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Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Inspirational Mailing
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:52:29 EST

~ God's Grace ~

There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England
town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty,
bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and,
as in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak... "I was walking through
town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this
bird cage. On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds,
shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you
got there, son?"
"Just some old birds," came the reply.
"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked. "Take 'em home and have fun
with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers
to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time." "But you'll get
tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?" "Oh, I got some
cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those
birds, son?" "Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're
just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
"How much?" the pastor asked again. The boy sized up the pastor as if he
were crazy and said, "$10?" The pastor reached in his pocket and took
out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the
boy was gone. The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the
end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the
cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded
the birds out, setting them free. Well, that explained the empty bird
cage on the pulpit, and then the pastor began to tell this story.
One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come
from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I
just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used
bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!" "What are you going to
do with them?" Jesus asked. Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm
gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and
abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them
how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have
fun!" "And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.
"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, you don't want those
people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate
you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You
don't want those people!!"
"How much? He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your
life."
Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price. The pastor picked up the
cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.


Notes:
Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder
why the world's going to hell.
Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow
Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God). Isn't it funny how you
can send a thousand jokes spread like wildfire, but when you start
sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they
believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them. Isn't it
funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than
what God thinks of me.
I pray, for everyone who sends this to their entire address book, they
will be blessed by God in a way special for them. And send it back to
the person who sent it, to let them know that indeed it was sent out to
many more.





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