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Jolie Rouge · 07-02-2009, 08:20 PM

WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.'

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them. '

I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed

'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.

'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments .'

'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.

'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.'

'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.

'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy .'

'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.' 'If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day .'

'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation .... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'

'If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world '

'If your parents are still alive and still married .....you are very rare .'

'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair.'

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.: 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with.'

If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on???? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!

Blessings with love

ElleGee · 07-02-2009, 08:51 PM

not to be an ahole but how is this news or info?

Jenefer3 · 07-02-2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElleGee

not to be an ahole but how is this news or info?

Yeah, what she said.

SurferGirl · 07-02-2009, 10:42 PM

Jolie thank you so much for posting that and I'm going to copy it and send it to those on my email list.

***ahippiechic*** · 07-02-2009, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElleGee

not to be an ahole but how is this news or info?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenefer3

Yeah, what she said.

Moved it.

Jolie Rouge · 07-03-2009, 01:05 AM

WOW ... It was along the line of a "happy thought"... sorry to try and share with you...

I have had many things shifted from forum to forum... but this is rather silly; don't you think ? I wanted to share this with the friends I have found here, and most 'know' me from reading and posting in "N&I" ... but I guess we must be politically correct ? I supose that could be "information"; the idea that some will seek out something to complain about is hardly "news".

***ahippiechic*** · 07-03-2009, 01:30 AM

It's religious in nature, so it goes here and you know that.

Jolie Rouge · 07-03-2009, 01:57 AM

Be grateful for what we've got
By PERRYN KEYS - Advocate sportswriter
Published: Jun 30, 2009 - Page: 1C

Where I live, the temperature is rounding 95 and headed for 100.

Where I live, weekends and cookouts are a package deal.

Where I live, fireworks stands are already up and running. What does it all mean?

It means, more than anything, that the Fourth of July is almost here, and I’m an American. And I’m grateful for that.

In this lovely land, we are blessed with a fantastic blend of sports. We pass them down, from one generation to the next, like heirlooms and power tools.

We forget that sometimes. But right about now, when it’s hot and humid and there’s not much going on (Wimbledon doesn’t count), we tend to forget how lucky we are.

We sometimes take our sports for granted. Really, they’re a miraculous thing.

Me? I’m trying to remember all the reasons we’re lucky in America.

So remember this:

I’m grateful for the curveball, the fastball and the straight change. For decades, people from all over the world have come here, perfected them, made millions of dollars for it and carved out a better life because of it. Where else can they do that?

I’m grateful to Michael Jordan. He was an arrogant, selfish jerk who alienated teammates, coaches and general managers. He was also 6 feet, 6 inches of grace and greatness in Nikes.

Thank you, Michael, for 13 amazing years. I’ll forget about those last two with the Wizards.

I’m grateful for Bobby Knight. An American original.

I’m grateful to the late, great Eddie Robinson. He and I went to the same high school (albeit at very, very different times), and when I was a teenager, I knew who he was. But I didn’t really know. I’m glad I learned.

I’m grateful for football movies. You can wax poetically about “Field of Dreams” and “Pride of the Yankees” until you’ve got a set of seams growing on your forehead. They don’t compare to the comedy of “The Longest Yard,” or the attitude of “All the Right Moves,” or the absurdity of “Varsity Blues.”

I’m grateful for high school football in the state of Texas.

And for high school basketball in Indiana.

And for badminton in France. With any luck, it will stay there.

I’m grateful to George A. Stephen, who, according to the New York Times, invented the domed charcoal grill. I know this sounds like it has nothing to do with sports, but think about it this way: Sports are just a good excuse to eat lots and lots of meat. Don’t ever forget that. [/i]

Speaking of which ...

Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and the The Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.

It includes the best of the best: hot dogs, the Fourth of July, the beautiful borough of Brooklyn and intestinal discomfort. What’s more American than that?

And last, I’m grateful that, as an American, I never have to apologize for not enjoying soccer.

Happy Fourth.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/columnists/49473052.html

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SurferGirl · 07-03-2009, 05:03 PM

Jolie I was very grateful that you posted where you did. I found your post very refreshing and might have missed it if you hadn't posted under news.

The prayer:

Father, I ask You to bless

My friends, relatives and those for whom I care deeply, who are reading this right now.. Show them a new revelation of your love and

Power. Holy Spirit, I ask

You to minister to their spirit

At this very moment. Where

There is pain, give them your peace

And mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to fulfill their

Needs. Bless their homes,

Families, finances, their goings

And their comings.. In Jesus '

Precious name. Amen.