"The Farmers Ass"

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quietened down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.


Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less

LATER --------


The donkey later came back and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected, and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON

When you do something wrong and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

The big 2-5!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAH! Sorry I am a day late. At least your card was sent yesterday! I Love you!

Ethen Bulls

Here are a couple of pictures of our angel that left us this afternoon...

Why??!!

Sometimes it is really hard to see what God has planned when He takes someone out of our lives...
I got an email today from my Mother-in-Law, Barbara, letting us know that Ethen, Jeff's cousin Matt's 18 month old son, had fallen down the stairs at his mom's apartment complex and suffered a head injury. At the time she rushed him to the ER but the doctors did not want to do a CAT scan in fear that Ethen was too young. She then began to see signs that things were not ok. He was life flighted to Memorial Herman in Houston last night and was thought to be brain dead. They had him on monitors to keep a watch on him.
At 2:30 this afternoon I got a call from Barbara letting me know that Ethen had passed away. Apparently they found Meningitis. At this point we dont know if he died from the fall, the Meningitis, or if he fell due to the Meningitis.
I do not know much besides this, but I hope to learn more...
God blesses us with little babies in our lives. They bring us such joy and happiness. It is really hard to understand why they are taken at such a young age. All we can do is have faith that this is all part of God's plan and pray for comfort in our pain.
I hope to get some pictures of him up. I do not have any so I will have to get some from some family. These are the times when I wish we lived closer to family so that we could get to know them better. Fortunately, I have the memory of holding and playing with him at the Bulls Christmas gathering last year. He was such an angel!
Please pray for his mom, dad, brothers and sisters, and the rest of us as we say goodye...

It is either "God Says" or "I think"... There is no in between!

Proof...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56494

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

Cut off the edge again... here is the link:
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/face-recognition-results.php?temp=06f7c194ezwpen21&server=Server25&database=2&startYear=1800&endYear=2005&collage=1&loadMethod=myFiles

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

It seems to cut off the right side, so if you want to see the whole thing go here:
http://www.myheritage.com/photo-145711992_1_1/title

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celeb - Collage - Morph

Outrage!

I have held this in long enough. Unfortunately, I don't think I will EVER be able to fully convey in words how patiently I feel about this!
I am so sick and tired of the treatment of Christians these days! Please watch this video below (excuse the advertisement). I could not believe what I was seeing! (Actually, to be honest, I should say that I am not surprised but it is never easy to be faced with reality.) This just proves how Americans have truly rejected The Lord Jesus Christ and replaced him with sexual immorality, money, disrespect, hate... actually, I cant even find a word to describe it! These are the people that are out there protesting their right for "fairness" and practicing their freedom of speech when they trample an elderly woman who is out there DOING THE EXACT SAME THING! How hypocritical can you be??!! Get some class, for crying out loud!

I am SICK of these people and their hateful actions. I am shaking it makes me so mad! I am sick of being the one referred to as "ignorant" because I am not "open" to other views. I believe you have a right to feel the way you do, but there is a fine line between that and morality and it should not be forced on anybody. COME ON PEOPLE!

If believing that life begins at conception, babies have a right to live, Marriage was created for one man and one woman, hard work should be rewarded and not punished by the government taking my money to give to other people, and the right to protect myself and my property makes me ignorant, SO BE IT!

Open your eyes people... God has blessed this country in countless ways and all we can do is spit and stomp on him! Do you not know that this is exactly what the Isrealites did after Moses rescued them from Egypt??!! They soon forgot the grace of God and turned to their own evil sinful ways. People have been the same since the beginning of time. Have we forgotten 9-11?? It has only been 7 years and we have already decided that it isnt worth fighting for anymore! How would you feel if you lost a loved one due to a terrorist attack?? Would you just decide you are tired of fighting and give up? Or, would you keep the focus on getting rid of the evil in the world? Isn't this what most liberals want; world peace??!!
I could go on forever, so I will leave you with this: I stand with the belief that the phrase should no longer be "God BLESS America" but "God HAVE MERCY ON America"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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