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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fw: Fw: Isn't it funny
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 15:38:00 -0500
From: "Willis Jackson" <cplanan@earthlink.net>
To: "DUANE KENNEDY" <riding4jc@iol25.com>,"TONY AND STEPHANIE HAUBRICH"
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----- Original Message -----
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Subject: Fw: Fw: Isn't it funny


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tgskaggs <tgskaggs@email.msn.com>
> To: Evie Mastorakis <evumev@yahoo.com>; Karin and Paul Vaughn
> <krvaughn2@aol.com>; Jim Fischer <jim_fischer@hp.com>;
> <Rgsorrentino@aol.com>; <MsArod85@aol.com>; Diane Vanderkooi
> <doobs1@prodigy.net>; Joe Carlson <jec1539@aol.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 23:18
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Isn't it funny
>
>
> >
> >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > ----
> >
> >
> > >
> > > There once was a man named George Thomas, a pastor in a small New
> England
> > > town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a
rusty,
> > > bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit.  Several eyebrows were
> > raised
> > > and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak.
> > >
> > > "I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming
> toward
> > > me swinging this bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three
little
> > wild
> > > birds, shivering with cold and fright.
> > >
> > > I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there son?"
> > > "Just some old birds," came the reply.
> > > "What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
> > > "Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. I'm gonna tease
'em
> > and
> > > pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good
> > time."
> > >
> > > "But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do
> > > then?"
> > > "Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy.  "They like birds. I'll
take
> > 'em
> > > to them."
> > > The pastor was silent for a moment.  "How much do you want for those
> > birds,
> > > son?"
> > > "Huh??!!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain
old
> > > field birds. They don't sing-they ain't even pretty!"
> > >
> > > "How much?" the pastor asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if
he
> > > were crazy and said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket and took
> out
> > a
> > > ten dollar bill.
> > >
> > > He placed it in the boy's hand.  In a flash, the boy was gone.
> > > The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the
> > alley
> > > where there was a tree and a grassy spot.  Setting the cage down, he
> > opened
> > > the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out,
> setting
> > > them free.
> > >
> > > Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the
> > pastor
> > > began to tell this story. One day Satan and Jesus were having a
> > > conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was
> > > gloating and boasting.
> > >
> > > "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a
> > trap,
> > > used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
> > >
> > > "What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
> > > Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun!  I'm gonna teach them how to
> marry
> > > and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink
> and
> > > smoke and curse.  I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs
and
> > kill
> > > each other.  I'm really gonna have fun!"
> > >
> > > "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
> > > "Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.
> > > "How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.
> > > "Oh, you don't want those people.
> > > They ain't no good.  Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you.
> > > They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you!!  You don't want those
> > > people!!"
> > >
> > > "How much?" He asked again.
> > > Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your tears, and all your
blood."
> > > Jesus said, "DONE!"  Then He paid the price.
> > > The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from
the
> > > pulpit.
> > > Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then
wonder
> > why
> > > the world's going to hell. Isn't it funny how we believe what the
> > newspapers
> > > say, but question what the Bible says. Isn't it funny how everyone
wants
> > to
> > > go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do
> > > anything the Bible says.  Or is it scary?
> > >
> > > Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow
> > Satan
> > > (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).  Isn't it funny how you can
> > send
> > > a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but
when
> > you
> > > start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about
> > sharing.
> > > Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely
> through
> > > cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the
> school
> > > and workplace.   Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for
> Christ
> > on
> > > Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.  Are you
> > > laughing?
> > >
> > > Isn't it funny how when you go to 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 to them.  Isn't it funny
how
> I
> > > can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God
> > thinks
> > > of me.
> > >
> > > Who will pass this on?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------_=_NextPart_002_01BFCCAB.951EA270--
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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