The effect of Hate

I would like to share a true story I read with you and I want you to honestly think if it is a problem in your life.

A college girl walked into class one day and saw in the front of the class a couple stands with targets hung on them.  Once all the students were there the teacher told them to all pick one person they disliked, hated, or despised.  When they had done that he picked some of them to come up and draw a picture of that person they disliked and gave them each a few darts.  Then when they had finished drawing they were to throw the darts at the picture they had made.  Well of course they ran out of time this girl did not get to throw or even draw the person she was thinking of.  Once everyone was settled down and seated the teacher calmly walked up to the pictures and one by one slowly took them down.  Suddenly everyone was ashamed at themselves, for behind each target was a picture of Jesus.  Each and every one of those students looked at what they had done to their Lord and Savior.  Some pictures were pierced in the eye, or the stomach, or torn apart so badly you could hardly tell there was anything there at all.  No words were needed except those of John,    

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Tears filled the eyes of the students as they looked on.

Now I know some of us think "Oh I don't hate my brothers that much." but we never seem to understand how much it hurts them or Jesus.

Very good

Foes Become Friends

The day was December 25, in the year 1914.  There was a war going on, a war of such size it would be recorded as the "Great War".  It was Christmas day and, suddenly, the bombs stopped and were forgotten.  Then everyone got up out of the trenches and cubbyholes and went over to each other and shook hands. They now approached the ones a day earlier they would have called their enemies.  What had possessed them?  They were talking peacefully to their adversaries. They summoned up the courage to actually talk to them in hope that they would not shoot at them instead.  It was Christmas Day and they were going to celebrate with each other.  There were eyewitness' accounts of it.  There were Germans and Scottish, Americans and British, and several other nationalities.  It was a  peaceful Christmas and a happy one because they individually were able to put away their differences and communicate.

Now after hearing that true story how many reading this have ever gone to their enemies and forgiven them on a much smaller scale.  They were talking to the ones who had possibly killed their best friends.  Your enemies at the worst lied to you, made fun at you, tripped you.  And yet why is it that we can never manage the courage to go over and forgive them on any occasion.  This year lets make sure that we can make peace with our enemies.

Take Heart, Have Courage

"Take Heart, Have Courage"

There is a tool that our enemy uses
that is more powerful than most others
that tool is called discouragment
and it does its job well

It knocks us down so low
we feel we can't get up
but there is One who can help
there is One who can lift our soul

We can choose to stay down
or we can ask for His help
When He comes down He'll say
its alright...Take heart Have courage

Dakota L. Covey

The Wild West

Welcome to Dakota's National Tours.  I will take you to Arches National  Park, Yellowstone National Park,
 The Grand Tetons, and several other wonderful places in our Nation.  Have fun :)

                                                                       Scenery

                                                                          Fins

                                                                 Arches National park

                                                                    tough terrain

                                                               Landscape Arch

                                                             Grand  Teton Mountains

                                                              Home on the prairie

                                                                     Uphill

                                                              Where  the buffalo roam

 got pretty close

 Old Faithful

                                                          Yellowstone Lower Falls

                                                           I think Yellowstone River

                                                                 Good day gents

                                                        Yellowstone Upper Falls

                            I think my grandma said it was a Mountain Blue Jay

                                                         Salt Lake City off in the distance

                                                                     High in the sky

                                                      Authentic ruts of the Oregon Trail

                                   Like literally 8,000 some feet above sea level

                                                                            Partly cloudy

                                                                        Nice view

                                                                Off in the distance

                                                          Rocky Mt. National Park

                                                                   Oh. the open road
                           

He Is No Fool

This quote by Jim Elliot was found in his journal after his death.It is a great, but yet simple thought for us all.

That's My King! - SM Lockridge

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