STORYTIME TAPESTRY

March 25, 2005

GOOD FRIDAY SPECIAL ISSUE 

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Today we welcome Ashish Gorde as writer # 187, for Storytime Tapestry.   I first made friends with Ashish on a writers site and I am sure you will enjoy his work as much as I do.

 Now on to the good stuff.......... 

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The Truth

Bill Walker

wildbill6807 @yahoo.com

There is a funny thing about the truth.  It can hurt in lots of ways. This is Easter time. The truth hurt a lot of people about two thousand years ago in history. Some took care of the problem with lies and half truths.  A man came to town,  the people took to what this man did and said. He was disliked by a few that seen him as a major problem.  This man told the truth,  it hurt the few. The few was the leaders of the church.  Their problem was they never looked at this man and what the old men of the Bible said, was and is going to happen.  Some of those still say the same things even today.  Got to cover the back side you know with lies and half truths..

Now most of us takes the Bible.  You know the Book of Books as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  In the Old Testament, even way back there it starts to tell us about the Son that will some day come.  Every so often it tells us what is going to happen, and how.

Now if Good Friday, and Easter Morning had not come about.  That would mean one of two things..  It has yet to happen as the Bible tells us,  or the Bible is a fake.

Now if you take the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  Those books tell the life and times of a man we call Jesus.  If you read those books, and then read the telling of him coming in the Old Testament.   You will see this man lived what was told in the Old.  There is the truth  of the Bible.

If you go back to Moses time.  When Moses was having his wars with Pharaoh.  That night that the Angel of death came calling.. Remember the blood of the lamb on the door post?  That became known as the first Passover.  Well Jesus blood on the cross is the blood of the pure Lamb for us that believe. The Angel of death passed over the door post of the house with the blood of the lamb. The Angel of death will pass over those that has taken to the cross with the blood of the pure Lamb. The Son of God.  That does not mean the ones that take Jesus as the Son of God, will not die an earth death.  That we all do sooner or later, but we will not go to the lake of fire to die a everlasting death.   The Son of God, Jesus paid the price on the cross for us sinners. His blood on the cross lifted us up to the Mansion on the Hill.

Jesus was the Son of God.  I have read and heard others call him a prophet. I beg to differ.  Can you show a prophet that could have made the walk to the cross, and paid the price?  No it took pure blood of the Lamb of God.  The Son to pay the price.  There never was a prophet that was with out sin.  Jesus was with out sin.

You see the Son of God, Jesus walked the walk we all do. I am sure growing up, some little Jewish Dollie walked by him more then once.  The Bible tells us he was a normal male, also handsome.  So I am sure that happened.  The Bible tell us he fasted for forty days.  Then Satan talked to him. Showed him every thing, temped him with all sorts of things.  From food to sins of the world.  Jesus told him where to go each and every time.  You see if Jesus was just a prophet, he may have well weaken and took Satan up on the bread deal.  He was hungry for food, any one would know that. You miss a couple square meals, and see how fast you will grab something like food. Some meat, potatoes, gravy, and a loaf of bread.

So there you have the day we now call Easter. Know the truth, and it will set you free.

 Bill Walker

wildbill6807 @yahoo.com

About Me:

Well I??™m a story teller, not a writer.  Never learned the art of fancy English. I

happen to live in Nebraska, but im still  Missouri. Never married, all the Dollies I

ever took a second look at was too smart. Now at 74, just turned that other day, I

figure they all home safe. I love Doggies  and Dollies in that order. Lost my two

true friends this year, that be Tinker and Poo. So I found me a new one. This

time a little girlie Peke. She is a normal female. Got a mouth, talks all the time.

She will never be a great writers of stories like Tinker and Poo. They have

about 50 stories on HWS. And now writing back from Rainbow Bridge.

I just try to write about people, places and things best I remember. Have something

over 250 stories on HWS. under three names.   

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Today's Queue Stories
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Why Does Easter Bounce Around?  

Mark Crider(C)2005

I bet I've heard this question fifty times the past two weeks.
Finally after hearing it five or more times in the office
yesterday, I called a staff meeting.

"OK, we're going to learn why Easter may be at anytime
from March to possibly May, OK?"

"It's simple, just remember that it falls on the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, I'll explain".

An equinox, literally "equal night" from Latin aequinoctium,  
occurs twice a year when the Sun crosses the equator and day  
and night are equal in length - Spring and Autumn. The  
vernal equinox, marking the beginning of Spring in the  
Northern Hemisphere, occurs about March 21, when the Sun  
moves north across the celestial equator. The autumnal  
equinox falls about September 23, as the Sun crosses the  
celestial equator going south.  

Got that? Great, any questions? Now lets get down to what
we need to learn so little ones after church Sunday will have
some fun.


