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Watch your children!
Sometimes adults think they know more than the children. But the children are closer to the truth. Have you ever noticed how quickly they can let go of resentments? Have you ever noticed how free they are of prejudice? Have you ever noticed how well the children listen to their bodies? Maybe adults need to be more like children. They are so innocent. The children pray to the Creator and trust that He will take care of them.
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Jesus said:
Mark 10:14 Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Mt 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Mt 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Mt 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Mr 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Lu 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
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"Who is causing divisions between Creator God and his precious little children?!"
Yes, "Who is putting a stumbling block between the little children who are victims (as well as the adults that they become) and their Heavenly Father?"
To whom is Jesus speaking in Matthew 18:4, 5, 6, 10, 14 about the little children?:
Who "stumbles one of these little ones who put faith in me?" Jesus said, "it is more beneficial for him to have hung around his neck a millstone such as is turned by an ass and to be sunk in the wide, open sea." (NWT)
Who has become "an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith in (Him)"?
Jesus said he "would be better off drowned in the depths of the sea with a great millstone around his neck." (Jerusalem Bible)
Who "causes one of these little ones who trusts in me to lose his faith?" Jesus said "it would be better for you to have a rock tied to your neck and be thrown into the sea." (Living Bible)
Who "is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe in Him?"
Who is Jesus warning in verses 10 & 14 when he says, "Beware that you don't look down upon a single one of these little children. For I tell you that in heaven their angels have constant access to my Father...Just so, it is not my Father's will that even one of these little ones should perish." (Living Bible)
And again, who is Jesus warning, "See to it that you men do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven...Likewise it is not a desirable thing with my Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish."
Who is putting the little ones' present and eternal lives in danger?
Who is giving children the impression that God does not care about them and that He will not protect them or believe them?
Who is making them feel that God does not want to listen to them?
Who’s making it more difficult for the little ones to trust and believe that their prayers to God are even heard by Him? so that they may even question whether to pray to God at all?
Who is making these innocent little victims believe that God loves the bad guy more than He loves them?!
Who is breaking the tender hearts of Creator God's and Christ Jesus' "little ones"?
Who is it that is EXHIBITING A SHAMELESS DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES OF THOSE ENTRUSTED TO THEIR CARE?
Who is destroying the faith of "these little ones" God, breaking their connection with Him?
Who is stripping God's "little ones" of the hope that is their rightful inheritance, even making many of them want to die?
Who is guilty of causing "absolute endangerment of spirituality" to these children and adult survivors?
Who has abandoned God's "little ones" and protected the perpetrators?
Who is damaging their spirituality, perhaps irreparably?
Who is doing ALL of this incredible damage, Brothers, to God's "little ones"?
In all honesty I cannot understand how people can say that they love God while loyally standing by those who hurt children like this...I cannot understand how anyone can be DISLOYAL to Creator God and to Jesus Christ and to the children who LOVE HIM. I cannot understand how any of us can be disloyal and still sleep at night.
There's only one other side that you can be on, heaven forbid. We know who's side that is. The only one you can be aligning yourselves with is the one who hates those who love The Father God. Only Satan can be so evil and devious as to destroy the faith of "these little ones" in their Heavenly Father. You don't want to be on his side, do you?
I pray that we get it straight and very soon for the sake of the children and for our own sakes...for our eternal destiny as well as theirs. What are your consciences telling you during the night? If they are feeling sick you better change sides real quick before it is too late to extricate yourselves from a very, very sick and dangerous position.
A Must Read for All
>
> EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ ALL OF THIS and HAVE
> CHILDREN READ IT TOO!
>
> After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to
> grab a snack and get
> on-line. She logged on under her screen name
> ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy
> List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant
> message:
>
> ByAngel213:
> Hi. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone was
> following me home today. It
> was really weird!
>
> GoTo123:
> LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone be f
> ollowing you?
> Don 't you live in a safe neighborhood?
>
> ByAngel213:
> Of course I do. LOL I guess it was my imagination
> cuz' I didn't see anybody
> when I looked out.
>
> GoTo123:
> Unless you gave your name out on-line. You haven't
> done that have you?
>
> ByAngel213:
> Of course not. I'm not stupid you know.
>
> GoTo123:
> Did you have a softball game after school today?
>
> ByAngel213:
> Yes and we won!!
>
> GoTo123:
> That's great! Who did you play?
