From time to time, I get poems and short stories from friends through e-mail that really touch my heart. I have decided to make a page that would include many of these items. As I get more, I will update. So be sure to check in from time to time. Hope you enjoy and may the Lord bless you. updated October 27, 2000 ~DO YOU HAVE TIME?~ I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my knees. My Christian duty was now done, My sould could rest at ease. All day long I had no time, To spread a word of cheer. No time to speak of Christ to friends, They'd laugh at me I'd fear. No time, no time, too much to do, That was my constant cry, No time to give to souls in need But at last the time, the time to die. I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with downcast eyes. For in His hands, God held a book; It was the book of life. God looked into His book and said "Your name I cannot find. I once was going to write it down... But never found the time." ~Author Unknown~ ~TASTE MY JESUS?~ At the University of Chicago Divinity School each year they have what is called "Baptist Day." It is a day when all the Baptists in the area are invited to the school because they want the Baptist dollars to keep coming in. On this day each one is to bring a lunch to be eaten outdoors in a grassy picnic area. Every "Baptist Day" the school would invite one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year they invited Dr. Paul Tillich. Dr. Tillich spoke for two and one half hours proving that the resurrection of Jesus was false. He quoted scholar after scholar and book after book. He concluded that since there was no such thing as the historical resurrection, the religious tradition of the church was groundless, emotional mumbo-jumbo, because it was based on a relationship with a risen Jesus, who in fact, never rose from the dead in any literal sense. He then asked if there were any questions. After about 30 seconds, an old, dark skinned preacher with a head of short cropped, wooly white hair stood up in the back of the auditorium. "Docta Tillich, I got one question," he said as all eyes turned toward him. He reached into his sack lunch and pulled out an apple and began eating it. "Docta Tillich...CRUNCH, MUNCH...my question is a simple question...CRUNCH, CRUNCH...Now, I ain't never read them books you read...CRUNCH, MUNCH...and I can't recite the Scriptures in the original Greek...CRUNCH, MUNCH...I don't know nothin' about Niebuhr and Heidegger." ...CRUNCH, MUNCH...He finished the apple. "All I wanna know is: This apple I just ate, was it bitter or sweet?" Dr. Tillich paused for a moment and answered in exemplary scholarly fashion: "I cannot possible answer that question, for I haven't tasted your apple." The white haired preacher dropped the core of his apple into his crumpled paper bag, looked up at Dr. Tillich and said calmly, "Neither have you tasted Jesus." The 1,000 plus in attendance could not contain themselves. The auditorium erupted with applause and cheers. Dr. Tillich thanked his audience and promptly left the platform. Have you tasted Jesus? He has risen and He's coming back one day! "O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him." (Psalm 34:8) ~Author Unknown~ ~THE BIGGEST MATHEMATICAL MIRACLE IN THE WORLD!~ Moses and his people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and fed is wht he did, according to the Quartermaster General in the Army. It is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each a mile long, would be required! Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, just for one day. And just think, they were forty years in transit. and oh yes! They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day, and a freight train with tank cars, 1800 miles long, just to bring water! And then another thing! They had to get across the Red Sea at night. (They did?) Now, if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So, there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast to get over in one night. But then, there is another problem. Each time they camped at the end of a day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long...think of it! This was the minimum space needed just for nightly camping. Do you think Moses figured all this out before left Egypt? I think not! You see, Moses believed in God. God took care of these things for him. Now do you think God has any problem taking care of all of your needs?? ~Author Unknown~ ~POWER OF PRAYER~ A mission congregation was startled when a porn shop was built on the next lot. The members didn't know what to do, so they got together at the church and prayed. "Somehow, Lord, we just want you to deliver us from this porn shop next door. Make it go away!" In a week or two, the porn shop was struck by lightening and burned to the ground. The owner sued the church, accusing them of asking God for the lightening. The congregation protested that they hadn't done anything. They certainly couldn't control lightening, they said. The judge listened to both sides. He said, "This is a most extraordinary case! We've got a porn shop operator who believes in the power of prayer. And a church that doesn't!!!" ~Author Unknown~ Thanks Wendy for my beautiful graphics! "BACK TO THE RIVER GUIDE" Get Today's Date & Time on your web site - click here!