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	Menu Home Views Links Kid's Page Clean Jokes Friendship Pictures Inspirational Quotes Games Sign Guestbook View Guestbook Feedback		Here are some fun and inspirational pages just for you. Click on the following for Inspirational Pages. It Only Takes... Footprints Hello Yesterday and Tomorrow Glass Rose Click here for Clean Jokes and Inspirational Quotes Click for Friendship Pictures Here are some Inspirational Stories below: (To send all you have to do is copy and paste to your mail) Cracked Pots A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung from the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots of water to his house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments -- performing perfectly what it was designed to do. The poor cracked pot was ashamed of its imperfection, and miserable that it accomplished only half of what it had been designed to do. Perceiving itself to be a bitter failure, the cracked pot spoke to the water bearer one day on the way back from the stream. "I am ashamed of myself. I want to apologize to you for delivering only half of my load. Because the crack in my side causes water to leak out on the way back to your house, you don't get full value for your efforts," the pot said. The bearer replied to the pot, "Did you notice that there are flowers only on your side of the path, not on the other pot's side? That's because when I learned of your flaw, I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. And, every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years, I have picked these beautiful flowers to decorate my table. Without you being just the way you are, there would be no beauty to grace my house." MORAL: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You simply have to accept each person for what he or she is, and look for the good in everyone. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life.

An Invitation to Heaven Awaits You

You are invited to an

 occassion of which

Jesus Christ is Host.

   The time is the

  Resurrection. The place

 is the Holy City.

 The music will be

  presented by The

 Redeemed  saints and holy

  angels. There will be a

 special choir of 144,000.

 Food from  the Tree of

  Life will be served by the

 gracious heavenly host.

  Formal attire is required,

  such as a glowing, happy

   face, glittering crown,

 clothed with immortality

 and the robe of

righteousness.

Transportation will be by chariot,

 piloted by many holy angels.

Favours will be:

  No more death or sorrow,

 neither crying or pain.

PREPARE TO COME!

You will be missed if you are

not there.

----- June Snell

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM

(Author Unknown)

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead they were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made a bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied,

"Things are not always what they seem."

Angel

The next night the angels came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The first family had everything, yet you helped them. The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die. Why?

"Things are not always what they seem" the older angel replied.

"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the family was so greedy and unwilling to share in their good fortune, I sealed the wall so they wouldn't find it. Then last night when we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead."

Things are not always what they seem.

If you have faith and a good heart, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later.

  UNSELFISH GIVING (Author Unknown)

  In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,

    a 10 year old boy entered a  hotel coffee shop and

  sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front

 of him "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.

        "Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

  The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and

  studied the coins in it.  "Well, how much is a plain

  dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people

  were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing

   impatient.  "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.

  The little boy again counted his coins.  "I'll have the

  plain ice cream," he said.  The waitress brought the

   ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away.

  The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier

  and left. When the waitress came back, she began

   to cry as she wiped down the table.  There, placed

  neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and

  five pennies. You see, he could not have the sundae,

   because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

  This little boy knew the meaning of sacrifice more

   than most.  When we give to Jesus, out of what

     portion do we give? Is it just a percentage

  of all we have, or do we give unselfishly, even though

        we may need to sacrifice something else

                     we may desire.

   GIVING WHEN IT COUNTS (Author Unknown)
   Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer

  at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz

  who was suffering from a rare and serious disease.

  Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood

  transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had

   miraculously survived the same disease and had

   developed the antibodies needed to combat the

  illness. The doctor explained the situation to her

   little brother, and asked the little boy if he would

  be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him

  hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep

  breath and said, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save her."

   As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next

   to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the

   color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew

   pale and his smile faded.  He looked up at the

        doctor and asked with a trembling voice,

  "Will I start to die right away?  Being young,

    the little boy had misunderstood the doctor;

    he thought he was going to have to give his sister

         all of his blood in order to save her.

   The Apostle Paul once said "For I could wish

    that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ

   for the sake of my brothers..." (Romans 9:3)

  It may be difficult for us to understand how Paul

    could be willing to give up so much, even his own

           salvation so someone else could be saved.

     He and this little boy knew the true meaning of

       giving everything for the sake of another.