking for God's power in six-

ounce doses, or asking sporadically only at our convenience, may

mean that for us, the source dries up.

 

Have a Blessed Weekend

Dave and Barbara

 

 

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