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September 11, 2007

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Today is the infamous Sept 11, the 6^th anniversary of the attack on the world trade center in New York City.  We will have a special treat dedicated to this day and for the main issue, I have selected two religious prose pieces, one from Bill Walker the other from Chris Hansen to commemorate this occasion.  You will also have more haikus from Tanja Cilia.

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Today’s Stories

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The Value Of A Bible
Bill Walker
missourisage@yahoo.com

Most people can say they have a Bible somewhere in the house. Or have seen one sometime in their life. These are people who live in a free country. We forget there are people who have never owned or seen one. Maybe we forget how many people would like to have one.

Today I was told of a man who cried when a Bible was placed in his hands. You see, he knew about the Bible, but all he had was a couple of the books of the Bible; Matthew, and John. He knew each of the words in those two books. But he had never owned a complete Bible.

He made a trip to a place, hoping he could trade his two books for a couple of other books of the Bible. Instead here he finds a line of people.  He, being late, was last in a long line. The other people were in hope of a Bible. A group of ladies had made a trip to this small nation In Africa. These ladies were handing out Bibles. He, this man, was last in line, hoping now for a Bible. When he got the last one, he held it in his hands, and broke down crying. At last he had a complete Bible. He had walked miles to this place   to make a trade of the two books he knew by heart, for a couple he had only heard of. Instead, now he has a complete Bible, a treasury of God's word, the complete Bible. It
was a dream come true for him.

We in this land of America, can go many places, and see a Bible. Do we know the value of it? Ask the man who has none, or maybe just a few pages of one.  Where is your Bible? I bet I know where that man's Bible is. It has to be in one of two places, in his hands, or on the kitchen table where he can read it. It sure isn't on the bottom shelf of a table, or under a pile of other things. It is his prize; he will guard it with his life. It is the living word of God.

What is the value of a Bible? Ask a man who had but two books of the Bible; a man who walked miles to make a trade, walked the many miles home holding on to his very own Bible. A man with tears of joy streaming from his eyes, giving thanks to God, and for the ladies who came with a box of Bibles.
Tinker and Poo; The Boys Write
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 Amazing Prophecies About Jesus Summary

by Chris Hansen

chrishansen54@sbcglobal.net

Author of: “Revelation Revisited” “Secret Of The Psalms” “Grandfather’s Journal” and articles found at www.coreybuckner.com and www.xlibris.com or 1-888-795-4274

Genesis 3:15.  4000 B.C.  Eve is told that Christ will come.

Genesis 49:10.  1700 B.C.  Christ will come after Judah loses his ruler’s staff.

Numbers 24:15-17.  1300 B.C.  A star will announce Christ’s coming.

Deuteronomy 18:18-19.  1300 B.C.  Moses announces that Christ will come.

1 Chronicles 28:4.  1000 B.C.  Christ will come through David’s family.

1 Chronicles 17:11-14.  1000 B.C.  another promise that Christ will come through David. 

Job 9:8.  2000 B.C.  Job saw Christ walking on the waves of the sea.

Job 19:25.  2000 B.C.  Job saw Christ and His followers rise from death.

Psalm 2.  1000 B.C.  Christ would be conceived as God’s Son and rule the nations.

Psalm 9:13-14.  1000 B.C.  Christ would be persecuted and rise from death.

Psalm 16:5-11.  1000 B.C.  Christ would rise from death.

Psalm 18:10.  Christ would soar on the wings of the wind.  Acts 1:9 & Psalm 102:3.

Psalm 22.  Crucifixion.

Psalm 22:1.  “My God!  My God!” mark 15:34-37.

Crucifixion details.  Psalm 22:14-18: Matthew 27:39-44 Luke 23:34 John 19:23.

Psalm 30:2-5.  1000 B.C.  Christ adored.  heals, raises the dead.  Luke 7:1-24.

Psalm 31:4-5.  1000 B.C.  Christ Crucified.

Psalm 41:9.  1000 B.C.  Judas will betray Christ. 

Psalm 42:1-11.  1000 B.C.  Christ yearns for His Father.  John 12:27.  Matthew 26:38.

Psalm 69: 7-21 Crucifixion.

