FW: Scars

Some years ago,
on a hot summer day

in South Florida ,
a little boy decided to go
for a swim in the old swimming
hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into
the cool water,
he ran out the back door,
leaving behind shoes, socks,
and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water,
not realizing that as he swam
toward the middle of the lake,
an alligator was swimming toward the shore.

His father, working in the yard,
saw the two as they got closer and closer together.

In utter fear,
he ran toward the water,
yelling to his son as loudly
as he could.

Hearing his voice,
the little boy became alarmed
and made a U-turn
to swim to his father.
It was too late.
Just as he reached his father,
the alligator reached him.

>From the dock,
the father grabbed his little
boy by the arms
just as the alligator snatched his legs.
That began an incredible
tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the father,
but the father was much
too passionate to let go.

A farmer happened to drive by,
heard his screams,
raced from his truck,
took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably, after weeks and weeks
in the hospital,
the little boy survived.
His legs were extremely scarred
by the vicious attack
of the animal.
And on his arms, were deep scratches
where his father's fingernails
dug into his flesh in his effort
to hang on to the son he loved.

The newspaper reporter
who interviewed the boy
after the trauma,
asked if he would
show him his scars.
The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious pride,
he said to the reporter,
'But look at my arms.
I have great scars
on my arms, too.
I have them because
my Dad wouldn't let go.'

You and I can identify
with that little boy.
We have scars, too.
No, not from an alligator,
but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars
are unsightly and have
caused us deep regret.
But, some wounds,
my friend,
are because God has refused
to let go.
In the midst of your struggle, God's been there
holding on to you.

The Scripture teaches that
God loves you.
You are a child of God..
God wants to protect you
and provide for you in every way. But sometimes we foolishly wade into dangerous situations, not knowing what lies ahead. The swimming hole of life
is filled with peril -
and we forget
that the enemy is waiting
to attack...
That's when the tug-of-war begins
- and if you have
the scars of God's love
on your arms,
be very, very grateful.
God did not and will not ever let you go.

Please pass this on
to those you love.
God has blessed you,
so that you
can be
a blessing to others. You just never know
where a person is in his/her life
and what they are going through.. Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know what they are going through or how they got those scars.
Also, it is so important
that we forward
this message
to someone else.
Right now,
someone needs to know that God
loves them,and you love them,too.-Enough to not let them go.

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FW: NOW THE LORD WILL PREACH HIS OWN SERMONS

Boyd K Packer family reunion near July 4 2006 (as told to me by a co-
worker at my elementary school whose niece is married to Boyd K
Packer's grandson)

As Pres. Packer was giving counsel to his family as a patriarch he
admonished them again to get their storage and preparedness items.
He said, "The next step is to prepare to leave our homes if
necessary." (The niece told her aunt that the Packer family has two
reunions every year--one near July 4 and one near Christmas, which
gives even greater validity to the next story from a completely
different source.)

From my friend Diane -----------. A real estate developer stopped at
her home on December 19, 2006 to see if she would be interested in
selling (she lives on a corner lot on Main street in Lehi). As he was
touring her home he saw the foam clothing she is working on and was
very interested. They started talking about preparedness and he told
her his sister was married to Boyd K. Packer's son and the Packer
family had just had their annual Christmas party on December 17. He
had counseled his family to "GET PREPARED NOW--there is something
serious coming very soon."

President Packer at a stake conference in a Holliday, Utah stake two
weeks after General Conference October 2006. At the adult Saturday
night meeting he opened the meeting up for question and answer. One
brother asked him to comment on why there had been no talks on
preparedness at Conference. President Packer responded that
President Hinckley has told the brethren not to speak on preparedness
anymore--they have been counseled on it for more than a hundred
years. "Now the Lord will preach his own sermons."

Presiding Bishop of Church David Burton Sept. 1, 2006 Leadership
meeting of a South Jordan stake conference: Keep your eye on the
prophet...being self-reliant has always been part of the
Church. Statistics are that no matter what the church does, no higher
than 15% have storage. We are not going to say any more--our people
are going to need it. For example, what if somebody released a
virus? What if the virus caused a pandemic? What if the pandemic
led to a quarantine? What if quarantine was enforced? What would
you do? The office of the presiding bishopric trying to come up
with a plan--don't know what we will do. The responsibility lies
with head of each family.

Elder Woods, Elk Ridge Stake Conference mid-August 2006
time of preparation is past --now is time of consummation

Counselor in Presiding Bishopric (last name beginning with 'E') at
Mapleton, Utah stake conference mid-January 2007:

1. Store water
2. Store 1 month supply of "comfort food"
3. Store AT LEAST A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF FOOD
4. Have emergency cash on hand (2-4 weeks salary)
DO IT NOW

TV News (about Feb. 8) President of Iran states that soon Israel and
the U.S. will "cease to exist": a "surprise" is planned for the U.S.
in April that "they won't like."

FW: QUITE AN ANALOGY

QUITE AN ANALOGY

I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with
seed.

Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the
continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio,
above the table, and next to the barbecue

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs,
the table . . . everywhere.

Then some of the birds turned mean: they would dive bomb me and try to
peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket.

And others birds were boisterous and loud: they sat on the feeder and
squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded
that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore.

I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone.

I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all
over the patio.

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be . . . quiet, serene and no
one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let's see . . . our government gives out free food, subsidized
housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here
to be an automatic citizen.

Then the illegals came by the millions.

Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments
are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an
emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class is behind other
schools because over half the class doesn't speak English; Corn Flakes
now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk
to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are
squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free
liberties.

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder . . .

If you agree, pass this on!



AMEN!

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FW: Border Crossers

We need to show more sympathy for these people. They travel miles in the
heat, they risk their lives crossing borders, they don't get paid enough
wages, they do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do, they live in
crowded conditions among people who speak a different language, they rarely
see their families, and they face adversity all day everyday.

I'm not talking about illegal aliens I'm talking about our troops. Doesn't
it seem strange that Congress is willing to lavish all kinds of social
benefits on illegal's, but don't support our troops and are now threatening
to de-fund them?


Please pass this on. This is worth the short time it takes to read it.

DYING FOR FREEDOM ISN'T THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN - BEING FORGOTTEN IS.

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FW: Interesting Note from SNOPES.COM ( Good information)

Subject: Fw: Interesting Note from SNOPES.COM ( Good information)

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Almost all e-mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards All it was, and all this type of e-mail is, is to get names and "cookie" tracking info for telemarketers and spammers to validate active e-mail accounts for their own purposes.

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