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Passing an office building late one night, a UNC student
saw a sign that said, "Press bell for night watchman."
She did so, and after several minutes she heard the
watchman clomping down the stairs.
The uniformed man proceeded to unlock first one gate,
then another, shut down the alarm system, and finally
made his way through the revolving door.
"Well," he snarled at the student, "what do you want?"
"I just want to know why you can't ring the bell for yourself?"
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A UNC* grad phones a mental hospital and asks
the receptionist if there is anybody in Room 27.
She goes and checks, and comes back to the
phone, telling him that the room is empty.
"Good," says the man. "That means I really did escape."
________
*UNC is the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Specializing in a wide range of degree programs including:
B.A. A.H.F.(Advanced Hamburger Flipping), A.P.E., B.R.C.
(Bar Room Conversations), etc. Institution was founded in 1898
for sons/daughters of local Chapel Still politicians that were
unable to qualify for the more prestigious institutions of higher
learning such as Duke, Wake Forest, and N.C. State.
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the receptionist if there is anybody in Room 27.
She goes and checks, and comes back to the
phone, telling him that the room is empty.
"Good," says the man. "That means I really did escape."
________
*UNC is the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Specializing in a wide range of degree programs including:
B.A. A.H.F.(Advanced Hamburger Flipping), A.P.E., B.R.C.
(Bar Room Conversations), etc. Institution was founded in 1898
for sons/daughters of local Chapel Still politicians that were
unable to qualify for the more prestigious institutions of higher
learning such as Duke, Wake Forest, and N.C. State.
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
Hey Howdy,
Things are fine. There are bad days and good days, just like anywhere.
I am so thankful for your T& H... I always print out the things I like and
forward things to friends. My favorite verse is Nahum 1:7, The Lord is good
a stronghold in the day of trouble, and HE knoweth them that trust in HIM.
There are times when we cannot think that God can be good when such bad
things happen, but I think it's all a matter of perspective. HE puts us
through things to see what we are really made of, and at times it hurts, but
boy we should be ever so thankful for all that HE does. WHY? because HE
loves us.
I do have a picture I was going to e-mail you, but I forgot to hold a sign
saying "where's Howdy" It is front of a big rock called "_____"
I do enjoy all that you do to reach people for the Lord in this way, and
sometimes the grief you go through when you hear all the bad things people
say to you. The one thing I feel when reading that is sadness because of
those who write that stuff, their blindness.
Keep up the good work,
Wanda (Somewhere in Asia)
+++
Howdy Howdy
I would prefer to stay on your mailing list. It's not that I'm
short of humour. In South Africa where I live (Johannesburg),
we have an unlimited supply courtesy of our inept politicians.
Actually the more I see how they're ruining my country, it
ceases to be funny, and we are driven to tears. I therefore
need Howdy to cheer me up again!
Anyway, thanks for a cool publication, I've thoroughly enjoyed
it since first receiving it as an online MA student at Regent
University (VA Beach).
blessings
Mario Teixeira
Johannesburg
+++
Dear Howdy,
I have been without laughter for some months now since I stopped eceiving
your Howdy's. Get me out of this limbo!!!!!
PAUL K.
MOMBASA, KENYA.
+++
Duh Howdy I be a wunderin if'n Boffalou Bill er dat udder one
Clarence bee sums ware close by fer to taluk to? I be frum dat
grate unibercity da home of da whosirs en blumengton, in.
Plase tel Mr Flubster Boster his fallow curnpons say hey...
Larry Elish
+++
Dear Howdy,
Please continue to send me "Thought and Humor" - I always enjoy each and
every issue. It's been a highlight of my e-mail reading!!!
John S.
Gonzaga University
+++
Dear Howdy,
I've been on your list in the past under my work
e-mail 1234@dacc.edu. I would like to re-subscribe
for your publication under mine and my husband's
personal e-mail mnopq@yahoo.com. I soon won't
be working anymore, I'm going to have triplets, so I
would like to receive your funny and mind broadening
information at home.
Thanks,
Anna in Indiana
+++
dear howdy
i would like to continue receiving "thought&humor"
please sign me up on the new (if any)list.
(name withheld)
iran
+++
Howdy Howdy,
I have missed your letter. I tried to re-subscribe but could not. Thanks for
coming back. I missed your humor and thoughtful insights.
