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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#0000ff><FONT color=#000000>WHY GOD CREATED
CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN) <BR>>> <BR>>>
<BR>>>
To
those of us who have children in our lives, <BR>>> <BR>>>
whether
they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, <BR>>> <BR>>>
nephews,
or students...here is something to make <BR>>> <BR>>>
you
chuckle. Whenever your children are out of <BR>>> <BR>>>
control,
you can take comfort from the thought <BR>>> <BR>>>
that
even God's omnipotence did not extend to His <BR>>> <BR>>>
own
children After creating heaven and earth, God <BR>>> <BR>>>
created
Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said <BR>>> <BR>>>
was
"DON'T!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Don't
what?" Adam replied. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Don't
eat the forbidden fruit." God said. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Forbidden
fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey <BR>>> <BR>>>
Eve..we
have forbidden fruit!!!!!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"No
Way!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Yes
way!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Do
NOT eat the fruit!" said God. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Why"
<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Because
I am your Father and I said so!" God <BR>>> <BR>>>
replied,
wondering why He hadn't stopped <BR>>> <BR>>>
creation
after making the elephants. A few minutes <BR>>> <BR>>>
later,
God saw His children having an apple break <BR>>> <BR>>>
and He was
ticked! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the <BR>>> <BR>>>
fruit?"
God asked. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Uh
huh," Adam replied. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Then
why did you?" said the Father. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"I
don't know," said Eve. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"She
started it!" Adam said <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Did
not!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"Did
too!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"DID
NOT!" <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
Having
had it with the two of them, God's <BR>>> <BR>>>
punishment
was that Adam and Eve should have <BR>>> <BR>>>
children of
their own. Thus the pattern was set and <BR>>> <BR>>>
it
has never changed. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
BUT
THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE <BR>>> <BR>>>
STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried <BR>>> <BR>>>
to give
children wisdom and they haven't taken it, <BR>>> <BR>>>
don't
be hard on yourself. If God had trouble <BR>>> <BR>>>
raising
children, what makes you think it would be a <BR>>> <BR>>>
piece
of cake for you? <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
THINGS
TO THINK ABOUT! <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
1.
You spend the first two years of their life <BR>>> <BR>>>
teaching
them to walk and talk. Then you spend the <BR>>> <BR>>>
next
sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up. <BR>>> <BR>>>
<BR>>>
2.
Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing <BR>>> <BR>>>
your
own children. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
3.
Mothers of teens now know why some animals <BR>>> <BR>>>
eat
their young. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
4.
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they <BR>>> <BR>>>
usually
repeat word for word what you shouldn't <BR>>> <BR>>>
have
said. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
5. The main
purpose of holding children's parties is <BR>>> <BR>>>
to
remind yourself that there are children more <BR>>> <BR>>>
awful
than your own. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
6.
We childproofed our homes, but they are still <BR>>> <BR>>>
getting
in. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
ADVICE
FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. <BR>>> <BR>>>
They
will choose your nursing home one day. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
AND
FINALLY: <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
IF
YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND <BR>>> <BR>>>
YOU
GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS <BR>>> <BR>>>
ON
THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE: <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
"TAKE
TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY <BR>>> <BR>>>
FROM
CHILDREN"!!!!! </FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
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