THE SNEEZE
They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium. With rich maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as grown-up as they felt.

Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears.

This class would not pray during the commencements----not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it.

The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families.

The speeches were nice, but they were routine.....until the final speech received a standing ovation.

A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a moment, and then, it happened. All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!!

The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said, " GOD BLESS YOU, each and every one of you!" And he walked off stage...

The audience exploded into applause. The graduating class found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval.

Isn't this a wonderful story? Pass it on to all your friends.........and

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

In God We Trust, United We Stand.

This is a true story; happened at the University of Maryland.

Love to all Madie!

To all my friends on the stream, Monday blues is here and my "Advise
Put down your Pants and slide on the Ice" have a great week and be nice to each other!

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
Love and Hugs Madie!!!

Something funny for all my friends on the stream.

A man is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon
A preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeds to walk into the
Water and subsequently bumps into the preacher. The preacher turns
Around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon he
Asks the drunk, "Are you ready to find Jesus?"

The drunk answers, "Yes, I am." So the preacher grabs him and dunks him
In the water. He pulls him up and asks the drunk, "Brother have you found Jesus?"
The drunk replies, "No, I haven't found Jesus."
The preacher shocked at the answer, dunks him into the water again for
A little longer. He again pulls him out of the water and asks again,
"Have you found Jesus my brother?" The drunk again answers,
"No, I haven't found Jesus."

By this time the preacher is at his wits end and dunks the drunk in
The water again --- but this time holds him down for about 30 seconds and
When he begins kicking his arms and legs he pulls him up.

The preacher again asks the drunk, "For the love of God have you found
Jesus?" The drunk wipes his eyes and catches his breath and says to
The preacher, "Are you sure this is where he fell in?"

Please my Friends play nice, we are a nice Family here in the stream
and help each other out. We don't ask why ,how or when, we are here to comfort each other and have our own opinion, what is great because we are different People. We don't want be alike or we have nothing to say to each other. I don't know what happen here lately, but Please get along. I came here to make new Friends and I found them. The greatest People I ever met are here on the stream. To all of you "I LOVE YOU" and have a great Weekend .Please sweet Lucy talk to CH.and love him like he is. Love and Big Hug Madie

To all my Friends in the Stream, you are so Special to me and I love you all. And I hope with all my heart Prank will be back.

When we come to the edge of the light we know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, of this we can be sure ... either God will provide something solid to stand on or ..... we will be taught to fly.

Love Madie.

A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, TN.
One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping
to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While they were waiting for their food,
they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table
to table, visiting with the guests. The professor leaned over and
whispered to his wife, "I hope he doesn't come over here." But sure
enough, the man did come over to their table.
"Where are you folks from?" he asked in a friendly voice.
"Oklahoma," they answered.
"Great to have you here in Tennessee," the stranger said. "What do you
do for a living?"
"I teach at a seminary," he replied.
"Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do you? Well!, I've got a
really great story for you." And with that, the gentleman pulled up a
chair and sat down at the table with the couple .
The professor groaned and thought to himself, "Great ... Just what I
need ... Another preacher story!"
The man started, "See that mountain over there? (pointing out the
restaurant window), not far from the base of that mountain,there was a
boy born to an unwed mother. He had a hard time growing up, because every
place he went, he was always asked the same question, 'Hey boy, who's
your daddy?' Whether he was at school, in the grocery store or drug
store, people would ask the same question, 'Who's your daddy?'
He would hide at recess and lunchtime from other students. He would
avoid going into stores because that question hurt him so bad.
"When he was about 12 years old, a new preacher came to his church. He
would always go in late and slip out early to avoid hearing the question,
'Who's your daddy?' But one day, the new preacher said the benediction so
fast he got caught and had to walk out with the crowd. Just about the
time he got to the back door, the new preacher, not knowing anything
about him, put his hand on his shoulder and asked him, son, who's your
daddy?
The whole church got deathly quiet. He could feel every eye in the church
looking at him. Now everyone would finally know the answer to the
question, 'Who's your daddy?'
This new preacher, though, sensed the situation around him and using
discernment that only the Holy Spirit could give, said the following to
that scared little boy ... "Wait a minute! I know who you are. I see
the family resemblance now. You are a child of God."
With that he patted the boy on his shoulder and said, "Boy, you've got
A great inheritance. Go and claim it."
"With that, the boy smiled for the first time in a long time and
walked out the door a changed person. He was never the same again.
Whenever anybody asked him, 'Who's your Daddy?' he'd just tell them,
'I'm a Child of God.'"
The distinguished! Gentleman got up from the table and said, "Isn't
that a great story?"
The professor responded that it really was a great story!
As the man turned to leave, he said, "You know, if that new preacher
hadn't told me that I was one of God's children, I probably never would
have amounted to anything!" And he walked away.
The seminary professor and his wife were stunned. He called the
waitress over & asked her, "Do you know who that man was -- the one who
just left that was sitting at our table?"
The waitress grinned and said, "Of course. Everybody here knows him.
That's Ben Hooper. He's the former governor of Tennessee!"
Someone in your life today needs a reminder that they're one of God's
Children!
"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of God stands
Forever." ~~Isaiah
YOU'RE ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

I would like to THANK YOU to all my friends who where so compassion to leave a Comment on my post A LITTLE SAD. You are all the best,Your Comment was so kind and there all came from your heart because only best friends can understand what I go through.I know where I can turn to when I need help and that is why I love you all.
And for all the Love and Hugs you send me, I felt them every time I got a Comment from you.
A great "Big Cyberhug" back to you Ladies.
I Love You all God Bless each of you. Madie.