   FOR COLORING EASTER EGGS:
The McCormick's Seasonings website

Add 1 teaspoon white vinegar and 20 drops of desired
color to 1/2 cup boiling water.
Dip hard-cooked eggs about 5 minutes or longer.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
After color dries it will not rub off.

Recipe for more interesting color mixes (by drops):

Lime:
24 yellow, 4 green

Purple:
15 blue, 5 red

Cantaloupe:
24 yellow, 2 red

Plum:
10 red, 4 blue

Teal:
15 green, 5 blue

Raspberry:
14 red, 6 blue

Spearmint:
12 green, 6 yellow, 2 blue

Watermelon:
25 red, 2 blue

Maize:
24 yellow, 1 red

Grape:
17 blue, 4 red

Orange Sunset:
17 yellow, 3 red

Jungle Green:
14 green, 6 yellow

Fuchsia:
18 red, 2 blue

Mark Crider

Mark @cccoating.net

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Poetry Section

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Peter
Ashish Gorde   

Contemplating a certain thought of wisdom
on these smooth and broad gentile plains
my brain ached and remembered a room
in a familiar, strange and restless city
where as a young man I was gently led
like a sheep to the fold.
There I was but not alone,
really there were twelve of us
each one timid, fearful and unaware
only silently listening to what He said.

Silently after a little while
we broke bread and ate because we were hungry
and needed food; and we tasted the wine
which was so bitter and also so strangely sweet
that in our thirst we remembered the prophets:
what they had yearned for and,
how easily in our midst we beheld that.

This much of theology I understood
that is, how much ever I saw
not only because it was so tangible and real
but even so because I could fathom it
in my mind and rationalise its implications
but there was something else that happened
which I was not prepared for,
something which made me curiously baffled,
speechless and completely out of ease,
something which, for a moment at least,
forced me into a sudden indecision
that now on reflection I ask myself,
"Why was I hasty to have my feet washed?"

But time has inflicted a better cure
and whenever afterwards I remembered that night
always a new thought strikes me,
a new wisdom speaks to me; as if it was
God himself talking to me and telling me,
how much of myself I have to give Him;
how much of all that I cherish I have to sacrifice
and how much more I have to lean on Him
to cleanse me and my feet
as I walk reluctantly in these chains
on these smooth and broad Gentile plains
to my inevitable death and obvious glory.

(C)1987 Ashish B. Gorde

Ashbg @rocketmail.com

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Mary

Ashish B. Gorde

A sword pierced deep into my heart

And oh, it bled, how it bled

Red tears all over my body

That weeping, my tears would not tell

How this blood immersed itself

With my fear, making me unsure

And yet, somehow, utterly resolute.

Was this, then, the same young soul

Who made me whole once that now in doubt

I am beginning to lose

All images I had of truth and falsehood?

I know I am getting old,

But have I lived my life to see

This death, which is now my life?

1986

Ashish B. Gorde

Ashbg @rocketmail.com

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Paul

Ashish B. Gorde

There was agility in those footsteps;

motion, like that of the sea wind blowing

pushed itself over the treacherous calmness.

He rushed: seeing, observing, watching;

his eyes shimmering in the sun??™s brightness

looked for something that wasn't there yet

but after some time....

Those limbs rushed and reached

flesh to flesh they fought,

tore the silence away and panted

like horses in a race

neighing savagely

over what could have happened

but did not: defeat was a dream

and his vigour meant victory

and so he reached:

having fought the good fight,

having finished the race

and having kept the faith

1988

Ashish B. Gorde

Ashbg @rocketmail.com

I was born on 19th November 1965 in an obscure town in south central India called Miraj. But when I was four years old, I went with my family to Bahrain, an island in the Arabian Gulf (or what most people call as Persian Gulf). I grew up and interacted with people of different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds in Bahrain and that has been one of the main reasons why i feel and consider myself cosmopolitan. I went to India for my higher studies and eventually got myself an MA in English Literature but university life was also the time when I indulged in a lot of writing and, in particular, theatre. After my studies, I came back to Bahrain (and went to Bangalore, too, in between) and worked as a copywriter for many years. Presently, I am the Editor of the University of Bahrian's official magazine and I, also, teach English on a part-time basis.

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 Writers Feedback  

Carol,

I love the new format with your new distributor, it is even easier to read than it used to be. Also love the new writer Michael Smith, how did you find him?

The work you do is much appreciated!!!! and I don't tell you that often enough.

Love you,
bette

Dear Carol,

I certainly agree with you that Mr. Michael Smith is a jewel found for our reading pleasures. Great reading keep it coming

Leona

Carol -Wonderful piece about your beach--both within and without. To me, there is nothing more soothing than a walk along the beach, even in the winter when I don't want to wiggle my toes in that cold, wet sand.