Yours in Christ,
LN
Ann Arbor, MI
+++
Dear Howdy,
Thanks for your "Warning: Not subscribing could restrict one's
opportunities for ascertaining uninterrupted existence for same's
quintessence." I like to be one of your "1,000,000 people" and "a part of the
jollity" as well as to ascertain that "uninterrupted existence." But I just
can't bear the fact that you continuously ignored my little request and
thus humiliated me by not sending me the Picture rather than stuffing
me with many junk pictures. What's wrong for me to ask a portrait of the
person whom I'm communicating. Unless this person is kind of an
old-fashioned Arabic woman, then I won't ask a portrait. I don't want just to
communicate with the impression in my mind. I need to communicate with
a clear fine portrait in front of eyes. Both of them are equally
necessary and essential.
You said, "We informed our detractors that we were crestfallen about
being so controversial and would never (ever) be polemical again (at
least until the next issue) but they just wouldn't hearken." Actually I can
forgive those detractors and their mischiefs which have caused me both
physical and mental pains as well as a couple of angry red pimples on
my face, only if you sincerely email me the Current Picture which I
regard as the "quintessence" for me to persistently ascertain and fight
for....
In short, no picture, no subscription!
Gloria
+++
Dear Howdy,
Why not? Your mailing was very entertaining and
convincing. Please add me to your email list to receive
Thought and Humor.
Thanks,
Jessica
Graduate Assistant
University of Cincinnati
College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services
+++
I love you people! Your stuff keeps me laughung and thinkin!
I can't live without you!
D.
+++
Dear Howdy,
As it seems to be for a lot of people, I have no idea how you got my
address, but I think I've read every issue I've received from the first. I
guess I didn't get any of the issues you sent out this summer, but, I also
didn't really have the time to read them, nor to figure out how to get
them. But, I do still enjoy reading them, and have a few still in my inbox
waiting for a time when I can read them through (since I don't like trying
to find my place later...).
If it's possible to still receive your wonderful newsletter, I would
appreciate that.
Thanks!
Kate
+++
Howdy Howdy,
Please keep me on the sub list. It would be a very dull life
with out Thought and humor.
Thanks and keep up the great work,
Carol
+++
Keep those cards and letters coming in...the are rip-roaring funny.
EFD
+++
Hello,
I'm a college student from Indianola Iowa and right now studying in London. I
would like to resubscribe to your jokes and such. Thank you for your kindness.
K
+++
Please keep me on your e-mailing list. I enjoy the scintalating humourous
quotes and stories..I was also wondering how to make contributions.
James
+++
Dear Howdy,
I suffer from two phobias: 1) Phobia-Phobia, the fear that
you're unable to get scared, and 2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia,
the fear of not pronouncing words correctly.
Brad S.
+++
Dear Howdy, I would not open all your email until a friend said it was OK.
He sure was riight. Thanks for humor and messages. Having a husband with
Alzheimer's disease, I need all the daily humor and inspirational messages
from the Lord that I can get. Have a Happy New Year, God bless you, M.G.D.
+++
Dear Howdy,
I don't know where my first copy came from,
but I like it. Send me another. Bubba.
Bruce
+++
I am a Christain and go to a secular school and I really appreciate having
your mails. They are funny and encouraging. They are definately worth the
time and space. Thanks for being encouraging. Jennifer L.
<>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Psalm 55:22
><> ><> ><> ><> ><>
+++
Dear Howdy,
I don't know how I was blessed to be part of your mailing list, but I do
thank you for getting me through a difficult semester. We here at
NCC/SUNY have been swamped with assessment forms. If this means
nothing to you, bless your lucky stars. If it does, I dare you to make
Assessment sound funny. Anyway in the depths of assessment despair,
your HOWDY has tickled my funny bone and made life "bearable."
Mary _____,Ph.D.
+++
Hi, I thought your email was just junk when I got it, but for some reason
I decided to trust you and I opened it. Very cute jokes and riddles! I plan
to share them. The biggest riddle is (and the answer wasn't on the bottom
of the email) how did you put me on your mailing list? I'm sure I don't know
anyone at Chapel Hill.
Lisa
+++
Gooday Howdy,
In your "Thought and Humour" of 26 September 2003 you state that:
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 345,678,987,654,321
This is incorrect - the correct answer is actually more remarkable. It is:
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Cheers
John Ashton
Manager, Management Systems Development
Information Technology and Management Support
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
+++
Dear Howdy,
I am curious to know why you pick on UNC so relentlessly!
