In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a

little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny, it's

intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson

asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the

attacks on Sept. 11).

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I

believe 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 He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can

we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He

leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I

think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body

found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we

said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school ... the Bible 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). We said an

expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

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."

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 you can send '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 lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through

cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and

workplace.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you 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. Funny how we can be more worried about

what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one

will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back

and complain about what bad shape the world is in!

Billy Graham Crusades

1-877-772-4559

P.O. Box 1270

Charlotte NC 28201