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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