Isn't it unfair (in that other universities are spared completely)
and what is UNC's fault? The jokes are funny though.
Arush (Montreal, Canada)
+
Dear Arush,
It's mostly because I graduated from their arch-rival...
It's all in good fun,
Howdy
P.S. Perhaps I should give UNC a bit of slack since
they're 0 and 4 in football & a very close relative now
attends that institution??? Naaaaah....
+++
Dear Howdy,
Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good.
It would be the end of everything we know.
Marvin M.
+++
Hello Howdy,
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for
singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I
didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his
theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be
endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football
game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the
entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and
asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going
home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes,
and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian
principles! And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone
book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what
would you expect ... Somebody chanting Hare Krishna?
If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish
prayer. If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a
Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to
hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother
me one bit. When in Rome..."
But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? Nobody
is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection
plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a
Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession
stand. Call your lawyer.
Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before
we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing. Now a
handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God,
help us!!! And if that last sentence offends you, well...just sue me. The
silent majority has been SILENT too long...it's time we let that one or two
who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what
they want...it is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you
don't have to pray...you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you
don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is
your right, and we will honor your right...but by golly you are no longer
going to take our rights away ...we are fighting back and we WILL WIN!!!
After all, the God you have the right to denounce is on our side! God bless
us, one and all, especially those who denounce Him...God bless America,
despite all her faults she is still the greatest nation of all! God bless
our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship
God.
Samuel Thompson
Please note that our policy allows for us to receive
threats on alternate Tuesdays when the Moon is waning only...
===============
It's one of those hidden natural treasures that not a lot of people know
about. They call it Buttermilk Falls. People had told us what a picturesque
spot it would be. They didn't tell us about the road you have to drive to
see this picturesque spot. We turned off the paved road where our directions
said to, and suddenly we found ourselves on a dirt road that was one crater
after another. There was no way to miss these gigantic potholes. In fact,
one guy in a Volkswagen in front of us just totally disappeared. So, I had
to drive about two miles an hour with the kids reminding me that they
weren't having much fun. It was really tempting to turn back, but we
persevered. And I'm glad we did. We finally reached this magnificent
waterfall, cascading down the rock walls of a cliff. There was even a trail
where we climbed to the top and got this great view from the top of the
waterfall. We loved it! And in spite of the miserable road to it, we went
back several times. And it was worth it!
Actually, you may be navigating a very bumpy road in your life right
now, and you're not enjoying this process much at all. And as you're having
to really slow down and to absorb the shocks, it's tempting to turn back,
isn't it? But God wants to remind you today of something it is easy to
forget when the road is rough: there's something beautiful -- something
worth it -- at the end of this difficult journey.
Few people in the Bible rode a bumpier road than Joseph did. Hated
by his brothers, thrown into a pit by them, taken into slavery in Egypt,
thrown into prison for doing the right thing. God didn't tell him where this
rough road was leading any more than He's telling you where yours goes. But
Joseph had the faith to keep driving even when it was almost impossible to
imagine a happy ending. Of course, we know now there was a very happy
ending. God promoted Joseph to be the assistant Pharaoh of Egypt -- the
second most powerful man in the world -- so he would be in a position to
help Egypt to forecast and prepare for a great famine. And to provide the
food that would save the lives of the very brothers who had hurt him so
deeply.
Now, our word for today from the Word of God begins in Genesis 45:5
as Joseph tells his brothers, "It was to save lives that God sent me ahead
of you ... It was not you who sent me here, but God." All that pain was to
position him to make a difference in many lives. In Genesis 50:20, Joseph
testifies to the sovereignty of God as he says, "You intended to harm me,
but God intended it for good to accomplish the saving of many lives."
It had been a road filled with deep pitfalls and jarring blows. But
it came out -- like the road to our waterfall -- at a beautiful place.
Joseph's God is the same God you belong to. And He's taking you somewhere
that will make the bumpy road worth it. He may be using these jolts to
outfit you for a powerful ministry to hurting people. Maybe He's birthing
great faith in you so you'll have what it takes to do great things for Him.
Maybe He's allowing a mess so He can show you a miracle. He may be having
you wait longer than you wanted because He's preparing you for a plan that
is greater than you could have ever, ever dreamed.
If you keep your eyes on the God of all hope, you'll be able to
handle the bumps, trusting in a God who uses bumpy roads to get us to
beautiful destinations. So don't turn back now. You are going to love the
view on ahead. Ron Hutchcraft
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A fellow took a UNC student to the movies. During the pre-
views, she asked him if he would go and buy her some M & M's.
