[Faith-talk] Fwd: Why go to church....

[Ericka]

I didn't write it. Considering it came from my grandparents who were both in their 90s it makes me laugh. It was meant as sarcasm that passing it on part.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

 from my iPhone

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Devin Prater via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The message was good, but the spiritual blackmail to share the post or be the Devils pawn really put me off. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 9, 2016, at 11:36 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the share Sister. 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
>> via Faith-talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 7:07 PM
>> To: Faith-talk Beth Taurasi via
>> Cc: Ericka
>> Subject: [Faith-talk] Fwd: Why go to church....
>> 
>> Thought most of you would appreciate this. It's Christian oriented but I
>> think you will appreciate it too Abdullah.
>> 
>> Ericka Short
>> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
>> 
>> from my iPhone
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> From: WILLIAM BETHKE <wlbjcb at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Date: March 9, 2016 at 9:00:26 PM CST
>>> To: "carlhpfeiffer at gmail.com" <carlhpfeiffer at gmail.com>, David 
>>> Lindorff <drlindorff at charter.net>, Lex Liberatore 
>>> <lliberatore at lakeedge.org>, "W.j. Molis" <wmolis2 at yahoo.com>, Pat 
>>> McGuire <patmc1118 at aol.com>, Craig Aswegan <dr.oz at charter.net>, Ericka 
>>> Short <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>, Jessie Gwynne <jessiegwynne at gmail.com>, 
>>> "Patmc1118 at aol.com" <Patmc1118 at aol.com>, Ralph & Karen Holmes 
>>> <riholmes at charter.net>
>>> Subject: Fw: Why go to church....
>>> Reply-To: WILLIAM BETHKE <wlbjcb at sbcglobal.net>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> \
>>> 
>>> Subject: Why go to church....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this!
>>> If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it.
>>> If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!
>>> 
>>> A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained
>> that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.
>>> He wrote: "I've gone for 30 years now, and in that time I have heard 
>>> something like 3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, I can't remember a
>> single one of them.  So, I think I'm wasting my time, the preachers and
>> priests are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all".
>>> 
>>> This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column. 
>>> Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone
>> wrote this clincher:
>>> 
>>> "I've been married for 30 years now.  In that time my wife has cooked 
>>> some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire
>> menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished
>> me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work.
>>> If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead 
>>> today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be
>> spiritually dead today!"
>>> 
>>> When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP to something!
>>> 
>>> Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible & receives the
>> impossible!
>>> 
>>> Thank God for our physical and our spiritual nourishment!
>>> 
>>> IF YOU CANNOT SEE GOD IN ALL .... YOU CANNOT SEE GOD AT ALL !
>>> 
>>> B. I. B. L. E. simply means: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth!
>>> 
>>> When you are about to forward this to others, the devil will discourage
>> you.
>>> 
>>> So go on! Forward this to people who are DEAR to you and TRUST GOD.
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