Psalm 21:8. “Jesus is crazy!”  Mark 3:20-21.

Psalm 69:9.  Zeal for His Father’s house! John 2:22.

Psalm 69:21.  Vinegar to drink.  Mark 15:22-23.

Psalm 89:9 calming the storm.

Psalm 102:23.  Christ’s life cut short.

Psalm 104:2 transfiguration Luke 17:2.

Psalm 104:14-15 John 2.  Jesus would create wine.

Psalm 107.  3: Luke 13:28-29 redeemed gathered from east and west.

Psalm 107:20.  Jesus would heal and raise the dead.  Luke 7.

Psalm 107:23-30: Jesus would calm a great storm.  Mark 4:35-41

Psalm 119:97-107 Jesus at twelve years old.  Luke 2:41-52.

Psalm 119:8 wiser than His enemies: Matthew 22:15-35 & Psalm 119:10.

Psalm 131.  Jesus as a small child.

Psalm 146:7-8.  Feeds the hungry: Mark 6:30; healing, Mark 6:55.

Proverbs 30:4; God’s Son John 3:13: Matthew 16:13-18.

Isaiah 7:10-14.  700 B.C.  Jesus born of a virgin.

Isaiah 9:6-7.  Jesus would be both God and human.

Isaiah 50:4-10. His mission.

Isaiah 50:4.  Sustaining the weary: Matthew 11:28.

Isaiah 50:4.  Early morning prayer: Mark 1:35.

Isaiah 50:5.  Jesus would not draw back.  Mark 14:35-36.

Isaiah 50:6.  Jesus would be beaten.  Mark 15:15; Mark 14:65.

Isaiah 50:8.  He set his face like a flint toward Jerusalem.  Luke 9:51.

       Isaiah 50:8.  Jesus confronts His accusers!  Luke 23:13-15.

Isaiah 52:13-15.  Brutal treatment of Jesus would shock us into silence!

Isaiah 53.  Jesus had to die for our sin. 

Isaiah 53:7.  Jesus would remain silent.  Mark 15:4-5.

Isaiah 53:9 a grave with the wicked.  and with the rich.

Jeremiah 31:31-33.  626 B.C.  God will make a new covenant.  Matthew 26:27.

Daniel 9:24-27.  500 B.C.  Exact time of Jesus’ arrival and death.

Hosea 6:1-4.  700 B.C.  Jesus will rise after three days.

Micah 5:1.  700 B.C.  Jerusalem siege.  Jesus would be beaten.

Micah 5:2.  Jesus would come from Bethlehem.

Zechariah 9:9.  500 B.C. Jesus would come riding a donkey not a war-horse.  John 12.

Zechariah 12:10.  They will mourn for pierced Messiah!

Zechariah 13:6.  Jesus would be wounded in the house of his friends!

Zechariah 13:7.  Jesus the shepherd would be struck and His sheep would scatter.

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Poetry Corner

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Tania Cilia’s group of Haikus

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 Ultraviolet thoughts
Rainbow arc spanning heaven
Infrared sorrows

Undercurrent tow
Steel-grey waters drown my dreams
Sucked in their vortex

Uphill all the way
The path that leads to nowhere
I will not give up

Velvet scent of blooms
Twirling in the autumn breeze
Set my spirit free

What a fine feeling
I'm having a bad hair day
But you do not mind

When all the leaves fall
Trunks stand barren in the cold
Why don't clouds clothe them?

When I am with you
Forever's not just a word
But the here and now.

When life seems unfair
Let love bathe you in its warmth
Icebergs can't stand heat.

When my time is through
Remember how I loved you
Think of all we shared

When our paths converge
Our streams of consciousness bond
And calm the waters

Whispers in the night
Between two souls that are
One for ever more.

White horses foaming
The surface is flecked with froth
But the depths are calm.

Windmills of my mind
Whirling round without respite
Elusive zephyr

Wonders of nature:

Would a Leopard change his spots?
Or Tiger, his stripes?

You entered my life
Suffused it with inner glow
And taught me to love

you may not admit
because it mars your image,
that your heart is pure

Your words are awesome
Emotive undercurrent
Refracting your love

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