This is a terrific read.  Someone has done a good job with this email, and I imagine the credit should go to the man who signed it! Letter from Jesus about Christmas – It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don’t care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth, just GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Now, having said that let Me go on. If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn’t allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn If all My followers did that there wouldn’t be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town. Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching, explaining who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks were. If you have forgotten that one, look up John 15: 1 – 8. If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it: 1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time. 2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don’t have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them. 3. Instead of writing the President complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don’t you write and tell him that you’ll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up… It will be nice hearing from you again. 4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can’t afford and they don’t need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them. 5 Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her. 6.. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless?  Since you don’t know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile; it could make the difference. 7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren’t allowed to wish you a “Merry Christmas” that doesn’t keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn’t make so much money on that day they’d close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families 8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary– especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name. 9. Here’s a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no “Christmas” tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don’t know them, buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you. 10. Finally, if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian.. Don’t do things in secret that you wouldn’t do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine. Don’t forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I’ll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work; time is short. I’ll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you love and remember : I LOVE YOU, JESUS

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,? I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. ? My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,? My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.? Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,? Transforming the yard to a winter delight.

The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,? Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. ? My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,? Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.? In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,? So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t too near,? But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.. ? Perhaps just a cough, I didn’t quite know, Then the? sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.? My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,? And I crept to the door just to see who was near.

Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,? A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. ? A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,? Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.? Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,? Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.

“What are you doing?” I asked without fear,? ”Come in this moment, it’s freezing out here! ? Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,? You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!”? For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,? Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..

To the window that danced with a warm fire’s light? Then he sighed and he said “Its really all right, ? I’m out here by choice. I’m here every night.”? ”It’s my duty to stand at the front of the line,? That separates you from the darkest of times.

No one had to ask or beg or implore me,? I’m proud to stand here like my fathers before me. ? My Gramps died at ‘Pearl on a day in December,”? Then he sighed, “That’s a Christmas ‘Gram always remembers.”? My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ‘Nam’,? And now it is my turn and so, here I am.

I’ve not seen my own son in more than a while,? But my wife sends me pictures, he’s sure got her smile. ? Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,? The red, white, and blue… an American flag.? I can live through the cold and the being alone,? Away from my family, my house and my home.

I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,? I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. ? I can carry the weight of killing another,? Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..? Who stand at the front against any and all,? To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall..”

“  So go back inside,” he said, “harbor no fright,? Your family is waiting and I’ll be all right.”? ”But isn’t there something I can do, at the least,? ”Give you money,” I asked, “or prepare you a feast?? It seems all too little for all that you’ve done, ? For being away from your wife and your son.”

Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,? ”Just tell us you love us, and never forget. ? To fight for our rights back at home while we’re gone,? To stand your own watch, no matter how long.? For when we come home, either standing or dead,? To know you remember we fought and we bled.? Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, ? That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.”?? PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let’s try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN 30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq

– ?Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.?George Washington

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Hope you enjoy it too!

Danlar

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Feng Shui

This is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have
received. Hope it works for you — and me!

Lotus Touts: You have 6 minutes

There’s some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you’re not
superstitious. This Lotus Touts has been sent to you for good luck from
the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten
times so far.

Do not keep this message..

The Lotus Touts must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwise you will
get a very unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not
superstitious, agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their
conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you
want.
FOUR. When you say, ‘I love you,’ mean it.

FIVE. When you say, ‘I’m sorry,’ look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams
don’t have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only
way to live life completely.

TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don’t judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN! .. When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer,
smile and ask, ‘Why do you want to know?’

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great
risk.

FIFTEEN. Say ‘bless you’ when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others;
and Responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps
to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your
voice

TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

Now, here’s the FUN part!

Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve.

1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.

5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking..

9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks

15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever
dreamed of will begin to take shape.

A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your
heart. Do not keep this message.

God’s Wife
LOOK OUT FOR THE LAST STORY….
IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once
Talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the
Contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:

A four-year-old child, whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his
wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old
Gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his mother asked him what he had
said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, ‘Nothing, I just
Helped him cry.’

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Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were
discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture
had a different hair color than the other members.. One of her
students suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, ‘I know all about
Adoption, I was adopted..’

‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked
another child.

‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew
in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’

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On my way home one day, I stopped to
watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first- base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was
‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered
With a smile.

‘Really,’ I said. ‘I have to say you
don’t look very discouraged.’

‘Discouraged?’, the boy asked with a
Puzzled look on his face…

‘Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t
Been up to bat yet.’

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Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot
in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.

Jamie was trying out for a part in the
school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.

On the day the parts were awarded, I went
with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,
eyes shining with pride and excitement. ‘Guess what, Mom,’ he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me….’I've been chosen to clap and cheer.’

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An eye witness account from New York
City , on a cold day in December, some years ago:
A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.

A lady approached the young boy and said,
‘My, but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’

‘I was asking God to give me a pair of
shoes,’ was the boy’s reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into
the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.

She took the little fellow to the back
part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.

By this time, the clerk had returned with
the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes..

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, ‘No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.’

As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her.

‘Are you God’s wife?’

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SEND TO ALL WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN.
Hope this put a smile on your face it
Sure