From:  Absalom Birai

At my age, I should know when to laugh and when to be
serious. But you can’t blame it all on me. Why not?
You see there are people who crack jokes when they are
not supposed to be. Let me explain.

Today, a customer walked into the store with an
original copy that was so wrinkled and on seeing me
demanded” Here, I need three copies free of wrinkles.”
The way he said it and the way his original copy
was just too much to be quiet.  And so I laughed
none stop.

With the spirit of doubting Thomas, I started running
the copies and guess what, they came out free of
wrinkles. Needless to say, he was very excited indeed.

As I was running the copies, a thought came into my
little computer “How many of God’s children are
wrinkled with sin? Like the Apostle Paul, I saw myself
as the chief of them all. Right there I wished that
the same printer would clean me and then spill me out
of her with a life free of wrinkles.

But knowing very well that the machine would not do
it, I cried unto the Lord Jesus “Please wash me so
that I am free from the wrinkles of sin.” How about
you my friend.

Just a thought

Pr Birai-612-386-4608
www.themaranathasdachurch.org
Wednesday, April 16,2008 @ 11:40 pm
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Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:  Re; A life free from the wrinkles of sin!

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For reasons only known to God, He chose to have His
son to be born to a poor family and live in a city
that was despised by many. These two factors stood in
the way of Jesus as He went about preaching the good
news.

Nathaniel started off by questioning if anything
good-in this case Jesus, would come from Nazareth.
Later on, many rejected Him based on His family
background. Since we were not there and therefore may
not be accused either way, perhaps we should address a
different issue: “Has the world changed since? Is our
attitude and way of treating others any different?
Well, I will leave that one to each one of us to
figure out.

Here is how I see things:

1. Many people seem to rejoice and support whenever
a child is born, a wedding is taking place, or in some
cases during graduation time.
2.According to my late father,”friends can stick
around if only you are at par or they are above you in
one way or the other.” Things usually take a different
turn when one of the following happens:
A. You get promoted or have a better job
B. You buy a new or better car/house
C. You’re on the dean’s list
D. You become famous or climb academic ladder
E. You start a business that apparently picks up, thus
changing your social and financial status.
When all, or any of the above happens, those that you
once regarded as colleagues or friends usually end up
doing one of the following:

1. Start distancing themselves from you.
2. Start talking ill of you or finding fault in
anything that you do.
3. Decide never to promote your business for several
reasons
4. They stop calling or even writ ting to you.
5. They stand aloof with the attitude”let us see if
he / she will make it.”
6. Like many during the time of Jesus, they start
questioning “If anything good will come out of you!”

Should any of these things worry you? Not at all. What
you need, is to move forward by faith. The same God
who has brought you this far, will surely see you
through.

Don’t you believe so?

Just a thought

Pr Birai
www.themaranathasdachurc.org
Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 9:45 AM

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Date:  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:  Re: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth.”