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I've been working hard and for good reason! We had some great contributions from our friends Lorraine and James and others! I've still got my 'Shangy think tank' on for some received. In the meantime, here are our new pages. >Our Friend James sent us an original poem that with God's help again, I was able to do sweet justice to. See what you think here: There Has To Be http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/poems/therehastobe.html Turn up the sound, give it time to load and As always, if the water isn't there, please refresh your browser. --- ...Thank you James I do love your work! >Our Friend Lorraine sent me something Special :) This one just made me cry I was so blessed by it! Grab a tissue and check out one of our new and few STORY pages... / | //|| // ); _ __ ,'',// ,-' ' `-. ((// ( ) )// ( / -')))o ,' / ( ( /() / / o ) / (/\ (,_( O(O / ' / > |/ `\. o/ (_ ._/ '. || \ _\ __,'() ,-|| `-( / /( | () () / ( `-',-.'`v/ )/_ |/O `-._( `." `-'\\ // `---.-'\ )\.O _ .' ) / `-. / |\/-.___,-./ | O| ' ( \ / |\\ / ( ;\ Y ,-'(\\) | ) ,-./ ( | ( \` | ,-' ./ -^_/-. `. _\ | ,' `-< ' ,' )\_ .\| |. | (),-. _,--. | | ' ; \ ,-` ))\ \ | \ _,' ; ( ,'/ ) |/,--\ ___))`-'` gpyy `-'-'~~~``---"" '"'"'` Bailey's Jesus http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/bailey.html --- ...Thank You Lorraine! This one inspired and reminded me of a teaching quite dear to my heart. It brings tears to my eyes even now as I think of Jesus' Love for me and others he did not even know! CES has a wonderful teaching on their site that helped me during the time that all my family and friends wanted me to go see 'The Passion'. I felt like they wanted me to go watch the murder of one of my close and dearly loved family members! How horrible! I could not understand the way people think! John from CES said he watched it to enhance his love and conviction to Jesus Christ. Their teaching made me feel better as at least the old Christians felt as I do! And now this story too shows me others feel the same. It is sweet. So Sweet that I put the teaching up on our BibleStudy pages. I don't want to loose this one. You can check it out here: Our Valuable Anchor http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/BibleStudy/ouranchor.html -<>- __ __ ,-' `' \ _---``-- / _ _ ; __ `. / / `' \; /`----- ) / .-/ ,( ), \-. ; | \( \ / )/; | - _5 `7 -; / ( ___-' `-____ | ( ___`-_ \ ____| \ / `,/ \ _(\__ / \ \ ; \ .' /' `i. / | | \ _-'( _\__-/ `- | | ` ,` `_ | BP >I've been making new friends on MyYearBook.com site. It is like MySpace but has some additional fun stuff to do. We have some of our group friends there too so it is all the more enjoyable! You can visit me on there here: http://www.myyearbook.com/shangy If you are there, please let me know, it is difficult for me to know who is who on that site :) -<>- >Added a new GuestBook :) It was Here on MyYearBook.com that I found a nice flash guestbook. I am asking all of you my on-line, group, family and friends to sound off and sign it, PLEASE! You can visit it on my web site... ShangyFunList - Sign my guestbook please! http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html *~* Lots Of Thanks And Hugs! ================================================================== >Standing Up for What's Right Story Editor: by Aryeh Abramovitz Joyce Schowalter Israel "Are you refusing my order?" half-shouted the sergeant. "No", I said quietly, "I just can't do it". Before our confrontation generated court-martial threats, the squad commander called him aside. Returning, he read off, "Abramovitz, Guri... get on the truck to main camp". "Consider yourself lucky", he said as I passed. Sitting on the hard truck bench, I pondered my predicament. I had looked forward to fulfilling my patriotic duty, even daydreamed of glory and machismo. Then a freak accident broke both wrists and injured my back. At preliminary induction, two months before boot camp, both my hands were in casts. "Don't worry," they said, "first week of boot camp everyone's re-evaluated". Filled with motivation to serve my country as a combat soldier, I hoped to heal completely before final induction. At re-evaluation my profile adjusted downwards only slightly; I was still labeled combat-fit. For days I ran around with the other fresh-faced inductees, determined to make it. When I put on my fully-loaded battledress, an immediate deep pain seared my back. The medic temporarily excused me from wearing loads. Thus began the humiliating process of medical appeals. 