When he returned with her candy, she opened the bag, picked
out all the brown ones and threw them away.
"What did you do that for?" he asked her.
"I'm allergic to chocolate!" she replied.
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Things are fine. There are bad days and good days, just like anywhere.
I am so thankful for your T& H... I always print out the things I like and
forward things to friends. My favorite verse is Nahum 1:7, The Lord is good
a stronghold in the day of trouble, and HE knoweth them that trust in HIM.
There are times when we cannot think that God can be good when such bad
things happen, but I think it's all a matter of perspective. HE puts us
through things to see what we are really made of, and at times it hurts, but
boy we should be ever so thankful for all that HE does. WHY? because HE
loves us.
I do have a picture I was going to e-mail you, but I forgot to hold a sign
saying "where's Howdy" It is front of a big rock called "_____"
I do enjoy all that you do to reach people for the Lord in this way, and
sometimes the grief you go through when you hear all the bad things people
say to you. The one thing I feel when reading that is sadness because of
those who write that stuff, their blindness.
Keep up the good work,
Wanda (Somewhere in Asia)
+++
Howdy Howdy
I would prefer to stay on your mailing list. It's not that I'm
short of humour. In South Africa where I live (Johannesburg),
we have an unlimited supply courtesy of our inept politicians.
Actually the more I see how they're ruining my country, it
ceases to be funny, and we are driven to tears. I therefore
need Howdy to cheer me up again!
Anyway, thanks for a cool publication, I've thoroughly enjoyed
it since first receiving it as an online MA student at Regent
University (VA Beach).
blessings
Mario Teixeira
Johannesburg
+++
Dear Howdy,
I have been without laughter for some months now since I stopped eceiving
your Howdy's. Get me out of this limbo!!!!!
PAUL K.
MOMBASA, KENYA.
+++
Duh Howdy I be a wunderin if'n Boffalou Bill er dat udder one
Clarence bee sums ware close by fer to taluk to? I be frum dat
grate unibercity da home of da whosirs en blumengton, in.
Plase tel Mr Flubster Boster his fallow curnpons say hey...
Larry Elish
+++
Dear Howdy,
Please continue to send me "Thought and Humor" - I always enjoy each and
every issue. It's been a highlight of my e-mail reading!!!
John S.
Gonzaga University
+++
Dear Howdy,
I've been on your list in the past under my work
e-mail 1234@dacc.edu. I would like to re-subscribe
for your publication under mine and my husband's
personal e-mail mnopq@yahoo.com. I soon won't
be working anymore, I'm going to have triplets, so I
would like to receive your funny and mind broadening
information at home.
Thanks,
Anna in Indiana
+++
dear howdy
i would like to continue receiving "thought&humor"
please sign me up on the new (if any)list.
(name withheld)
iran
+++
Howdy Howdy,
I have missed your letter. I tried to re-subscribe but could not. Thanks for
coming back. I missed your humor and thoughtful insights.
Yours in Christ,
LN
Ann Arbor, MI
+++
Dear Howdy,
Thanks for your "Warning: Not subscribing could restrict one's
opportunities for ascertaining uninterrupted existence for same's
quintessence." I like to be one of your "1,000,000 people" and "a part of the
jollity" as well as to ascertain that "uninterrupted existence." But I just
can't bear the fact that you continuously ignored my little request and
thus humiliated me by not sending me the Picture rather than stuffing
me with many junk pictures. What's wrong for me to ask a portrait of the
person whom I'm communicating. Unless this person is kind of an
old-fashioned Arabic woman, then I won't ask a portrait. I don't want just to
communicate with the impression in my mind. I need to communicate with
a clear fine portrait in front of eyes. Both of them are equally
necessary and essential.
You said, "We informed our detractors that we were crestfallen about
being so controversial and would never (ever) be polemical again (at
least until the next issue) but they just wouldn't hearken." Actually I can
forgive those detractors and their mischiefs which have caused me both
physical and mental pains as well as a couple of angry red pimples on
my face, only if you sincerely email me the Current Picture which I
regard as the "quintessence" for me to persistently ascertain and fight
for....
In short, no picture, no subscription!
Gloria
+++
Dear Howdy,
Why not? Your mailing was very entertaining and
convincing. Please add me to your email list to receive
Thought and Humor.
