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Jul 22, 2009

FW: The Devil and the duck----"I'm in the 93%"]

Subject: FW: The Devil and the duck----"I'm in the 93%"
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Our oldest granddaughter sent this and I wanted to share it with friends and family. Enjoy. As always, Denise

Subject: The Devil and the duck----"I'm in the 93%"

The Devil & the Duck (I'M IN THE 93%)

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.

He was given a slingshot to play with
out in the woods.

He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his targets.

Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.

As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck.

On impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved!

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said
nothing.

After lunch the next day, Grandma said, 'Sally, let's wash the dishes.'

But Sally said, 'Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.'

Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?'

So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and Grandma said, 'I'm sorry, but I need Sally to help make supper.'

Sally just smiled and said, 'Well, that's all right, because Johnny told me he wanted to help..'

She whispered again, 'Remember the duck?' So Sally went fishing, and Johnny
stayed to help.

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any longer.

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.

Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, 'Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window, and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.'

Thought for today and every day hereafter:

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done, and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.), whatever it is, you need to know that God was standing at the window, and He saw the whole thing.

He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.

The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness,
He not only forgives you, but He forgets.

It is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved.

Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life today.

Share this with a friend and always remember:

God is at the window!

When Jesus
died on the cross; he was thinking of you!

If you are one of the 93 % who will stand up for him,

forward this with the title, 'I'm in the 93%.'

Would you believe that 7% of people won't forward this?

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FW: PENNY

Subject: PENNY

I think you’ll LIKE this one!

This one cannot be told often enough.

You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.

Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home.. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.
The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.

As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny..

He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her. Finally, she could stand it no longer. She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

"Look at it." He said. "Read what it says." She read the words " United States of America "
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?" "No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?" "Yes!" "And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

When I was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get the message.

It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful! And, God is patient.

Take 60 seconds give this a shot! Let's just see if Satan stops this one.
All you do is -
1. Simply say a small prayer for the person who sent you this, (Father God bless this person in whatever it is that you know he or she may be needing this day.)
2. Then send it on to five other people. Within hours five people have prayed for you, and you caused a multitude of people to pray to God for other people .....

Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!

Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to bless.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

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FW: World War II - Then And Now

Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 1:57 PM
Subject: FW: World War II - Then And Now

This is an important article. The world has to wake up and realize the magnitude of the problem it is facing!

A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War Two owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.

"Very few people were true Nazis "he said," but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."

We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace.

Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history.

It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority" the "silent majority" is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War Two was not a War mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.

And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?

History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.

Peace loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awake one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.

Peace loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

As for we who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Lastly, at the risk of offending, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, can contribute to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand.

So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this - think about it - and send it on.

FW: WOULD YOU SEND THIS PLEASE

THIS AGAIN FROM BOB LEES. LOVE, M
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Lees <mailto:rlees@infowest.com>
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Fw: WOULD YOU SEND THIS PLEASE

Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:42 PM
Subject: WOULD YOU SEND THIS PLEASE

PLEASE FORWARD THIS FROM AN AUTHOR UNKNOWN.

As I reflect on this photograph, I see once again that not all the brave leave the "home of the brave" to enter battle; some are required now to be the brave at home

It is said a picture is worth a thousand words but it leaves me speechless with tears in my eyes.
Please forward this.

Would You Send This Please

We have a long list of good friends whose husbands are deploying

to Iraq next month. One of the wives sent me this. We feel compelled

to send it on. Your prayers are deeply appreciated. These guys

deserve our love, our hugs and most powerfully, our prayers.

Prayer Request:

I understand that life in Iraq is very difficult to bear right now. Our troops need our prayers for strength, endurance and safety.

Send this on after a shortprayer.
please don't break it:

"Lord, hold our troops in thy loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world.

There's nothing attached; just send this to all in your address book. Do not let it stop with you, please -- of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine deployed in harm's way, prayer is the very best!!!

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FW: I LOVE THIS MAN

I LOVE THIS MAN

No one falls in love by choice,
it is by CHANCE.
No one stays in love by chance,
it is by WORK.
And no one falls out of love by chance,
it is by CHOICE

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If you love this man please forward to 10 people.

He did something for you, now do something for him. Spread his word, and you'll be rewarded.
How will you be rewarded? Matthew 10:32 'Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven.'

God is going to shift things around for you tonight & let things work in your favor. If you believe, send this to ten people. Do not ignore him. You must have unwavering faith

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

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

THIS AGIN, FROM BOB LEES..
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From: Bob Lees <mailto:rlees@infowest.com>
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Fw: Interesting Note from SNOPES.COM ( Good information)

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

From Snopes.com <http://snopes.com/>

If you are going to pass something along, let it be THIS!

To whom it all concerns:

Just a word to the wise. E-mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other municipality. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address. Same with "prayer chains" -- be wary.

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.

Any time you see an e-mail that says forward this on to "10" of your friends, sign this petition, or you'll get good luck, or what ever, it has either an e-mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and e-mails of those folks you forward to, or the host sender is getting a copy Each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of "active" e-mails to use in spam e-mails, or sell to others that do

Please forward this notice to others and you will be providing a good service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting 30,000 spam e-mails in the future.

(If you have been sending out the above kinds of email, now you know why you get so much spam!)

