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Quit Date: May 12, 2006
Posts: 826 Location: USA
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Posted: November 7, 2006 7:17 PM Post subject: Three Bullets.... |
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Three Bullets....
There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat.
He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go
out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner.
As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it.
The rabbit ran away.
Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and missed it.
The squirrel disappeared into a hole in a cottonwood tree.
As he went further, he saw a large wild "Tom" turkey in the tree, but he had only one bullet remaining.
A voice spoke to him and said, "Pray first, aim high and stay focused."
However, at the same time, he saw a deer which was a better kill.
He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But, then he saw a
rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally brought the
gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake.
Still, the voice said again to him, "I said 'Pray, Aim high and Stay
focused."
So, the man decided to listen to God's voice.
He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the wild turkey.
The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed the deer.
The handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and killed it.
And, when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond.
When he stood up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a dead deer and a turkey to eat for his family.
The snake (Satan) was dead simply because the man listened to God.
Moral of the story:
Pray first before you do anything, Aim and shoot high in your goals, and
stay focused on God.
Never le t others discourage you concerning your past. The past is exactly
that, "the past."
Live every day one day at a time and remember that only God knows our future and that he will not put you through any more than you can bear.
Do not look to man for your blessings, but look to the doors that only He
has prepared in advance for you in your favor.
Wait, be still and patient: keep God first and everything else will follow.
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Barbara K.
Quit Date: December 23, 2004
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Posted: November 8, 2006 3:01 PM Post subject: |
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Thanks Free, this is a keeper. _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Blessings,
Barbara K. |
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Sparky
Quit Date: April 30, 2009
Posts: 19
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Posted: November 10, 2006 7:31 PM Post subject: Three Bullets.... |
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This was great. I have seen this before, but I will copy it and send it on to a few of my freinds. |
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