Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of
> > defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store.
>
> >
>
> > She approached the owner of the store in a most
>
> > humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a
>
> > few groceries.
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> >
>
> > She softly explained that her husband was very ill
>
> > and unable to work, they had seven children and they
>
> > needed food.
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> >
>
> > John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and
>
> > requested that she leave his store at once.
>
> >
>
> > Visualizing the family needs, she said:
>
> > “Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as
>
> > soon as I can.”
>
> >
>
> > John told her he could not give her credit, since she
>
> > did not have a charge account at his store.
>
> >
>
> > Standing beside the counter was a customer who
>
> > overheard the conversation between the two. The
>
> > customer walked forward and told the grocer that he
>
> > would stand good for whatever she needed for her
>
> > family.
>
> > The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, “Do you
>
> > have a grocery list?”
>
> > Louise replied, “Yes sir.” “O.K” he said, “put your
>
> > grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery
>
> > list weighs, I will give you that amount in
>
> > groceries.”
>

> > Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then
>
> > she reached into her purse and took out a piece of
>
> > paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid
>
> > the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her
>
> > head still bowed.
>
> >
>
> > The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed
>
> > amazement when the scales went down and stayed down.
>
> > The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to
>
> > the customer and said begrudgingly, “I can’t believe
>
> > it”
>
> >
>
> > The customer smiled and the grocer started putting
>
> > the groceries
>
> > on the other side of the scales. The scale did not
>
> > balance so he continued to put more and more
>
> > groceries on them until the scales would hold no
>
> > more.
>
> >
>
> > The grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he
>
> > grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked
>
> > at it with greater amazement.
>
> >
>
> > It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which
>
> > said:
>
> >
>
> > “Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this
>
> > in your hands.”
>
> >
>
> > The grocer gave her the groceries that he had
>
> > gathered and stood in stunned silence.
>
> >
>
> > Louise thanked him and left the store.
>
> > The other customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to
>
> > the grocer and said;
>
> >
>
> > “It was worth every penny of it.. Only God Knows how
>
> > much a prayer weighs.”
>
> >
>
> > THE POWER OF PRAYER: When you receive this, say a
>
> > prayer. That’s all you have to do.
>
> >
>
> > Just stop right now, and say a prayer of thanks for
>
> > your own good fortune.
>
> >
>
> > Then please send this to all your friends and
>
> > relatives.
>
> >
>
> > I believe if you will send this testimony out with
>
> > prayer in faith, you will receive what you need God
to
>
> > do in your and your families’ life.
>
> >
>
> > So dear heart, trust God to heal the sick, provide
>
> > food for the hungry, clothes and shelter for those
>
> > that don’t have as we do.
>
> >
>
> > Don’t break this, please!
>
> >
>
> > Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.
>
> >
>
> > There is no cost but a lot of rewards.
>
> >
>
> > May you always walk with Angels … God Bless You!

May your day be filled with the aroma of the recent rains!

Can you imagine working for a company that has a
little more than 500 employees and has the following
statistics:
>
> *29 have been accused of spousal abuse
> *7 have been arrested for fraud
> *19 have been accused of writing bad checks
> *117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least
2 businesses
> *3 have done time for assault
> *71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
> *14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
> *8 have been arrested for shoplifting
> *21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
> *84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last
year
>
> Can you guess which organization this is? Give
up yet?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> It’s the 535 members of the United States Congress.
The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of
new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in
line.

Can you answer this riddle? Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey. See if
you can guess the riddle at the end. Paul Harvey Writes: We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we
made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d like better. I’d really like for them to know about hand me down clothes
and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I
really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you
learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and
wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you
are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born
and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe
in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger
brother/sister. And it’s all right if you have to draw a line
down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under
the covers with you because he’s scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister
wants to tag along, I hope you’ll let him/her. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends
and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don’t
ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won’t be
seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to
make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add
and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your
first crush on a boygirl, and when you talk back to your
mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on
a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don’t care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don’t
like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope
you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your
Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball
through your neighbor’s window and that she hugs you and
kisses you at Hanukah/Christmas time when you give her a
plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you – tough times and disappointment,
hard work and happiness. To me, it’s the only way to appreciate
life. Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I’m here for you. And
if I die before you do, I’ll go to heaven and wait for you. Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not
by accepting favors, but by doing them. Paul Harvey RIDDLE: When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the
answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors. What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor
have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you’ll die?

Our Constitution
“They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for
Iraq. Why don’t we just give them ours? It was
written by a lot of really smart guys, it’s worked for
over 200 years and hell, we’re not using it anymore.”

>
>Dear Friends and family:
>A friend sent these and I thought they were pretty cute.
>
>
>
>1. Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?
>
>
>2. Why is it that no matter what color of bubble bath you use the bubbles
>are always white?
>
>
>3. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
>
>
>4. Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that
>something new to eat will have materialized?
>
>
>5. On electric toasters, why do they engrave the message “one slice”? How
>many pieces of bread do they think people are really gonna try to stuff

in that slot?
>
>
>6. Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their

vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to

give the vacuum one more chance?
>
>
>7. Why is it that no plastic garbage bag will open from the end you first
>try?
>
>
>8. How do those dead bugs get into those closed light fixtures?
>
>
>9. Considering all the lint you get in your dryer, if you kept drying

your clothes would they eventually just disappear?
>
>
>10. When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a
>shopping
>cart than apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?”
>
>Well, it isn’t all right so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid
>idiot?”
>
>
>11. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling
>off
>the table you always manage to knock something else over?
>
>
>12. Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash
>pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?
>
>
>13. In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer
>when we complained about the heat?
>
>
>14. How come we never hear father-in-law jokes?
>
>
>15. If at first you don’t succeed, shouldn’t you try doing it like your
>wife
>told you to do it?
>
>
>16. The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is
>suffering from sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends,

if they’re okay, then it’s you.

Subject: Power of Prayer

After starting a new diet, I altered my drive to town to avoid passing my
favorite bakery. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and
there in the window were a host of goodies.

I felt this was no accident, so I prayed, “Lord, it’s up to you….if you
want me to have any of those delicious goodies, create a parking place for
me directly in front of the bakery.”

And sure enough, He answered my prayer…on the eighth time around the
block, there it was!