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Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

0 posted 1999-11-19 05:10 AM

On my way to church
one Sunday morn
I saw my neighbor
out harvesting corn.

"Come to church" I said
"The corn will wait,"
"Oh no," he said
"I'm three days late."

As he walked away
too busy to chat
a bolt of lightening
knocked off his hat.

Next Sunday he came
to pray and repent;
the collection was boosted
one hundred percent.

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~*~ Time erases and rewrites all the lines. What remains is the poetry! ~*~

[This message has been edited by Echo Rhayne (edited 11-20-1999).]

[This message has been edited by Echo Rhayne (edited 11-20-1999).]

Kenneth Ray Taylor
Member

since 1999-11-11

Posts 139
Duluth, Minnesota, USA

1 posted 1999-11-19 07:38 AM

I love it. It reminds me of the man who lost his footing on a high roof and as he slid down, he prayed, "Lord, if you spare my life, I'll serve you forever!" Just as he was about to go over the edge, his clothing caught on a nail, and he was saved. He climbed back up on the roof and said, "Never mind, Lord, the nail saved me."

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

2 posted 1999-11-19 10:15 AM

Echo, EXCELLENT!! Loved it!

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

3 posted 1999-11-19 12:17 PM

Oh this is great! Just love the message!

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

4 posted 1999-11-19 02:07 PM

Thanks yall. Kenneth, I think I've heard that story and many others just like it LoL....the only problem I have with it, si that God does not bargain. His love is free if we say we will serve Him if He does somethign for us, it is like telling Him we will pay for His love.....anyways...Glad you all liked it =o)

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~*~ Time erases and rewrites all the lines. What remains is the poetry! ~*~

deleeme
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA

5 posted 1999-11-19 06:03 PM

Very good Marie, why is it we have time for everything but for the One who gave it to us?
"In Him we Live & move & have our being--Take time for Him--So He'll take Eternity for You!__Thank you for your poem

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"Our Creativity points to a Higher Creator--we couldn't have just happened, and for what ability we may possess--to God be the glory." -dlw-

Julie
Senior Member

since 1999-08-20

Posts 739
Houston, TX

6 posted 1999-11-19 10:54 PM

I enjoyed this Echo.

We need our spiritual food as often as we need our daily meals.

Systematic Decay
Senior Member

since 1999-09-15

Posts 1301
That place with padded walls and funny people in white.........

7 posted 1999-11-19 11:43 PM

At the risk of sounding dumb, I didn't quite catch the meaning on this one, coul you explain it please?

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Thinking is just what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their predjudices.

Echo Rhayne
Senior Member

since 1999-09-17

Posts 1495
Canyon Country, CA

8 posted 1999-11-20 03:13 PM

Amy, I think deleeme said it pretty good!

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~*~ Time erases and rewrites all the lines. What remains is the poetry! ~*~

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