>
> ByAngel213:
> We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms are so
> gross! They look like
> bees. LOL
>
> GoTo123:
> What is your team called?
>
> ByAngel213:
> We are the Canton Cats. We have tiger paws on our
> uniforms. They are really
> cool.
>
> GoTo1 23:
> Did you pitch?
>
> ByAngel213:
> No I play second base. I got to go. My homework has
> to be done before my
> parents get home. I don't want them mad at me. Bye!
>
> GoTo123:
> Catch you later. Bye
>
> Meanwhile.......GoTo123 went to the member menu an d
> began to search for her
> profile. When it came up, he highlighted it and
> printed it out. He took out
> a pen and began to write down what he knew about
> Angel so far.
>
> Her name: Shannon
> Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985
> Age: 13
> State where she lived: North Carolina
>
> Hobbies: softball, chorus, skating and going to the
> mall. Besides this
> information, he knew she lived in Canton because
> she had just told him. He knew
> she stayed by herself until 6:30 p.m. every
> afternoon until her parents came
> home from work. He knew she played softball on
> Thursday afternoons on the
> school team, and the team was named the Canton Cats.
> Her favorite number 7 was
> printed on her jersey. He knew she was in the eighth
> grade at the Canton Junior
> High School . She had told him all this in the
> conversations they had on-
> line. He had enough information to find her now.
>
> Shannon didn't tell her parents about the incident
> on the way home from the
> ballpark that day. She didn't wan t them to make a
> scene and stop her from
> walking home from the softball games. Parents were
> always overreacti ng and
> hers were the worst. It made her wish she was not an
> only child. Maybe if she
> had brothers and sisters, her parents wouldn't be
> so overprotective.
>
> By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the
> footsteps following her.
>
> Her game was in full swing when suddenly she felt
> someone staring at her. It
> was then that the memory came back. She glanced up
> from her second base
> position to see a man watching her closely.
>
> He was leaning against the fence behind first base
> and he smiled when she
> looked at him. He didn't look scary and she quickly
> dismissed the sudden fear
> she had felt.
>
> After the game, he sat on a bleacher while she
> talked to the coach . She
> noticed his smile once again as she walked past him.
> He nodded and she smiled
> back. He noticed her name on the back of her shirt.
> He knew he had found her.
>
> Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind her. It
> was only a few blocks to
> Shannon 's home, and once he saw where she lived he
> quickly returned to the
> park to get his car.
>
> Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat
> until the time came to
> go to Shannon 's house. He drove to a fast food
> restaurant and sat there un
> til time to make his move.
>
> Shannon was in her room later that evening when she
> heard voices in the
> living room.
>
> "Shannon, come here," her father called. He sounded
> upset and she couldn't
> imagine why. She went into the room to see the man
> from the ballpark sitting
> on the sofa.
>
> "Sit down," her father began, "this man has just
> told us a most intere
> sting story about you."
>
> Shannon sat back. How could he tell her parents
> anything? She had never seen
> him before today!
>
> "Do you know who I am, Shannon ?" the man asked.
>
> "No," Shannon answered.
>
> "I a m a police officer and your online friend,
> GoTo123."
>
> Shannon was stunned. "That's impossible! GoTo is a
> kid my age! He's 14. And
> he lives in Michigan !"
>
> The man smiled. "I know I told you all that, but
> it wasn't true. You see,
> Shannon , there are people on-line who pretend to
> be kids; I was one of them.
> But while others do it to injure kids and hurt
> them, I belong to a group of
> parents who do it to protect kids from predators. I
> came here to find you to
> teach you how dangerous it is to talk to people
> on-line. You told me enough
> about yourself to make it easy for me to find you.
> You named the school you
> went to, the name of your ball team and the
> position you played. The number and
> name on your jersey just made finding you a
> breeze."
>
> Shannon was stunned. "You mean you don't live in
> Michigan ?"
>
> He laughed. "No, I live in Raleigh . It made you
> feel safe to think I was so
> far away, didn't it?"
>
> She nodded.
>
> "I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only
> she wasn't as lucky. The
> guy found her and murdered her while she was home
> alone. Kids are taught not
> to tell anyone when they are alone, yet they do it
> all the time on-line. The
> wrong people trick you into giving out information
> a little here and there
> on-line. Before you know it, you have told them
> enough for them to find you
> without even realizing you have done it. I hope
> you've learned a lesson from this
> and won't do it again. Tell others about th is so
> they will be safe too?"
