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To: SoFloFreeper

G-D gave the devil a choice between Texas and Hell. He chose Hell, we got Texas. Some say the devil got the best of the deal, I don’t know. In this life it seems we are having to run across Hell to get over to Heaven on the other side.

The master whom I serve (whether by his election or my choice) holds the keys to hell and death. That’s enough to convince me there is a hell and things could be get much worse in the long run. But my master has given me hope that I (a big time sinner) will make it to the other side and enjoy the everlasting life HE has promised.


76 posted on 02/09/2014 10:39:01 AM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: Texicanus
G-D gave the devil a choice between Texas and Hell. He chose Hell, we got Texas.



Cowboy Poetry
by Bill Jones
 
 
 

Jake, the rancher, went one day
to fix a distant fence.
The wind was cold and gusty
and the clouds rolled gray and dense.

As he pounded the last staples in
and gathered tools to go,
The temperature had fallen,
the wind and snow began to blow.

When he finally reached his pickup,
he felt a heavy heart.
From the sound of that ignition,
he knew it wouldn't start.

So Jake did what most of us
would do if we had been there.
He humbly bowed his balding head
and sent aloft a prayer.

As he turned the key for the last time,
he softly cursed his luck.
They found him three days later,
frozen stiff in that old truck.

Now Jake had been around in life
and done his share of roaming.
But when he saw Heaven, he was shocked --
it looked just like Wyoming!

Of all the saints in Heaven,
his favorite was St. Peter.
(Now, this line ain't needed
but it helps with rhyme and meter)

So they set and talked a minute or two,
or maybe it was three.
Nobody was keeping' score --
in Heaven time is free.

"I've always heard," Jake said to Pete,
"that God will answer prayer,
But one time I asked for help,
well, he just plain wasn't there."

"Does God answer prayers of some,
and ignore the prayers of others?
That don't seem exactly square --
I know all men are brothers."

"Or does he randomly reply,
without good rhyme or reason?
Maybe, it's the time of day,
the weather or the season."

"Now I ain't trying to act smart,
it's just the way I feel.
And I was wondering', could you tell me --
what the heck's the deal?!"

Peter listened very patiently
and when Jake was done,
There were smiles of recognition,
and he said, "So, you're the one!!"

"That day your truck, it wouldn't start,
and you sent your prayer a flying,
You gave us all a real bad time,
with hundreds of us trying."

"A thousand angels rushed,
to check the status of your file,
But you know, Jake, we hadn't heard
from you in quite a long while."

"And though all prayers are answered,
and God ain't got no quota,
He didn't recognize your voice,
and started a truck in Minnesota."

200 posted on 02/09/2014 8:15:15 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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