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Love Means To Joining Who Are Different (Opposing ... PRO
Contributed by Won Lee on Sep 30, 2005 (message contributor)
Love means to joining who are different (opposing view) than me and having the Father’s heart
Adopted boy’s last wish
A Korean boy was adopted by joyous American family. While he was growing up, they realized that he was loosing hearing. Soon, his ability to speak was dying away as well as his sights- becoming totally blind. Sad stricken parents asked, "is there anything that we coudld do for you?" The boy asked, "if I could see my biological mother before I loose my eye sights." The parents asked Korean TV station for help and through hard work, they were able to unite them. The boy with tears flowing down his face, cried out, "momma," he could barely see his mother w/ his poor eye sights, frowns to see his mother’s face more clearly, his hands slowly going through his mother’s face ... "mom I love you."
...at t/ moment, all his anger, bitterness, loneliness, longing ... all melted away, there was only peace, only love.
Elderly couple (pastor and his wife) who were married for last 50 years. Reporter asked, you must be very compatible to lived happily for so long.
The pastor smiled and say, on the contrary, we are very different, opposite. Even during the Winter I need to open...
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Ravi Zacharias Tells The Amazing Story Of A ... PRO
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 2, 2003
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Contributed by J Spurling on Jan 29, 2003
FULLY COMMITTED “This is it guys!” he shouted as the Piper bounced onto the beach. They’re on their way!” Lunch over, the men busied themselves fixing up a miniature “jungle” and model house in the sand, with the intention of demonstrating to the savages how to build an airstrip, should they be ...read more
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Many Years Ago A Young Midwestern Lawyer ... PRO
Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 29, 2003
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Susanna Petroysan Heard Her Daughter's Pleas, But ... PRO
Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, Karine, one of the fifty-five thousand victims of the worst ...read more
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 9, 2002
REMAINING FAITHFUL A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72% of their children remain faithful. If only Dad, 55% remain faithful. If only Mom, 15%. If neither attended regularly, only 6% remain faithful. The statistics speak for themselves--the example of ...read more
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