75 days and several medical committees later I was still in the combat-fit platoon, doing kitchen patrol and guarding tents -- and being called "a shirker". Then I slept without my gun strapped to me, and an officer had "stolen" it, an offense for which I knew a court-martial was probably waiting. That week the sergeant told me to report to the clinic doctor, then to the camp commandant's office -- no doubt for the court-martial. Sitting at the clinic I steeled myself for a stint in the brig. "Abramovitz?" I heard from the doctor's office. "So, you're the famous Abramovitz. Have a seat", he said. "Your case was reviewed by the public ombudsman from your mother's appeal, but I can't understand the medical committees' decisions." "Back injuries automatically are non-combat-fit for a year from date of injury. I'll write my diagnosis and recommendation. You'll report to the medical committee at Haifa". I discussed my orders to the commandant's office, likely for a court-martial, and "besides, I can't travel in a work uniform". "I will order you hospitalized in my clinic tonight, tomorrow I'll send you out of the camp on a special pass, including a permit to travel in your work uniform". Most army authorities I encountered represented the "rules and regulations army". Even if they understood my injuries, they wouldn't stick their necks out on my behalf. The doctor acted independently, human-ly in the midst of a dehumanizing system. He could have written his diagnosis and recommendation and sent me along, leaving me to deal with "the system" by myself. Instead, he circumvented my court-martial. The rest of my uneventful army service was completed in a non-combat fit job. Both results, I owe to the doctor who refused to accept the influence of the atmosphere around him... and instead acted according to what he believed to be right. =======HeroicStories======= >-->From Our Friend James :) <| A /.\ <| [""M# A | # Avendar: The Crucible of Legends /.\ [""M# [avendar.com 9999] [""M# | # U"U#U | # | # \ .:/ | # | #___| # | "--' .-" |"-"-"-"-"-#-#-## | # ## ###### \ .::::'/ \ ::::'/ :8a| # # ## ::88a ### ::::888a 8a ##::. ::::::888a88a[]:::: :::::::::SUNDOGa8a::::. .. :::::8::::888:Y8888:::::::::... ::':::88::::888::Y88a_______________________________________________ :: ::::88a::::88a:Y88a __---__-- __ ' .: ::Y88a:::::8a:Y88a __----_-- -------_-__ :' ::::8P::::::::::88aa. _ _- -- --_ --- __ --- __-- .:: :::::::::::::::::::Y88as88a...s88aa. unknown >OF COURSE by J.W. St.Pierre Do I think, when I drink? OF COURSE When my drinking Makes me erratic Do I cause static? OF COURSE Does my drinkng Affect your thinking? OFF COURSE Do I choke, when I smoke? OF COURSE Do you choke when I smoke? OFF COURSE -<>- >THE "N" by James W.St.Pierre The "N" is coming The "N" is coming What would you do if you knew The "N" was coming? Would you jump off a WARF Into the WARTER? Or would you issue a WARNING That the "N" was coming? Actually; The "N" is here Waiting for a few more reNforcements then WAR/NNNNNNNN --- ...Two very Thoughtful ones, indeed! Thanks James! ===================================================== >-->From InspiringWords: STREET SMARTS (Received from WestiMom via GCFL) The following bits of wisdom were taken from T-Shirts: I work hard because millions on welfare depend on me! Stupidity is NOT a handicap. Park elsewhere! I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. Don't take life too seriously; you won't get out alive. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me. Quoting one is plagiarism; Quoting many is research. I'm not a complete idiot - some parts are missing. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes. The trouble with life is there's no background music. God must love stupid people; He made so many. It IS as bad as you think and they ARE out to get you. I took an IQ test and the results were negative. Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with the software. -<>- _ / } /'.\ _/ ) (`- ( ,) |/ /| ' ` Elb SUSPICIOUS MIND (Received from Horace Hooper) Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. "You're running around with some other woman," she charged. "You're being unreasonable," Adam responded. "You're the only woman on earth." The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by a finger poking him in the chest . . . It was Eve. "What do you think you're doing?" Adam demanded. "Counting your ribs," said Eve. -<>- PRECIOUS PEARLS FROM CHILDREN (Received from Kimberly Cook) While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To close each day's activities in summer and on holidays in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., a huge fireworks display lights up the sky. One night I noticed a small boy about three years old perched on his father's shoulder. The child sat mesmerized, aware only of what was exploding in the heavens. When the fireworks were over, the little boy looked up into the sky again and said, "Thank you, God." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My best lesson in child psychology came when I saw our five-year-old, Steven, roughly jerking our toy poodle's leash. Suddenly his fuming father appeared and asked, "Do you want to tell me how sorry you are?" "I would, but I don't know how much you saw!" Steven stammered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm wasting my time," she said to her mother. I can't read, I can't write- -and they won't let me talk!" -<>- GREAT DELIVERY (Received from Pastor Tim's CleanLaugh) "What's the usual tip?" a man growled when, Jason, a college student delivered his pizza. "Well," Jason replied, "this is my first delivery, but the other guys said that if I got a quarter out of you, I'd be doing great." "Is that so?" grunted the man. "In that case, here's twenty dollars." "Thanks," Jason said, "I'll put it in my college fund." "By the way, what are you studying?" inquired the man. Jason replied, "Applied psychology." -<>- ___________ /___________\ | Tavern | Howdy there | ____ | Partner | | | | ` | |##| | ____.