stella....that was perfect.... ~~~: ) -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: busmar1852@webtv.net (Stella Roper) > Belle, I am sure you felt the love of friends and family, as they > supported you during this time...the prayers are for the family, to ask > God to help them with the strength and with the healing process to go on > living, and I also pray that you will, sincerely open your heart and > mind, look for the understanding of why these things are happening, and > in such a widespread, rampant fashion today, and see these terrible > things that are befalling all of us, today.Barely any family is without > a grave situation, No human alive, on earth today is exempt from these > happenings..and no prayer can change that, but pray for the purpose that > God first set for the first human couple that he put on the earth, a > good place to find what happened, of course is to really study the book > of Genesis if you believe in creation and if you believe that the Bible > writers were inspired by God, to be written and preserved all these > years.You will not find any scripture from Genesis through Revelation > where He changed his mind, on his purpose for mankind. And you might > ask,why didn't he just strike satan dead, when he challenged God,, by > deceiving the first couple with his lie...(Jesus called satan the > father of the lie) but there was all the angelic family looking on, and > anyone of them, or hundreds of them, could have always done the same > thing..rebelled and cause this same trouble over and over, it was > settled once and for all, in the Garden of Eden, I trust the all knowing > God, that he knew what he was doing, after all, who knows mankind better > than He? There has always been on earth, people who love and obey him, > and look at him as the sovereign God, that he is, and he deserves our > obedience.That's all He asked of Adam and Eve...he gave them the whole > earth, and all it's goodness...just leave off one tree of food, to show > they loved and obeyed him as their maker. He instilled in them the > desire to worship, we all have that trait. Taking in knowledge, and > seeking what God requires of us is really the first step..if your heart > is open to him, he lets you find him, it is only through that, not from > anything me or anyone else can say to you, Oh we can act as the > messenger, and point out what we have learned, or experienced, ... but > the right heart condition is required..Paul said 'This mean everlasting > life...their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God" So I will > continue to pray for his will to be done and that all who are living > today, that love him, as Jesus loved us, will not perish but have > everlasting life.His wish according to the Bible is that none be lost, > but it tells of the greater number, going down because they have > rejected God's Kingdom, that Jesus taught us to pray for. > well I may get kicked off the list, but I am not "preaching"for any > reason,other than I love you, as Jesus said love one another, and love > your neighbor. I want to share all good hings that I have, with you. > It is certainly good news to me, to learn all that Jesus taught, as he > said,it came from the Father..Love Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message