Posted on 03/12/2009 6:45:01 AM PDT by WhatNot
We love because he first loved us.
(IJohn 4:19)
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
(IJohn 4:10)
One version of an often-told story goes like this: A man named Ed had restored his MG sports car to perfection. He had carefully and, at great expense, restored it to showroom condition. He washed and polished it often and fussed over it like a restless mother hen fusses over her chicks. One day Beth, his wife, had to run an errand and her car wouldn't start for some reason, so she reluctantly took Ed's MG. She knew she had to be extra careful because she knew how much this car meant to him. As fate would have it, she had only driven a few miles from home when the unthinkable happened. Another car ran a stop sign and crashed broadside into her. Beth wasn't seriously hurt, but the entire right side of the MG was crumpled.
When the police arrived and asked for registration papers, she opened the glove box and there she saw a large plain envelope with her name on it. With her shaking hands, she opened the large envelope marked "Beth." She read these words: "Dear Beth: If you are reading this, you have probably been in an accident. Please, please don't worry for a minute about the car. I pray you are all right because, remember, it's you that I love - not the car. All my love, Ed."
Do you know, that is just how Jesus feels about you? No matter how you may think you have wrecked and ruined your life, remember it is you that He still loves and has always loved. Will you forget about the past and give your heart to the Lord today?
Well yeah, of course we love our wives more than an MG.
Now if it had been my pickup, I would’ve been really pissed! :)
That story could bring tears to the eyes
I simply love that story. Makes me all warm and happy. Praise Jesus.
MG is a satanist’s car. Anyone with Lucas electronics worships darkness.
Anyone broadsided in an MG would’ve read that letter from inside the glove compartment.
Technically, you don’t worship darkness; just dim, flicker and off.
Lever shocks. Bolts with “British Straight Pipe” as the thread pattern. Points held in place with a sheet metal screw into retrograde fibreglass. Unsynchronised gears.
It’s all good. ;-)
Proud EX owners of probably 15 British Leyland/ MG chassis over the years.
Well, they wouldn’t have to get out of the driver’s seat to do it — the glove box would be next to them.
The midget was a strong chassis, but the “B” was dismal and wobbly.
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