<B>FUNNY ISN'T IT?</B><P> Funny how a $100 "looks" so big when you take it to church, but so small <BR>when you take it to the mall.<BR> Funny how long it takes to serve God for an hour, but how quickly a team <BR>plays 60 minutes of basketball.<BR> Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are, but how short they <BR>are when watching a movie.<BR> Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray, but don't have <BR>difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.<BR> Funny how we get thrilled when a baseball game goes into extra innings, <BR>but we complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.<BR> Funny how hard it is to read a chapter in the bible, but how easy it is to <BR>read 100 pages of a best selling novel.<BR> Funny how people want to get a front seat at any game or concert, but <BR>scramble to get a back seat at church services.<BR> Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks advance notice to fit a church event into <BR>our schedule, but can adjust our schedule for other events at the last moment.<BR> Funny how hard it is for people to learn a simple gospel well enough to <BR>tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and <BR>repeat gossip.<BR> Funny how we believe what the newspaper say, but question what the Bible <BR>says.<BR> Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to <BR>believe, or think, or say, or do anything.<BR> Funny how you can send a thousand jokes' through e-mail and they spread <BR>like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people <BR>think twice about sharing.<BR>FUNNY, ISN'T IT ?<BR> Are you laughing? Are you thinking? Spread the Word and give thanks to the <BR>Lord For He is good!<BR><P>------------------<BR>There are deep sorrows and killing cares in life, but the encouragement and love of friends were given us to make all difficulties bearable. <BR>-- John Oliver Holmes<P>The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.<BR>-- Elie Wiesel<P><BR>

Funny, isn't it that no one has replied to this post? I have often thought of many of the ironies that you posted here today. And ain't it the truth? The sad, very sad truth? Maybe that's why there are so many of us with these horrible problems to contend with. We have all moved so far away from God and His word, ignoring His laws, statutes and judgments-so caught up with trying to get through life, all the distractions that keep us from the things that are really important in life and all the peace and wholeness that could be ours. Yet, we busy ourselves with life's events without looking to God for guidance. And some of us, like me in particular, are angry at God for allowing these things to have happened in my life. Yet, He understands and forgives me. <BR>God knows we are like this-he made us like this...and somewhere in the Scriptures he talks to us through the prophets lamenting that his sheep have strayed and will continue to stray as long as we turn our backs on Him. Human, fallible nature.<P>There was a time when people looked to the Lord and they were blessed. Our society has changed so much. God has become so secondary. I believe that God is bringing us to our knees by allowing us to plummet to depths we have never been before, just to make us realize what is important and remember Him, to turn our hearts and minds back to Him.

Funny, isn't it . . .<P>How everyone assumes that if you're not a practicing, gospel-preaching Christian, that you've "moved away from God."<P>------------------<BR>/// Lone Star * ///<P>

Butterfly...thanks for this post. Great reminders......<P>Roll me Away<P>------------------<BR>"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort."<P>Sir Humphry Davy<BR>

Funny how you only get your toes stepped on when you put them out there.<P>Thanks, I needed sore feet.<P>Bill<P>"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3<BR><P>------------------<BR>BB<BR>

I didn't mean to step on anyones toes, I guess I just needed sore feet myself. I posted this because it really hit home for me. I've been doing a lot more praying in the last few months, and trying to be a better person, yet many of these things really made me think. <P>Have a wonderful day all.<P>B<BR><P>------------------<BR>There are deep sorrows and killing cares in life, but the encouragement and love of friends were given us to make all difficulties bearable. <BR>-- John Oliver Holmes<P>The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.<BR>-- Elie Wiesel<P><BR>