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To: ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Aquamarine; Jim Robinson; LadyX; WVNan; ...
10-17-04

Graphic by VisualOps

Price to Pay

We have a journey coming. The path is marked for you.
You’ve all received instructions in the things you have to do.
Don’t worry about the payment. Your fare’s been paid in full.
It took a little influence, but we know Someone with pull.

You may have had a chance sometime, to give some kids a ride.
I’m sure it made you feel real good, somewhere deep inside.
How generous could you have been to pay the price in pain?
Could you have had the courage to go back again and again?

A million times? A billion? Ten billion ... even more?
We can’t conceive the suffering, or the purpose it was for.
The passage has been paid for us, but something’s still not fair.
You still owe a debt of gratitude that can’t be paid by prayer.

You can pay this debt to others who may need something from you,
Pay it forward, if you will, when you see that it’s come due.
The ones who need are needy. Some even carry signs.
Be careful though to choose your path, there are so many lines.

Do not fall prey to giving, just for the giving’s sake.
The proper way to lend your help will give your back an ache.
And blisters could show up on those oh-so-soft hands you have,
Be comforted that where you’re bound, there will be healing salve.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 25, 2004
© 2004

154 posted on 10/17/2004 12:58:48 PM PDT by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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To: visualops; NicknamedBob

Thank you for today's rerun.

The graphic and the poem are worth seeing again. Thank you both.


155 posted on 10/17/2004 1:00:49 PM PDT by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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To: JustAmy; NicknamedBob
Really beautiful!


158 posted on 10/17/2004 1:10:20 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: JustAmy; yall
Hey, everybody ! Happy Sunday!


Have a cup while you Freep !

160 posted on 10/17/2004 1:19:07 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: JustAmy; visualops; NicknamedBob

Thank y'all so much for the beautiful poem and graphic!


163 posted on 10/17/2004 1:21:35 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: JustAmy

Excellent. NnB original!


173 posted on 10/17/2004 2:53:53 PM PDT by international american (Support our troops!! Send Kerry back to Bedlam,Massachusetts!!)
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To: JustAmy; SAMWolf; tuliptree76; MistyCA; Jen; PreviouslyA-Lurker; The Mayor; All
Afternoon all!

I pray, Lord Father, for this president, this land, this people! Give them a heart of flesh. Give them the knowledge that Thou Art God, and that there is none beside Thee. Quicken each and every one of us, we Americans, with the awareness that it is MY responsibility to call upon the name of the Lord. It is my responsibility to repent. It is my responsibility to turn from my wicked ways, with the help of the Holy Spirit.

I pray, Lord Father, that you would heal our land, that liberty and justice, peace and prosperity and healing, may be the lot for all. May our Presidency be a shadow of the throne of the King of Kings, even the Lord Jesus Christ. And may our land be restored to those ideals of individual freedom and responsibility that were the foundation of this nation. May Thy Kingdom come in the United States of America. Amen

-- From Merry's Page

176 posted on 10/17/2004 3:26:13 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's total disregard for the troops' safety is of no consequence to him - Vietnam, and now Iraq)
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To: JustAmy

Hi Amy! Sorry I've been away a lot this week. I'm hoping that I get more of a chance to FReep this coming week. I don't think it will be as busy. I miss you all.


188 posted on 10/17/2004 3:55:55 PM PDT by tuliptree76 (I need a new tagline. Any suggestions?)
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