HUG ME PLEASE

by Joanne Lowe

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25: 40
King James Version

If we would listen with our hearts to the words that Jesus is saying in this verse, we would hear Him crying from the depths of His heart for us to hug Him. He is not here in person for us to hug but we can hug Him by our words and actions to one another. My heart is very sad because I dont think He got many hugs when He was here on earth. Im sure Mary and Joseph and His relatives hugged Him when He was a baby but when He grew older I dont think He received many hugs. I wonder if His disciples hugged Him every day and told Him how wonderful He was and how much they appreciated Him. Probably not, just like we dont hug Him every day and tell Him how much we appreciate Him.
How His heart must hurt when He sees the way we treat each other! Sometimes He hears us telling people that we forgive them but He knows that we havent really forgiven them. We forgave them verbally but we didnt forgive them from our hearts. I think that He feels our pain and hurt when we desperately need a hug and nobody gives us one. He understands when someone hurts us, we need somebody to hug us and reassure us that He loves us.
Years ago when I would get sick, I would call my Mother and tell her. I knew exactly what she was going to say because she said the same thing every time You may not look the same but youll live. She didnt even say it with compassion and warmth but she was my Mother and I needed to hear her say it because to me it felt like a hug. When I fell in the shower Sunday I wanted so badly to call Mom and tell her that I was hurting, but she has gone home to be with Jesus. Sometimes I miss her so much it is like a physical pain and I literally get nauseous. If your Mother is still alive, I urge you, I beg you, please hug her today and tell her how much you love her and appreciate her. She needs you to hug her as much as you need her to hug you. Dont put it off until tomorrow because she may not have tomorrow or you may not have tomorrow.
Are you hugging Jesus by your words and actions to your family, loved ones and friends? Does Jesus know that you love Him? He knows everything and He does know if you love Him or not but He wants you to tell Him you love Him. He wants you to hug Him. Did His heart break yesterday because you didnt hug someone with your words and actions?

Joanne Lowe

February 27, 2007

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The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a Sham

by Dr. Stephen Yulish

Article by author Dr Stephen Yulish:

I wrote an article "The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a Sham" for the unbelieving, new age UFO Digest which I have developed a relationship with. They just ran it and I am once again absolutely astonished. Read this article and see God's hand at work.
Thank you Jesus,
Stephen

http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0207/sham.html

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ALL BECAUSE OF JESUS

by Joanne Lowe

And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Matthew 20: 30 34
King James Version
All of us are born with spiritual blindness. All of us are lost in our sins until Jesus passes by and touches our sin hardened cold hearts with His amazing unconditional love, His mercy, and His grace, forgiveness, understanding, compassion, tenderness and kindness. If you will notice in these verses that when the men called out to Jesus, He stood still and listened. So often in the busyness of our days when somebody calls out to us for help, we tend to answer them while our minds are on something else and we dont give them our full attention.
One of the hardest things in life for me to do is to share what is in my heart with someone because I am a very private person. It is only by Gods help that I am able to share from my heart through the writings that Jesus inspires. I know, and I am sure that a lot of you do also, from my own personal experience that when I have cried out for help to people that many times they are so distracted by what they think has to be accomplished that day that they really dont listen with their heart. One thing about Jesus is that He always listens with His heart.
The peace and joy that we have in this life is all because of Jesus. It is because of the sacrifice that He made for us on the cross that we can have this peace and joy in our hearts. I have a peace that the world didnt give to me and the world cant take it away. I have the assurance that Jesus loves me and no matter how many times I fail Him, and all of us fail Him, He still loves me. People can criticize me and all hell can come against me but I am anchored in the harbor of love, Jesus, and I am safe for all eternity. Jesus will be faithful to finish what He has started in my life. He will mature me and help me to please Him. O how I long to make Him happy! It is all because of Jesus that we can keep smiling when our hearts are breaking. Thank You, Jesus for loving us unconditionally.

Joanne Lowe
February 24, 2007
joannelowe8@cox.net
http://joannelowe.blogspot.com/
http://www.heavenwardbound.com/

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Iran, Israel and Armilus-the Antichrist

The following is a link provided to me by Author Dr. Stephen Yulish:

Another Christ centered article in a New Age website, enjoy, Stephen Yulish PhD
http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0207/antichrist.html

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Legal Lawbreaking

By Al Boyce

In the mid-1980s, North Carolina was among the states that did not require seat belts in cars. At the time, I believe North Carolina also allowed unrestrained infants to be tossed in the backs of pickup trucks (bowing to pressure from the agriculture lobby) but that is another story.

