Thanks Julie- I was having a really bad day and your note just reminded me that
things are not always as bad as they seem. And that I just need to let go and
put my stress and worries in God's hands. Thank-you !!

Hi everyone, I am new to the group and looking forward to hearing from you all.
:)




In a message dated 8/5/2004 11:53:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, julie mcafee
<jul44628@...> writes:

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>Note: forwarded message attached.
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>Subject: Say Thank You God ...
>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 08:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
>From: The Hartsock Family <thehartsockfamily@...>
>To: Harry & Ginny Johnston <a1_mamaw@...>,Betty Kay Mothershed
<BetKay441@...>,Bettie Walker-Seymour <bettiesey@...>,Bridgette
<bridgette407@...>,Larry & Elaine Haynie <Brushes2Crafts@...>,Jim & Anna
VanBuskirk <buskirk@...>,Ellie McConnell <ellie@...>,Fran
Burrows <fburrows@...>,Gay Smoak <gaysmoak@...>,Jim & Linda Burt
<jburt@...>, Janice Eddy <Jeddy013@...>,Dawn Watkins
<jendayi909@...>,Jennifer Job Thompson <jkt60@...>,Julie McAfee
<jul44628@...>,Margie Helton <mjhelton@...>,Mary O'Brien
<MOBrien222@...>,Bettie Walker-Seymour <Northwest1978@...>,Ray &
Carol Stapert <rcstapert@...>,Kurt & Kari Spelbring
<redrider@...>,Richard & Cathy Stevens <stevens@...>,Bob Jackie
Hailey & Samuel Rennier <therenniers@...>
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>This came from a MS Friend of mine & this is a great message of giving God
thanks in the midst of a storm.  You know, it took a long time before I could
give thanks to God for my illnesses & now I'm thankful!  Just think of all the
people even celebrities I have meant & been able to reach out to for God.  Yes,
I have some really bad days & my awake hours & my abilities to function is
getting shorter but I know my Lord is with me & I know where I'm going when I
die!  I pray you have the peace of God & can feel His presence & most
importantly, you know where you are going when you die.
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>    Say "Thank You" to God!
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>    I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We
walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
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>    My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the
Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received."
>    I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels
sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people
all over the world.
>    Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.
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>    The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.
Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered
to the living persons who asked for them."
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>    I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard
at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being
packaged for delivery to Earth.
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>    Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of
a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there,
idly doing nothing.  "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend
quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. "How is it that? There's no work
going on here?" I asked.
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>    "So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they
asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.
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>    "How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked.
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>    "Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you, Lord."
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>    "What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
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>    "If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof
overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world.  "If
you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are
among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
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>    "And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the
world who has that opportunity."
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>    Also ......
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>    "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ...... you are
more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.
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>    "If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead
of 700 million people in the world.
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>    "If you can attend a church meeting without t fear of harassment, arrest,
torture or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion
people in the world.
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>    "If your parents are still alive and still married .. you are very rare.
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>    If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you are
unique to all those in doubt and despair."
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>    Ok, what now? How can I start?
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>    If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
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>    Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to
remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
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>    Attn: Acknowledge Dept.: Thank You Lord!
>    "Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for
giving me so many wonderful people to share it with."
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