--part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <willisjd@knology.net> Received: from rly-za05.mx.aol.com (rly-za05.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.101]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.20) with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:15:05 -0500 Received: from smtp2.knology.net (user-24-214-63-12.knology.net [24.214.63.12]) by rly-za05.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:14:31 -0400 Received: (qmail 23372 invoked by uid 1003); 31 Oct 2000 17:17:39 -0000 Received: from user-24-214-79-24.knology.net (HELO default) (24.214.79.24) by user-24-214-63-12.knology.net with SMTP; 31 Oct 2000 17:17:39 -0000 Message-ID: <004001c0434d$324e29e0$184fd618@knology.net> From: "Janet Willis" <willisjd@knology.net> To: "Royce Richardson" <RoycR1@aol.com>, "Rex Hard" <hardly65@msn.com>, "Malcolm L. Bosley" <JLBOSLEY@compuserve.com>, "Gilbert Yancey" <gyancey4@mindspring.com>, "Dick Spearing" <rlmmsp@peoplepc.com>, "Charles A. Jones" <cajones@hiwaay.net>, "1Jane Willis" <Jane.WILLIS@msl.redstone.army.mil> Subject: Fw: Ooh, this is great! Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:13:55 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Subject: Ooh, this is great! > The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost 5. Waiting with her > mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white > pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, > please?" > Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked > back into the pleading blue eyes of her little > girl's upturned face. "A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you > really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you > can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week > away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma." As soon as > Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After > dinner, she did more than her share of chores and she went to the neighbor > and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her > birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had > enough money to buy the necklace. Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel > dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere - Sunday school, > kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she went > swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might turn > her neck green. Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was > ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read > her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you > love me?" "Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you." "Then give me your > pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess the white horse > from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you > gave me. She's my favorite. "That's okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good > night." > And he brushed her cheek with a kiss. About a week later, after the story > time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?" "Daddy, you know I love > you." "Then give me your pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have > my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful > and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper." "That's okay. > Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you." And as always, he > brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss. A few nights later when her daddy came > in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian-style. As he > came close, noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down > her cheek. "What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?" Jenny didn't say anything, > but lifted her little hand up to her daddy and when she opened it, there was > her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here, > Daddy. It's for you." With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind > daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the > other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case > with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had them all the > time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could > give her genuine treasure. So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting > for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give > us beautiful treasure. Isn't God good? Are you holding onto things which God > wants you to let go of. Are you holding on to harmful or unnecessary > partners, relationships, habits and activities which you have come so > attached to that it seems impossible to let go? Sometimes it is so hard to > see what is in the other hand, but do believe this one thing. God will never > take away something without giving you something better > in its place. --part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary--
Couldn't we just stick with matters at hand (genealogy)? Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RoycR1@aol.com> To: <GAEARLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 6:45 PM Subject: [GAEARLY-L] Fwd: Fw: Ooh, this is great! > > --part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > --part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <willisjd@knology.net> > Received: from rly-za05.mx.aol.com (rly-za05.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.101]) by air-za02.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.20) with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:15:05 -0500 > Received: from smtp2.knology.net (user-24-214-63-12.knology.net [24.214.63.12]) by rly-za05.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:14:31 -0400 > Received: (qmail 23372 invoked by uid 1003); 31 Oct 2000 17:17:39 -0000 > Received: from user-24-214-79-24.knology.net (HELO default) (24.214.79.24) > by user-24-214-63-12.knology.net with SMTP; 31 Oct 2000 17:17:39 -0000 > Message-ID: <004001c0434d$324e29e0$184fd618@knology.net> > From: "Janet Willis" <willisjd@knology.net> > To: "Royce Richardson" <RoycR1@aol.com>, "Rex Hard" <hardly65@msn.com>, > "Malcolm L. Bosley" <JLBOSLEY@compuserve.com>, > "Gilbert Yancey" <gyancey4@mindspring.com>, > "Dick Spearing" <rlmmsp@peoplepc.com>, > "Charles A. Jones" <cajones@hiwaay.net>, > "1Jane Willis" <Jane.WILLIS@msl.redstone.army.mil> > Subject: Fw: Ooh, this is great! > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:13:55 -0600 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > > Subject: Ooh, this is great! > > > > The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost 5. Waiting with her > > mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white > > pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, > Mommy, > > please?" > > Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked > > back into the pleading blue eyes of her little > > girl's upturned face. "A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you > > really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time > you > > can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a > week > > away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma." As soon as > > Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. > After > > dinner, she did more than her share of chores and she went to the neighbor > > and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her > > birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had > > enough money to buy the necklace. Jenny loved her pearls. They made her > feel > > dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere - Sunday school, > > kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she > went > > swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might > turn > > her neck green. Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was > > ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to > read > > her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you > > love me?" "Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you." "Then give me your > > pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess the white > horse > > from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one > you > > gave me. She's my favorite. "That's okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good > > night." > > And he brushed her cheek with a kiss. About a week later, after the story > > time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?" "Daddy, you know I love > > you." "Then give me your pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can > have > > my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful > > and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper." "That's > okay. > > Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you." And as always, he > > brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss. A few nights later when her daddy > came > > in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian-style. As > he > > came close, noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down > > her cheek. "What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?" Jenny didn't say > anything, > > but lifted her little hand up to her daddy and when she opened it, there > was > > her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here, > > Daddy. It's for you." With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind > > daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with > the > > other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case > > with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jenny. He had them all > the > > time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he > could > > give her genuine treasure. So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is > waiting > > for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so that he can give > > us beautiful treasure. Isn't God good? Are you holding onto things which > God > > wants you to let go of. Are you holding on to harmful or unnecessary > > partners, relationships, habits and activities which you have come so > > attached to that it seems impossible to let go? Sometimes it is so hard to > > see what is in the other hand, but do believe this one thing. God will > never > > take away something without giving you something better > > in its place. > > > > > --part1_39.cf5a10f.275081b3_boundary-- > > > ==== GAEARLY Mailing List ==== > Help support Free Viewing of Genealogicial Resources! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > What is RootsWeb all about?? - http://www.rootsweb.com/ >