Posted by Angel Girl on January 3, 2005, at 0:41:17
In reply to Re: give, pray, love, posted by rayww on January 2, 2005, at 23:31:06
> Looking back over the life altering events of last Sunday, one wonders many things. Like, why did it happen on a Sunday? Why the day after Christmas? Was Jesus trying to send the earth a message, like "don't forget me"? Was anyone attending church when it happened? Were any churches destroyed? Some are trying to remove Christ from the politically correct world, by insisting it is no longer acceptable to say "Merry Christmas".
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> We hate to bring up the question of "why did God allow the earth quake and tsunami to happen?"
> But maybe it is time to take a look.
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> Christmas is the time to celebrate the birth and life of Jesus. It deserves our attention. A universal and personal tragedy has occurred. It is up to us to do whatever we can to make a better world out of it.
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> Life seems to be one test after another. We are constantly being strengthened and tested, tried, and proven, tempered and refined. Why?
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> I find it very interesting that people who were attending church that day, and keeping the Sabbath day holy were protected. Is this common to all religions, or has anyone heard?
RaywwAs a Christian, it has always been extremely annoying to me that we can no longer call a Christmas tree erected by our city a "Christmas" tree, it must be called a "Holiday" tree. This is to not offend those of other religions. But what is Christmas? The first 6 letters spell out the answer. It is about C H R I S T mas. Our country was founded on the Christian religion. I have absolutely no problem with those of other faiths practicing whatever they do, so why do Christians have to be so accomodating to them? Back to the "Christmas" tree, 2 years ago, our mayor listened to the Christians in the city of which I live and went against others in government and changed it from a "Holiday" tree back to a "Christmas" tree. Our mayor is a jew. I think that was a jesture to show all of us that there are many religions among us and nobody should be denied to practice what they believe. Unfortunately, Christmas has become too commercialized, with everyone frantically running from store to store looking for that perfect gift for each person on their list instead of stepping back and thinking of what Christmas is REALLY about, the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus.
I agree that all these tragedies in the world are God's way of trying to get our attention.
I think I recall though that some of the people who died in last week's tragedy were in a temple.
BTW, sometimes I think we have a lot to learn from small children. Your daughter is a very good example. Children have not yet been tarnished by what the world has to offer which takes our focus off God.
AG
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