Message-ID: <23077306.1075861234651.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:24:45 -0800 (PST) From: julissa.marron@enron.com To: e-mail <.sonya@enron.com>, duke.shaunna@enron.com, e-mail <.marylou@enron.com>, e-mail <.mary@enron.com>, e-mail <.marilyn@enron.com>, e-mail <.macra@enron.com>, e-mail <.linda@enron.com>, e-mail <.faye@enron.com>, e-mail <.donna@enron.com>, e-mail <.betty@enron.com>, e-mail <.becky@enron.com>, e-mail <.alice@enron.com>, angela.mendez@enron.com, bernice.rodriguez@enron.com, warren.perry@enron.com, jennifer.wagner@enron.com, connie.strickland@enron.com, donna.everett@enron.com, howard.harrison@enron.com, tracey.green@enron.com, dana.davis@enron.com, cheryl.johnson@enron.com, amber.ebow@enron.com, cherie.ancrum@enron.com, marilyn.rivera@enron.com, emily.adamo@enron.com, cyndie.balfour-flanagan@enron.com, stacey.richardson@enron.com Subject: FW: The Truth Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Marron, Julissa X-To: Patrick Marron (E-mail 3) , Viviana C. " @ENRON>, Tiffany Dang (E-mail) , Sonya Nafegar (E-mail) , Shaunna Duke @ENRON>, Ramiro Garza (E-mail) , Marylou Mendoza (E-mail) , Mary Gosnell (E-mail) , Marilyn Colbert (E-mail) , Macra Cano (E-mail) , Linda Stevens (E-mail) , Faye Ellis (E-mail) , Donna Consemiu (E-mail) , Betty Garcia (E-mail) , Becky Beltran (E-mail) , Alice Bustillos (E-mail) , Mendez, Angela , Rodriguez, Bernice , Perry, Warren , Wagner, Jennifer , Strickland, Connie , Everett, Donna , Harrison, John Howard , Green, Tracey , Davis, Dana , Johnson, Cheryl , Ebow, Amber , Ancrum, Cherie , Rivera, Marilyn , Adamo, Emily , Balfour-Flanagan, Cyndie , Richardson, Stacey X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \DDAVIS (Non-Privileged)\Davis, Dana\Deleted Items X-Origin: Davis-D X-FileName: DDAVIS (Non-Privileged).pst This is long, but really caught my attention and felt no other choice but to share with those I care for....have a blessed day!! >Finally, The Truth on National TV > > > > > > > >Billy Graham's daughter was being interviewed on the Early > > > >Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something > > > >like this happen?" And Anne Graham gave an extremely > > > >profound and insightful response. She said "I believe that > > > >God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for > > > >years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to > > > >get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And > > > >being the gentleman that He is, I believe that He has calmly > > > >backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing > > > >and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?" > > > > > > > >I know there's been a lot of email going around in regards > > > >to 9/11/01, but this really makes you think. If you don't > > > >have time, at least skim through it, but the bottom line is > > > >something to think about...In light of recent > > > >events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. Let's > > > >see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare (she was > > > >murdered, her body was found recently) complained she didn't > > > >want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK. > > > > > > > >Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in > > > >school... the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou > > > >shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we > > > >said, OK. > > > > > > > >Then, Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our > > > >children when they misbehave because their little > > > >personalities would be warped and we might damage their > > > >self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide) And we > > > >said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we > > > >said OK. > > > > > > > >Then, someone said teachers and principals better not > > > >discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school > > > >administrators said no faculty member in this school better > > > >touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want > > > >any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued > > > >(There's big difference between disciplining and touching, > > > >beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.) And we said, > > > >OK. > > > > > > > >Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if > > > >they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. > > > >And we said, OK. > > > > > > > >Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be > > > >boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons > > > >all the condoms they want, so they can have all the fun they > > > >desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got > > > >them at school. And we said, OK. > > > > > > > >Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't > > > >matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And > > > >agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what > > > >anyone, including the President, does in private as long as > > > >I have a job and the economy is good. > > > > > > > >And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of > > > >nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation > > > >for the beauty of the female body. And we said, OK. > > > > > > > >And then someone else took that appreciation a step further > > > >and published pictures of nude children and then stepped > > > >further still by making them available on the Internet. And > > > >we said OK, they're entitled to their free speech. > > > > > > > >And then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV > > > >shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and > > > >illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages rape, > > > >drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said > > > >it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and > > > >nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead. > > > > > > > >Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no > > > >conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it > > > >doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and > > > >themselves. > > > > > > > >Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can > > > >figure it out. > > > > > > > >I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE > > > >SOW." > > > > > > > >"Dear God, Why didn't you save the little girl killed in her > > > >classroom? " Sincerely, Concerned Student... AND THE REPLY > > > >"Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools". > > > >Sincerely, God. > > > > > > > >Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then > > > >wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe > > > >what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. > > > >Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do > > > >not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible > > > >says. Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but > > > >still follow Satan who, by the way, also "believes" in God. > > > >Funny how we are quick to judge but not to be judged. Funny > > > >how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they > > > >spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages > > > >regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny > > > >how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through > > > >cyberspace, but the public discussion of God is suppressed > > > >in the school and workplace. Funny how someone can be so > > > >fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian > > > >the rest of the week. > > > > > > > >Are you laughing? > > > > > > > >Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not > > > >send it to many on your address list because you're not sure > > > >what they believe, or what they will think of you for > > > >sending it to them. Funny how I can be more worried about > > > >what other people think of me than what God thinks of me. > > > > > > > >Are you thinking? > > > > > > > >Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just > > > >discard it....no one will know that you did. But, if you > > > >discard this thought process, then don't sit back and > > > >complain about what a bad shape the world is in! > > >