-". _n_ _m_ | | | | ,;( ,__.)/=' O O =========== ,;' |/ \| <()\ /()\ \ | /\ /\ ` ` / \ / \ MJP______________________________________________________ WYOMING COWBOY POETRY (Received from Jeff Nickerson via GCFL) 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 and the 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 do, if we'd have 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 roamin' But when he saw Heaven, he was shocked -- it look just like Wyomin'. Oh, there were some differences of course, but just some minor things, One place had simply disappeared -- the town they called Rock Springs. The BLM had been shut down, and there was no grazin' fees, and the wind in Rawlins and Cheyenne was now a gentle breeze. The Park and Forest Service folks -- they didn't fare so well,They'd all been sent to fight some fire in a wilderness called Hell. Though Heaven was a real nice place, Jake had a wondering mind, So he saddled up and lit a shuck, not know'n what he'd find. Then one day up in Cody, on a cold fall afternoon, He saw St. Peter coming, and he knew he'd be there soon. Of all the saints in Heaven, his favorite was St. Peter, Now, this line, it 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 keepin' score -- in Heaven time is free. "I've always heard," Jake said to Pete, "that God will answer prayers, But one time I asked for help, well he just plain wasn't there. Does God answer prayers of some, and ignores 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 wonderin', could you tell -- 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 a 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 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 North Dakota. ________________________________________________ Copyright © 1998 - 2002 by Stephen J. Hall - Letters of encouragement to Christians written by Stephen J. Hall unless otherwise indicated. Notes from the Valley and Humor from the Valley are meant to brighten your day and encourage you along the way. Most of "Notes" and "Humor" are a collection of items provided to me by subscribers and friends. Credit is given to both the contributor and to the true author, where known. If you are blessed by them, please feel free to make copies and pass them along to others. If you have something you'd like to contribute to a future edition, or any questions or comments, please contact us at: sossteve@worldnet.att.net ________________________________________________ "Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy." Job 8:20-21 (NIV) ================================================================== (O) (O) || (O) || .----. || || || / O O\ / \ || / \ ' O ' : : / \ : : \ / | | : : | | __`----'______________________________\__/__| |__\__/____pjb \__/ >Bowled Over by Kindness Story Editor: by Mia Shinbrot Joyce Schowalter British Columbia, Canada My old desk chair slanted forward and to the left from many, many years of use by the summer of 2004. I'd been badly in need of a new desk chair for some time and looking for one I could afford. I don't have much money, so that limits what I can buy. I tried second-hand stores but never found anything that was right for me. My physical limitations mean that the vast majority of chairs cause me problems of one sort or another. One week in August my friend Celu pointed out that a particular store was advertising in its sale flyer that they had a "leather" executive chair for $70 as part of their back-to-school sale. I went to the store on a Saturday to see it. I couldn't find those chairs, but a sympathetic clerk named Selena showed me that in fact there were six or seven of them left -- disassembled in boxes. I told her I needed to sit in a chair to work out whether it would work for me. She offered to have one of the men in the back assemble one for me if I could come back on Sunday. I said Sunday is fine, but I might still not buy the chair if it wasn't right. She said no problem; they needed a floor model anyway. (That left the point that if I *did* buy it, they'd still have no floor model.) I went back on Sunday. I decided that though not perfect, the chair would do. For $300 I would have been fussier; for $70 it was remarkable value. I took it through the register where the same clerk was working to pay for it and asked if the store had delivery. Selena wasn't aware of any, but a man who was passing said it could be arranged by asking a manager to arrange it with the receiving department. The clerk phoned the manager from the till. He asked her to