Thanks,
Jessica
Graduate Assistant
University of Cincinnati
College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services
+++
I love you people! Your stuff keeps me laughung and thinkin!
I can't live without you!
D.
+++
Dear Howdy,
As it seems to be for a lot of people, I have no idea how you got my
address, but I think I've read every issue I've received from the first. I
guess I didn't get any of the issues you sent out this summer, but, I also
didn't really have the time to read them, nor to figure out how to get
them. But, I do still enjoy reading them, and have a few still in my inbox
waiting for a time when I can read them through (since I don't like trying
to find my place later...).
If it's possible to still receive your wonderful newsletter, I would
appreciate that.
Thanks!
Kate
+++
Howdy Howdy,
Please keep me on the sub list. It would be a very dull life
with out Thought and humor.
Thanks and keep up the great work,
Carol
+++
Keep those cards and letters coming in...the are rip-roaring funny.
EFD
+++
Hello,
I'm a college student from Indianola Iowa and right now studying in London. I
would like to resubscribe to your jokes and such. Thank you for your kindness.
K
+++
Please keep me on your e-mailing list. I enjoy the scintalating humourous
quotes and stories..I was also wondering how to make contributions.
James
+++
Dear Howdy,
I suffer from two phobias: 1) Phobia-Phobia, the fear that
you're unable to get scared, and 2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia,
the fear of not pronouncing words correctly.
Brad S.
+++
Dear Howdy, I would not open all your email until a friend said it was OK.
He sure was riight. Thanks for humor and messages. Having a husband with
Alzheimer's disease, I need all the daily humor and inspirational messages
from the Lord that I can get. Have a Happy New Year, God bless you, M.G.D.
+++
Dear Howdy,
I don't know where my first copy came from,
but I like it. Send me another. Bubba.
Bruce
+++
I am a Christain and go to a secular school and I really appreciate having
your mails. They are funny and encouraging. They are definately worth the
time and space. Thanks for being encouraging. Jennifer L.
<>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Psalm 55:22
><> ><> ><> ><> ><>
+++
Dear Howdy,
I don't know how I was blessed to be part of your mailing list, but I do
thank you for getting me through a difficult semester. We here at
NCC/SUNY have been swamped with assessment forms. If this means
nothing to you, bless your lucky stars. If it does, I dare you to make
Assessment sound funny. Anyway in the depths of assessment despair,
your HOWDY has tickled my funny bone and made life "bearable."
Mary _____,Ph.D.
+++
Hi, I thought your email was just junk when I got it, but for some reason
I decided to trust you and I opened it. Very cute jokes and riddles! I plan
to share them. The biggest riddle is (and the answer wasn't on the bottom
of the email) how did you put me on your mailing list? I'm sure I don't know
anyone at Chapel Hill.
Lisa
+++
Gooday Howdy,
In your "Thought and Humour" of 26 September 2003 you state that:
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 345,678,987,654,321
This is incorrect - the correct answer is actually more remarkable. It is:
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Cheers
John Ashton
Manager, Management Systems Development
Information Technology and Management Support
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
+++
Dear Howdy,
I am curious to know why you pick on UNC so relentlessly!
Isn't it unfair (in that other universities are spared completely)
and what is UNC's fault? The jokes are funny though.
Arush (Montreal, Canada)
+
Dear Arush,
It's mostly because I graduated from their arch-rival...
It's all in good fun,
Howdy
P.S. Perhaps I should give UNC a bit of slack since
they're 0 and 4 in football & a very close relative now
attends that institution??? Naaaaah....
+++
Dear Howdy,
Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good.
It would be the end of everything we know.
Marvin M.
+++
Hello Howdy,
I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for
singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don't agree with Darwin, but I
didn't go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his
theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be
endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football
game. So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading the
entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in and
asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going
home from the game. "But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes,
and this is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian
principles! And we are in the Bible Belt. According to our very own phone
book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what
would you expect ... Somebody chanting Hare Krishna?
If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish
prayer. If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a
Muslim prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to
hear someone pray to Buddha. And I wouldn't be offended. It wouldn't bother
me one bit. When in Rome..."
But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them? Nobody
is asking them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection
plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a
Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession
stand. Call your lawyer.
Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before
we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us just to pray without ceasing. Now a
handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God,
help us!!! And if that last sentence offends you, well...just sue me. The
silent majority has been SILENT too long...it's time we let that one or two
who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority don't care what
they want...it is time the majority rules! It's time we tell them, you
don't have to pray...you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance, you
don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is
your right, and we will honor your right...but by golly you are no longer
going to take our rights away ...we are fighting back and we WILL WIN!!!
