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To: Scythian
I understand your fear Scythian. I have thought about this and tried to think rationally. Here is what I have come up with.

We never know when it is our time to die. I can worry about crop dusters or car bombs or planes falling out of the sky but you know what, while I am worrying about that, I could get run over by a truck or have a heart attack or develop cancer.

While I am worrying about all these things I am not living the life God has given me to live. As Christians we are here to help others to encourage others to share our faith. How can you do that while worrying about what will happen next.

Doesn't our Lord tell us that worrying will not add one second to our lives, that he cares for us more than the lillies of the field, he knows when the sparrow falls.

Remember these things God has taught us and carry on. We cannot let evil stop us from living the life God intended us to live, and I don't believe he intended us to live in fear of evil, but in prayer against it.

God speed and take care.

14 posted on 09/24/2001 11:25:42 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it, Scythian
What snippy said:

... and greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world...

Lord, we believe; help our unbelief.

41 posted on 09/24/2001 11:42:01 AM PDT by packrat01
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To: snippy_about_it
#14 is a well-said keeper! Thanks.
65 posted on 09/24/2001 12:00:55 PM PDT by mombonn
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To: snippy_about_it
Good post.
92 posted on 09/24/2001 12:34:59 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: snippy_about_it
Thanks Snippy......
95 posted on 09/24/2001 12:37:22 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: snippy_about_it
While I am worrying about all these things I am not living the life God has given me to live.

Hold that thought.

139 posted on 09/24/2001 3:27:15 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: snippy_about_it
Plus, we can always look at the bright side of things...

Got this in my "Health Tips" in my mail today. This will soothe the soul..

TESTS FOR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS Headache, muscle pain and appetite loss are classic flu symptoms. They are also markers of biological warfare agents such as Anthrax, Q-fever, Staph enterotoxin B and other deadly pathogens. To quickly identify these dangerous pathogens, Cepheid of Sunnyvale, Calif., has developed DNA-testing technology. An early prototype is to be ready for testing by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases by the end of the year. The battery-operated device is about the size of a breadbox. Cepheid is collaborating with Environmental Technologies Group of Baltimore, Md., in the development of bio-agent detection systems for military and other domestic preparedness applications, said Tom Gutshall, Cepheid co-founder, chief executive officer and chair.

169 posted on 09/24/2001 6:47:45 PM PDT by Pee_Oui
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To: snippy_about_it
Very well spoken. Live each day as though it were your last. Then there will be nothing to worry about and you will enjoy your life. And always thank God for His goodness to you and for letting you live in such a wonderful country.
241 posted on 09/29/2001 1:19:35 PM PDT by Lulu
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