ask me where I lived. As soon as I said "Esquimalt" she told him never mind and turned to me to say, "I live in Esquimalt and I have a truck. I'll deliver it for you when I get off work." That was going to be in about 15 minutes from that moment. I had other errands to do and was just about to think of a way I could be home when she delivered the chair, when she said, "Go on about your errands and just phone me whenever you get home." I left the store almost in tears from her kindness. I finished errands, got home, phoned her, and she delivered the chair. It's not perfect, but with a cushion I've made it work. Selena's kindness above and beyond the call of duty is something I'll never, ever forget. =======HeroicStories======= >-->From InspiredBuffalo: __,--'''''--,_ _,--'''''--,__ _-' `\ /' `-_ ,' `\/' `, / `\ \ / `\ `\ \ ( /'\ `\ ) ( /' `\ `, ) ( /' `. | ) \ /' `-,__,-' / \ /' ___ / `. /' ,' `\ .' \ /' / ,--( `\ / /' /' ,' \ `< ( /' / ,--( `\ ) ( /' /' ,' \ `\ ,' `---,' /' ,--( `\ `\-' ( /' ,' \ `\ ) `---,' ( `\ `\_,-' ( \ `\ ) `---,' `\ `\_,-' Normand ( `\ ) Veilleux `---' `\_,-' >HAND IN HAND By: Joseph J Mazzella I can remember when my first born son was learning to walk. Everyone in the house was full of excitement. We cheered him on as he pulled himself up on the coffee table and walked around it keeping his palms on it for support. We applauded when he began to make his way down the halls leaning against the wall and going hand over hand as he toddled along. Every time we stood him up in the middle of the floor, however, he would only take a step or two before falling on his butt. Then he would look scared, frown, and crawl over to the safety of his favorite wall to pull himself back up. For a while there it looked like he would never walk without both palms planted firmly on it. Then one day we decided to give him a hand, literally. We began to take turns bending down and offering him a finger to hold onto while he walked. When we did this his fear disappeared and his smile returned. He seemed happy to walk along forever hand in hand with us. I spent a lot of time over the next few weeks walking like this with him. Thankfully, he finally did learn to let go and walk on his own before my back gave out. In my own walk through life I sometimes find myself falling on my butt too. I know that Heaven’s angels are cheering me on and urging me to get up and keep going no matter how many mistakes I make and how many times I fall. Still, sometimes I find myself crawling instead of rising. Happily, though, there is always a hand there ready to help me back to my feet. God’s loving hand is always there ready to help us up and get us going again. His back never gives out either. He will walk hand in hand with us all through this life and into the next. If you stumble and fall then don’t be afraid. Just reach up and take your Father’s hand. He will always help you up. He will always be with you too, step by loving step. He will walk with you hand in hand down life’s dark and winding road and into Heaven’s shining light. -<>- >Justify David Langerfeld Jun 24, 2008 Justification "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification." Romans 4:25 Whenever you type a page in your word processor and the right hand margin on every page is straight, just like the left hand margin, it's called "justification"! Even though the number of letters in each line is different, the computer makes the right hand edge to be perfectly straight. If you were to write something on your computer without "justifying" it, you will find that the right hand edge is jagged. That's how our pages used to come out in the old days when we used manual typewriters. It was impossible to write even a single page in such a way that each line was of equal length. Now, however, we can see the miracle of "justification" - and this is not done by just hyphenating the word that comes at the end of each line. In fact, if you look at the pages in a book, you will find that there are usually no hyphens at all - because that would look ugly, too. The computer adjusts the spaces between the words in each line so that every line is neatly "justified". Even if you have already written a full page with jagged edges, you can now command the computer to justify all that you have already written - and lo and behold, by the pressing of a single key, all the lines are immediately justified!! God does exactly the same thing with us, when He justifies us. Maybe you have made a mess of your life, and each day of your past life has ended with a jagged edge. But if you come to Christ, God JUSTIFIES you in a moment! Every line in your past life is made perfect - just as if you had never sinned even once in your entire life - no jagged edges, only a perfectly straight edge. That's amazing isn't it? What the computer does for our written pages, God does for our lives. One important note: Once we have commanded the computer to "justify", every line that we write thereafter will also be justified automatically and come out in perfect alignment with the other lines. Justification applies just as much to our future as it does to our past. God now sees us in Christ. We have no righteousness of our own to boast about. Christ Himself is our righteousness. When God justifies us, it will be as though we had never committed a single sin or made a single mistake in our entire lives. Moreover, we are continuously justified by the blood of Christ - because as we walk in the light, the blood of Christ continuously cleanses us from all our sins. --- ...Check Out Our Sonship Rights teachings... 