After all, the God you have the right to denounce is on our side! God bless
us, one and all, especially those who denounce Him...God bless America,
despite all her faults she is still the greatest nation of all! God bless
our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship
God.
Samuel Thompson
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It's one of those hidden natural treasures that not a lot of people know
about. They call it Buttermilk Falls. People had told us what a picturesque
spot it would be. They didn't tell us about the road you have to drive to
see this picturesque spot. We turned off the paved road where our directions
said to, and suddenly we found ourselves on a dirt road that was one crater
after another. There was no way to miss these gigantic potholes. In fact,
one guy in a Volkswagen in front of us just totally disappeared. So, I had
to drive about two miles an hour with the kids reminding me that they
weren't having much fun. It was really tempting to turn back, but we
persevered. And I'm glad we did. We finally reached this magnificent
waterfall, cascading down the rock walls of a cliff. There was even a trail
where we climbed to the top and got this great view from the top of the
waterfall. We loved it! And in spite of the miserable road to it, we went
back several times. And it was worth it!
Actually, you may be navigating a very bumpy road in your life right
now, and you're not enjoying this process much at all. And as you're having
to really slow down and to absorb the shocks, it's tempting to turn back,
isn't it? But God wants to remind you today of something it is easy to
forget when the road is rough: there's something beautiful -- something
worth it -- at the end of this difficult journey.
Few people in the Bible rode a bumpier road than Joseph did. Hated
by his brothers, thrown into a pit by them, taken into slavery in Egypt,
thrown into prison for doing the right thing. God didn't tell him where this
rough road was leading any more than He's telling you where yours goes. But
Joseph had the faith to keep driving even when it was almost impossible to
imagine a happy ending. Of course, we know now there was a very happy
ending. God promoted Joseph to be the assistant Pharaoh of Egypt -- the
second most powerful man in the world -- so he would be in a position to
help Egypt to forecast and prepare for a great famine. And to provide the
food that would save the lives of the very brothers who had hurt him so
deeply.
Now, our word for today from the Word of God begins in Genesis 45:5
as Joseph tells his brothers, "It was to save lives that God sent me ahead
of you ... It was not you who sent me here, but God." All that pain was to
position him to make a difference in many lives. In Genesis 50:20, Joseph
testifies to the sovereignty of God as he says, "You intended to harm me,
but God intended it for good to accomplish the saving of many lives."
It had been a road filled with deep pitfalls and jarring blows. But
it came out -- like the road to our waterfall -- at a beautiful place.
Joseph's God is the same God you belong to. And He's taking you somewhere
that will make the bumpy road worth it. He may be using these jolts to
outfit you for a powerful ministry to hurting people. Maybe He's birthing
great faith in you so you'll have what it takes to do great things for Him.
Maybe He's allowing a mess so He can show you a miracle. He may be having
you wait longer than you wanted because He's preparing you for a plan that
is greater than you could have ever, ever dreamed.
If you keep your eyes on the God of all hope, you'll be able to
handle the bumps, trusting in a God who uses bumpy roads to get us to
beautiful destinations. So don't turn back now. You are going to love the
view on ahead. Ron Hutchcraft
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A fellow took a UNC student to the movies. During the pre-
views, she asked him if he would go and buy her some M & M's.
When he returned with her candy, she opened the bag, picked
out all the brown ones and threw them away.
"What did you do that for?" he asked her.
"I'm allergic to chocolate!" she replied.
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A 'Smorgasbord' for Pedophiles
The Allure of MySpace
May 30, 2006
Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.
A few months ago, a 16-year old New York girl began exchanging messages with a stranger on the social networking site, MySpace. It was a tragic mistake. One day the stranger—a 37-year-old man—drove to where the girl had an after-school job and sexually assaulted her. How did he know where to find her? She had listed her place of work on her MySpace profile.
MySpace. It's a place for kids to go to escape parents—and teenagers know it. So do sexual predators.
The body of another MySpace fan, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl, was found in a dumpster in Newark, strangled. In California, the body of a 15-year-old girl was found floating in an irrigation canal. Both girls had MySpace accounts, and police are investigating the possibility that they met their killers through it as well.
