Might I remind you, and everyone else, that the Bible does not mean a whole heck
of a lot to many of us who are, nonetheless, living good and giving lives. If
it speaks to you, great; but one's religion has nothing to do with one's
spirituality.
This has been a sickening, sad two days. I really don't need to be reminded any
more of the religious intolerance that lurks even here in America.
Wearily,
PJ.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia M Smith
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [vocalist] OFF TOPIC:Timely words
Someone at work copied an e-mail that she received quoting words
attributed to Nostradamus that had an uncanny correlation to what
happened on Tuesday as well. Without doing research, I have no way of
verifying the accuracy of that quotation, however, I can understand
Ginny's point because the Bible has a special way of pointing out things
in our everyday life, whether they come from prophetic or wisdom
statements.
My husband & I were reminded during the gospel reading on Sunday AM of a
construction project here in Chicago that his company was supplying
materials to that was shut down because of a lack of funds - "Suppose one
of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down & estimate the
cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the
foundation & is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule
him saying, 'This fellow began to build & was not able to finish.'" Luke
14:28-30 (NIV).
Okay, so that was a bit of a tangent but it was a great example to us of
the Bible's relevance to our own lives.
It is important for all of us to remember that there is a lot of evil in
the world. It is up to people of faith to take a stand against it & we
can all start by knowing what the writers of our books of wisdom &
prophecy say about life in general & trying, with God's help, to live it
out.
Pat
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:49:16 -0500 "Ginny Allen" <revginny@w...>
writes:
(snip)
> P.S. To the list:
> I am not implying any spin on these words.
> I just feel it is noteworthy that these words are recorded in this
> Scripture
> as a prophetic word from the Lord through the Prophet Zephaniah.
> The correlation to what happened Tuesday is uncanny.
>
> Each person's own relationship with God
> and personal experiences will determine individual interpretations.
> I am not attempting to interpret, just to point out
> the correlation of the description to what we are living through.
>
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