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To: David fisk who wrote (15594)	5/12/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Jamey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

David, very good. I wish them well that would believe that they can somehow change human nature by changing God like you would put on a new suit of clothes. I wish them well as I must acknowledge their right to search out God as they wish to understand Him. Notice I said as they wish? That is the problem of their search. They do not seek to understand God as He is but rather as their mind would like Him to be. GOD DOES NOT CHANGE! Here's the truth. Suffering is inevitable! The Bible states very plainly and bluntly in Job 5:7, "Man is born to trouble." Between the cries of birth and the tears of death, our years are touched by anguish and grief. No one is exempt, not even our Lord. We can however, choose how to respond to suffering. We can become bitter and broken or we believe in Christ and His suffering and accept our trials in trust of His name. The cross always reminds me that God can always use suffering and even death to create something beautiful. After 2000 years of His offering, I always think, won't we ever learn to accept the risen Christ as our Savior! Hope you are well, James

To: David fisk who wrote (15594)	5/13/1998 12:19:00 AM
From: Barnabus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

A great series of provocative posts Very "clear" for the one who "boasts" "When I'm dressed And clothes pressed" I'll offer to God a round of "toasts" Mankind has created God in man's own image Man has made the rules and playing his scrimmage "I am God Of this sod" 'Sez man..."God, if you are lucky you could stroke my plumage" I am sooooo smart, chick, and cool I'd even take God on in a game of pool Life's a blast While it lasts "What's that?" "I'm playing the part of a fool?" 'Tis sad And bad Pell Mell To hell Devil's glad Barney

To: David fisk who wrote (15594)	5/15/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: David fisk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Overcoming handicaps - The secrete of strength. In a famous study by Victor and Mildred Goertzel, entitled Cradles of Eminence, the home backgrounds of 300 highly successful people were investigated. These 300 subjects had made it to the top. They were men and women whose names everyone would recognize as brilliant in their fields, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Clara Barton, Gandhi, Einstein, and Freud. The intensive investigation into their early home lives yielded some surprising findings: * Three fourths of the children were troubled either by poverty, by a broken home, or by rejecting, overpossessive, or dominating parents. * Seventy-four of 85 writers of fiction or drama and 16 of the 20 poets came from homes where, as children, they saw tense psychological drama played out by their parents. * Physical handicaps such as blindness, deafness, or crippled limbs characterized over one-fourth of the sample. How did these people go on, then, to such outstanding accomplishments? Most likely by compensation. They compensated for their weaknesses in one area by excelling in another. "6 For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me. 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor 12:7-10