Barb Deming

This article by Johann Christoph Arnold on the right to live or die, and who choses, is beautifully written. I, too, believe that God should be in control, that too often we rely on the wonderful medical advances we have made. Only God knows when it is our time to go.

Barb Deming

I loved the stories by Michael . They have a wonderful message in them. I look forward everyday to all the stories in the story time tapestry.

Nathalie Symonds

I love the articles by Michael Smith.

Sac0312

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 Announcements  

Dear Prayer Warriors:

Please find my letter attached that I just emailed to Governor Jeb Bush of the State of Florida.  Feel free to use it as your own and just change the name to your own.

Please pray for mercy and compassion and for God's Will to be done here.  After you read my letter, you can read the information attached at the end of my letter.

With Love,

Barbara

Here is my letter:

March 24, 2005

Governor, Jeb Bush

State Of Florida

Phone: 850-488-4441
850-488-2272
Fax: 850-487-0801
Email:  jeb.bush @myflorida.com

Dear Governor Bush

I first want to thank you for the great efforts you are taking to save the life of Terri Schiavo. 

Your humanness and compassion only reinforce my respect for the Bush family as a whole.

I??™m asking you to exercise the Constitutional powers of your office to take Terri Schiavo into

the state's protective custody, and to direct that her food and water be restored to her, and save

her life.

I, my prayer group as well as many others across the U.S. and all over the world are praying for

you and for Terri and her family. 

Terri is breathing on her own, removing the feeding tube and withholding fluids are death by

dehydration and starvation which is cruel and in humane, it is down right murder.  She should

be allowed to die naturally on her own as we all should.

Please act quickly as tomorrow may be too late.  May God's will be done concerning Terri's life 

decision and in all areas of your Governorship.  May God richly bless you for your efforts.

Sincerely,

Barbara J. Weymouth

Sacramento, CA

Weymouth @cwnet.com

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you;
that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. --Mark Twain

URGENT REPORT ON TERRI SCHIAVO

       + + 11TH HOUR ACTION ITEMS!

Barbara,

I am writing to you on behalf of my brother, Rob, who is in the
midst of surgery this week.

This is Day 7 of court-ordered forced starvation.

The Florida legislator has failed to act again. The 11th Circuit
Court refused to act to save Terri. The last hope is Florida
Governor Jeb Bush, who yesterday indicated that as Governor
he has the authority to take Terri into the state's protective
custody.

This may be the last hope for Terri Schiavo.

+ + + URGENT CALL TO ACTION CONTACT GOVERNOR BUSH TODAY!

We are asking every team member to call, fax and e-mail
Governor Jeb Bush in an 11th Hour plea for Terri's life.

TELL GOVERNOR BUSH THAT YOU SUPPORT HIS EFFORTS TO SAVE TERRI!

Phone: 850-488-4441
       850-488-2272

Fax: 850-487-0801

jeb.bush @myflorida.com

+ + + TALKING POINTS FOR GOVERNOR BUSH CALLS, FAXES AND EMAILS

1. THANK the Governor for the stand he has already taken.

2. ASK the Governor to use the Constitutional powers of his office
   to take Terri Schiavo into the state's protective custody,
   direct that her food and water be restored to her, and save
   her life.

3. TELL HIM you are praying for him, Terri Schiavo and the
   Schindler family.

If the phones are busy, please keep trying. And be sure to email.

+ + + ALSO, CALL THE WHITE HOUSE

Comment line: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
president @whitehouse.gov

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you;
that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. --Mark Twain

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 Prayer Requests  

 To all;

Prayers are needed for a friend's brother Roger Radspinner, they think he has

had a heart attack. All prayers will be deeply appreciated. May god bless you

all.

Thank You

Richard D. Sims  Sending this out for the Radspinner family

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 Answer to Prayers

From Lisa M

To everybody please know that even though I do not reply much, I  do
pray for each and every request I receive so keep on sending them.

Dale logan456@earthlink.net
Wanted to give you an update on Ray's condition. They don't want him to
go home until they get the bleeding stopped. According to the doctors,
the bleeding is coming from the liver itself, which is barely
functioning right now. It is doubtful that the liver will repair itself
but there is a chance it will begin to function more on its own. Ray is
on Lithium to control DT's since heavy drinkers can die when they are in
withdrawal from alcohol. His platelets are low and they want them to
come back up if possible. There is also a vein just at the opening of
the stomach that is so fragile right now, it could burst at any time,
which would also cause death. Even if Ray never touches another drop,
there is no guarantee he will be with us very much longer. He is still
jaundiced and in considerable pain. You can imagine he is not a happy
camper right now.

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