Clearly, kids do not realize the danger. According to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, more than 2,600 reports were made involving adults going online to lure minors. The center has received nearly three hundred complaints involving MySpace alone. U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan says MySpace "creates a smorgasbord" for pedophiles.
Tragically, our kids make it all too easy for them often. Nearly 40 percent of American high school kids have posted their personal information online—information that allows predators to learn who they are, what they look like, where they live, and where they go to school. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, teenagers consider MySpace the way to communicate with friends; checking for messages, and receiving them, is part of a daily computer ritual. And they reveal a chillingly naive attitude about what they're doing. As one boy told the Post-Gazette, "I don't think it is so much of a worry . . . everyone posts pictures and puts their ages up. It's kind of like a rite of passage to have MySpace."
Clearly, teaching our kids how to be safe online has to become a rite of passage for us as adults. For several decades, we have seen increasing efforts in our culture to drive a wedge between children and their parents—from toymakers advertising toys parents don't approve of, to sex education that sends the wrong message, to films that encourage kids to engage in dangerous behavior. MySpace has become a huge success in part because it exists as a space where kids can go to escape parental influence. It's no accident that MySpace advertises itself as "a place for friends."
While kids usually think they can take care of themselves, the Scriptures are full of warnings that children need their parents, their wisdom, their protection. In the book of Proverbs, we find a father warning even his young adult son to beware of the attraction of evil and the danger of making the wrong friends.
Parents need to make sure their own kids are safe—by preventing access to MySpace, perhaps, or keeping a sharp eye on whom their kids are conversing with online and how much information they have divulged. Warn your kids about the predators out there; make sure they never give out personal information. And all of us must demand that the authorities vigorously enforce laws protecting kids from online predators—predators who consider online social networks "a smorgasbord" for evil.
This is part nine in the "War on the Weak" series.
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The Allure of MySpace
May 30, 2006
Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley.
A few months ago, a 16-year old New York girl began exchanging messages with a stranger on the social networking site, MySpace. It was a tragic mistake. One day the stranger—a 37-year-old man—drove to where the girl had an after-school job and sexually assaulted her. How did he know where to find her? She had listed her place of work on her MySpace profile.
MySpace. It's a place for kids to go to escape parents—and teenagers know it. So do sexual predators.
The body of another MySpace fan, a 14-year-old New Jersey girl, was found in a dumpster in Newark, strangled. In California, the body of a 15-year-old girl was found floating in an irrigation canal. Both girls had MySpace accounts, and police are investigating the possibility that they met their killers through it as well.
Clearly, kids do not realize the danger. According to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, more than 2,600 reports were made involving adults going online to lure minors. The center has received nearly three hundred complaints involving MySpace alone. U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan says MySpace "creates a smorgasbord" for pedophiles.
Tragically, our kids make it all too easy for them often. Nearly 40 percent of American high school kids have posted their personal information online—information that allows predators to learn who they are, what they look like, where they live, and where they go to school. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, teenagers consider MySpace the way to communicate with friends; checking for messages, and receiving them, is part of a daily computer ritual. And they reveal a chillingly naive attitude about what they're doing. As one boy told the Post-Gazette, "I don't think it is so much of a worry . . . everyone posts pictures and puts their ages up. It's kind of like a rite of passage to have MySpace."
Clearly, teaching our kids how to be safe online has to become a rite of passage for us as adults. For several decades, we have seen increasing efforts in our culture to drive a wedge between children and their parents—from toymakers advertising toys parents don't approve of, to sex education that sends the wrong message, to films that encourage kids to engage in dangerous behavior. MySpace has become a huge success in part because it exists as a space where kids can go to escape parental influence. It's no accident that MySpace advertises itself as "a place for friends."
While kids usually think they can take care of themselves, the Scriptures are full of warnings that children need their parents, their wisdom, their protection. In the book of Proverbs, we find a father warning even his young adult son to beware of the attraction of evil and the danger of making the wrong friends.
Parents need to make sure their own kids are safe—by preventing access to MySpace, perhaps, or keeping a sharp eye on whom their kids are conversing with online and how much information they have divulged. Warn your kids about the predators out there; make sure they never give out personal information. And all of us must demand that the authorities vigorously enforce laws protecting kids from online predators—predators who consider online social networks "a smorgasbord" for evil.
This is part nine in the "War on the Weak" series.
Get links to further information on today's topic
For printer-friendly version, simply visit www.breakpoint.org and click on Today's Commentary. The printer-friendly link is on the left-hand column.
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