>
> "It's a promise!"
>
> That night Shannon and her Dad and Mom all knelt
> down together and thanked
> God for protecting Shannon from what could have
> been a tragic situation.
>
> *****NOW****
>
> EVEN FORWARD THIS TO PEOPLE WITHOUT KIDS SO THEY
> CAN SEND IT TO FRIENDS THAT
> DO HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN
>
>
Please keep this officer and his family in your prayers
Police: Officer's Shooter Marked By Tattoo
POSTED: October 31, 2007
UPDATED: 5:38 pm EDT October 31, 2007
Police have yet to find the shooter of a Philadelphia police officer shot Wednesday morning.
A major manhunt has been under way since the shooting, and they hope surveillance video will help identify the shooter. They have yet to release the pictures.
Police said Officer Charles Cassidy, (pictured, below left) 54, was shot at 10:30 a .m. as he walked in on a robbery at an East Oak Lane Dunkin' Donuts at 66th Avenue and North Broad Street while doing a routine check of the business.
That Dunkin' Donuts had been robbed recently. That's one reason the officer was checking it.
One police source told NBC 10 that the restaurant had been hit on Sept. 18 and, they think the same guy was back again Wednesday.
When Cassidy walked in, the robber turned and fired. The bullet hit the officer in the head and the officer collapsed. As the shooter ran out, police said he grabbed Cassidy's gun and ran off.
Police flooded the streets in the afternoon after court dismissed, adding to an intense police presence at the scene and surrounding areas.
A U.S. Marshal and SWAT team members joined the search as authorities filled the closed-off streets.
Police described the shooter as a black, 5 feet 11 inches, with a spider or spiderweb tattoo on his left hand. He was wearing a black hoodie and khaki pants, they added.
Police reminded the public that the shooter should be considered extremely armed and dangerous.
"He shot a person in the head today. He didn't try to wound him, and after he assassinated him he actually went back and took his gun," Johnson said.
Cassidy, a 35th District officer, was rushed to a city hospital and is in critical condition with the bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said.
NBC 10 cameras captured police marking a mask on the ground just across the street from the shooting scene. Crime scene investigators also removed a computer hard drive from the business and several pieces of clothing near the scene.
Following the shooting, authorities immediately shut down a section of Broad Street as the manhunt intensified. SWAT team members, hordes of uniformed police officers and canines were seen combing nearby neighborhoods.
Police stopped residents inside a perimeter from Broad to Cheltenham were stopped and officers cheeked their identification. Many drivers turned around unable to move around in the neighborhood.
"It is awful. It's a shame. And I hope they find this guy and I hope they just don't slap his wrist," said Alice Robinson, of East Oak Lane. Police searched several homes.
Shooting Prompts School Lockdowns
LaSalle University was put in lockdown at 1 p.m. and all classes for the day were canceled.
More than 50 schools were locked down for most of the day.
Philadelphia pubic schools and some city Catholic schools were put on lockdown during the day, but they did dismiss at normal times. NBC 10 was there for one of the dismissals and saw a fast and orderly dismissal with an increased police presence.
Shot Officer Was 25-Year Veteran, Father Of Three
Police said Cassidy's family was notified; his wife was with him at the hospital. He also has three children -- two in college and one in high school, Johnson said.
Cassidy, a 25-year veteran officer, worked at the 35th district. Police sources told NBC 10 that Cassidy was detailed to traffic.
Cardinal Justin Rigali issued a brief statement outside of Einstein Hospital, where doctors were trying to save Cassidy's life.
Cassidy and his wife both attended Cardinal Dougherty High School and have strong faith, he said.
"They're strong members of the Catholic community, of the bigger community, the society," Cardinal Justin Rigali said. "Amid this tragedy, it's very impressive to see how people are responding with love and care."
Images: Philadelphia Police Officer Shot During Dunkin' Donuts Robbery
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And you notice these are all in Big Print for your convenience.
I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll."
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?''
The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.''
Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look a round. She left quickly.
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
"It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there."
His eyes were so sad while saying this. "My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.''
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said: "I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall."
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me "I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't forget me."
"I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister."
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. "Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''
"OK" he said, "I hope I do have enough." I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said: "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"
Then he looked at me and added, "I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!''
"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.''
"My mommy loves white roses."
A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started.
I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine.
And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
Now you have 2 choices:
1) Repost this message, or
2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart
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