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Seven days of just relaxation and spending time admiring just another of Gods creations, " The Mighty Murray"... Tomorrow night I will be speaking in a small building that has been used for many years in a town called Mannum. Mannum gave birth to many Paddle boats that plied the Murray at a time when wool and grain was brought down the Murray to be processed in towns like Goolwa and Victor Harbor. The grain was then loaded on to Coastal Steamships and taken around the coast to Port Adelaide where it was unloaded onto carts drawn by horses and distributed to manufacturers all over Adelaide and other towns. Some of the people living in Mannum are still make a living off the river. Some( few) are still licensed to fish the river, some own pleasure boats and Cruisers, some are Moteliers and Hotel Owners but most are connected in some way with tourism. As I thought about how our trip would go,this scripture came to mind as I sat here at 4am, waitng for Barb my wife and my grandson Jordan to awake so I can start packing up the car for the trip. Isa 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. These are the words God uses to His believers…..They are not just idle statements ....they are promises… God has many promises to those that believe, but those found in these scriptures we can apply to our own daily lives… Gods Word is our daily bread. Gods will for us, you and I is always going to be ‘good for us’ As a child sometimes if we had a headache or a sore stomach, our parents gave us ‘medicines’ that we didn’t like the taste of. I used to think it was not because the medicine worked ,but because the awful taste took my mind off the pain! But My Mother would assure you that the medicine would eventually work if I let it, and for the most part, she was correct. Well, it’s the same with God, perhaps even more so. In this scripture, God is saying to us that no matter what we are facing, He will be right there with His believers. “ His Beleivers” you ask? Yes, He does mean the ones who have become ‘new creatures’ in Him, born again and baptized in His Name..all of those who are washed in the “Blood of the Lamb” and are now as white as snow…these are the people he has ‘set apart’ for Himself, His ‘peculiar’ people. True believers are as jewels to Jesus Christ, He sees them as HIS precious possessions, and He will protect that which He calls His own. Those that have God ‘for them’, need not have any fears of what or who may come against them! For He is with you! His Rod and His Staff Amen! God is not saying there will be no trials! He is not saying nothing will come against you! He IS however saying that it is His Spirit in you, that will sustain you above all things that come against you! I was comimg home from work last night, driving by our local shopping center called “ Collonades and I saw on the opposite side of the road a sign which set apart an area, and the sign read this. “This is the Number Three Evacuation area in case of emergency” and I looked down on the seat of my car to see my Bible laying there, doing nothing, just laying there, and I looked back in the mirror and watched that block of land disappear and thought to myself… “ Well,that block of land may never be of help to me” and I pray that I never have need for it…. A bit like the Bible is to some, I would say….. It doesn’t get used unless there is an emergency.! But my Bible will always be my NUMBER ONE evacuation area! I can pick it up and feel endless encouragement from a God Who loved me enough to send His Son to bare the brunt of my sins and my sicknesses…. My Bible goes with me everywhere (well just about everywhere!) and so I always have an “ Evac” area whenever I have need….. Br Tony --- ...Thanks Tony! / .- __ |/,-'` `-.\ _.-'''-._ \\ .--. _.;.--._.--.;._ _\\/_`~\\ _ .-. .` /( / \ )\ `|. \\ |--' | \ | | ; '-' '-' ; |~~~~~| _\ \| |__ | (_) | | '__|_ (_` _)| . . | |. (__ \ `', |` | `-.___.-' | | (__ | | | ; | : | ; | '(___ | | | \ | : | / | . | | | \____'._| : |_.'___;====| | \ | : | / jgs '------. '._.' .---------'` | | | . ~ . | | | | | HAPPY HOLIDAY |____.____| /===========\ ;:. | .::. ; |:' |_'::' | | .:. | | |__':'_|___.::| [______I______] | | | (_ | _) | | | _|___|___|_ .-//\\--|||--//\\-. (_||__\\//|\\//__||_) `"""""""""`"""""""""` Happy VACATION To You and All who are on one now or planning on going on one in the near future. 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