Under the threat of losing federal highway funds, state legislators drafted a seat-belt law they hoped would pass federal muster without infringing on personal freedom and liberty. One of the little-known liberties apparently guaranteed by the Bill of Rights (in the South, at least) is the freedom to be thrown headlong through one's own windshield at a high rate of speed.

The bill was pretty straightforward: People riding in cars would wear seat belts or face a $50 fine. Lawmakers were quick to scribble in exemptions for deliverymen (because they would have to unbuckle too many times) and for farmers. But Sen. Ollie Harris -- a strong opponent of the law -- was neither of these.

Sen. Harris was, in fact, a mortician who had "undertaken" politics late in life. I don't personally believe the rumors that his campaign slogan was: "I'll be the last one to let you down." But it could have been.

Ollie was determined to find a way to keep the law from affecting his constituents. Barring that, he was doubly determined to see that the law didn't affect HIM.

But morticians, even busy ones, can't argue that they deliver their products often enough to be discomfited by constantly buckling and unbuckling their seat belts. And the passengers in the backs of hearses were already exempt for a number of reasons -- including the difficulty of collecting the $50 fine.

Ollie testified that many people could not wear seat belts because they had an unreasoning fear -- a phobia -- about lap restraints. I have been unable to find this particular phobia listed among the hundreds of known fears, although there is a fear of sitting (kathisophobia).

Nonetheless, Ollie testified that he was terrified he would be in an automobile accident, that the car would overturn in a body of water and that he would be unable to save himself because of his seat belt. Expert testimony in support of his position was slim, but Ollie had been in the Legislature quite some time, favors were owed and the session was getting long, so he prevailed.

There was much conjecture how Ollie would actually back up his phobia claim if he was ever pulled over for not wearing his seat belt. It wasn't long before those questions were answered.

Here I have to admit that I am revealing a journalistic secret -- a story Ollie told me when I was a reporter that was strictly off the record. It is my sincere wish that Ollie, born in 1913, is no longer in public life (if he is in life at all) and thus cannot be harmed by what I am about to reveal.

Not long after the seat belt law was enacted, Ollie was stopped by a state Highway Patrol trooper, who attempted to cite him for not wearing his restraint. Ollie quickly quoted him General Statute 20-135.2 subsection C.1 (about the phobias). The trooper pointed out that the statute refers to "Persons with a certified phobia of seat belts."

Ollie reached into his worn leather wallet and triumphantly pulled out an equally worn sheet of paper, which he handed the trooper.

I can envision the trooper's lips moving and the corners of his mouth quivering as he read the following:

"TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

"Senator Ollie Harris, a patient of mine, has told me he has a phobia about wearing a seat belt.

"I have no reason to believe this is not true."

This was signed by Ollie's dentist.

I go into all of this with a point (you will be relieved to note).

The Bible is nothing if not a document describing the myriad ways people have found loopholes in God's original covenant with us.

Since Eden, we have been lawbreakers by nature. We look for ways to say the law doesn't apply to us, that we are exempt from the parts we don't like.

God recognized our inability to follow the old law and provided us with a new one. Like the seat belt law, it is designed to save lives for eternity!

How many of us, I wonder, will be groping in our wallets for a good excuse on Judgment Day?

Al Boyce is a former writer and reporter for The Associated Press. He lives in Raleigh, NC, where he now writes for God.

Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com

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"To Hell and Back" by Dr. Maurice Rawlings

"To Hell and Back" by Dr. Maurice Rawlings

The following video, hosted by Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a respected cardiologist and a former atheist, investigates Near Death Experiences (NDE) and provides actual accounts from patients. What makes this NDE movie unique is that these patients, rather than encountering friendly/benign beings at the "end of the tunnel" or after "going through the light", find themselves temporarily in hell and live to tell their horrific experiences in hell. The only reason these individuals are still alive is that they were revived back to life before passing into eternity permanently. Please take time aside to view the movie, which is about one and a half hours in length. This video is definitely interesting and is a real eye-opener. :

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Azazel, UFOs and the End Days

Azazel, UFOs and the End Days

I was recently informed by Author, Dr. Stephen Yulish about an article of his that was recently published in the UFO digest. The article is called, Azazel, UFOs, and the End of Days, and is written from a Christian perspective:


http://www.ufodigest.com/news/0107/endofdays.html

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