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FW: READ THIS IT WORKS-I DONT KNOW HOW BUT IT DOES!!!!!!!!

Subject: Fw: READ THIS IT WORKS-I DONT KNOW HOW BUT IT DOES!!!!!!!!

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FW: LDS specialty wards

Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 3:23 PM
Subject: LDS specialty wards

This is funny, thought you might get a kick out of it.

Find your niche in specialty wards
Robert Kirby Tribune columnist - Salt Lake Tribune

Most Sunday mornings, you'll find me on a pew in the Rosecrest 1st Ward
chapel. It's where I'm supposed to go to church. Lucky for me, it's also
where I want to go. Technically, Mormons don't have a choice. For church,
we're bound by the geography of the ward boundary. We worship where we live.

The only time Mormons can switch wards without also contacting a Realtor is
when we attend specialty wards. For example, I went to a Spanish-speaking
ward in West Jordan for a while.

Specialty wards allow members with specific common needs to worship together
and support each other in their exclusive part of the Lord's vineyard There
are (or have been) lots of LDS specialty wards, including singles wards,
college wards, deaf wards, ethnic wards and nudist wards.

OK, I made up that last one. There are even seasonal "snowbird wards" in
places where Mormon RV owners congregate.

I talked it over with my friend (despite a restraining order) Ken
Wallentine. We think the specialty-ward idea needs to be improved on in our
ever-changing and increasingly divided culture.

For example, there needs to be a late ward, a ward Mormons who are
perpetually late for church could attend and not feel bad about dragging
their herd in 15 minutes late. The only problem with a late ward would be
showing up late for a meeting that was supposed to start late in the first
place. Eventually, you would end up with a ward that ran out of time before
it started.. "Welcome to the Tardy 3rd Ward, brothers and sisters. We will
close now by singing hymn No. 145."

Given the high birthrate among Mormons, I thought about the need for
maternity wards. Except that we already have those. They're called married
student wards.

A Star Trek ward might do well. The bishop would preside from "the bridge"
instead of the stand. High-council Sunday would be referred to as a "Klingon
Sunday."

Harley riders congregate to the exclusion of just about everyone else Why
not an LDS biker ward? White shirts and neckties go well with black
leather..

Ken really wants to attend a concealed-weapons ward. He says church would be
a lot more interesting if real personal risks were involved in disagreeing
with a lesson.

There could be a texting ward for teenagers. Bear your testimony with your
thumb. In 25 years, they'll all belong to carpal-tunnel wards.

At the less-active ward, maybe there'll be a meeting and maybe there won't.

Testimony meeting in an anger-management ward might be interesting. Nobody's
going to sleep through, "HEY! I KNOW THE CHURCH IS TRUE, STUPID!"

A big hit would be the Multi Level Marketing ward, also known as a
"Gadianton robber ward." With all the financial scamming that goes on in
this culture, it would be nice to have them all in one place for a
three-hour block weekly.

I think a Democrat ward is a good idea, although in Utah the best we could
probably hope for is a Democrat branch.

--
Mark Schroeppel
Utah First Title Insurance Agency

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."

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FW: HAPPY NALLOWEEN!

HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
.WE HAVE ABOUT 500 OR MORE TRICK OR TREATERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD...
I TURN OUT THE LIGHTS WHEN 200 CANDY BARS ARE GIVEN OUT, BUT I HAVE SOME VERY RICH NEIGHBORS WHO TREAT ALL
AND TO THE GIANT SIZED CANDY BARS, YET!!!. A DOCTOR, (GOSPEL DOCTRINE INSTRUCTOR) WEARS A SANTA SUIT , STANDS OUT DOROS, AND GIVES OUT 500 DRUMSTICK ICE CREAM CONES..... I ALWAYS DRESS AS A WITCH, (SINCE I AM ONE.. )AND ELVIS HAS PROMIESED TO JOIN ME...HE WILL WEAR ONE OF HIS FIVE OR SIX COSTUMES...
I WILL NOT DECORATE THE PORCH AS MUCH AS I FORMERLY DID BEFORE ROSS PASSED AWAY...
HAVE FUN HALLOWEEN, AND A GREAT THANKSGIVING.
LOVE, M

FW: Daily Gems: Qualifying to Have the Spirit of the Lord with Us

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From: "LDS-Gems" <ldsgems@ldschurch.org>
To: <LDS-GEMS-DAILY@LISTS.LDS.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:14 AM
Subject: Daily Gems: Qualifying to Have the Spirit of the Lord with Us

> Daily Gems
> Qualifying to Have the Spirit of the Lord with Us
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> "The scriptures repeatedly teach that the Spirit of the Lord will not
> dwell in an unclean tabernacle. When we worthily partake of the sacrament,
> we are promised that we will 'always have his Spirit to be with
> [us].' To qualify for that promise we covenant that we will
> 'always remember him' (D&C 20:77). Those who seek out and use
> pornography for sexual stimulation obviously violate that covenant. They
> also violate a sacred covenant to refrain from unholy and impure
> practices.
> They cannot have the Spirit of the Lord to be with them."
> Topics:
> worthiness, pornography, spirituality
>
> (Dallin H. Oaks, "Pornography," Ensign, May 2005, 88)
>
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