Christian Reflection and Prayer

Remember  Marcus Welby the TV show?
Well their running reruns right now, and
I've really gotten into the old doctor.
The episode I'm watching now is about
an alcoholic doctor.  Immediately, it was
brought home to me as a reminder that
I'm an alcoholic.  I'm a recovering drunk.
I can now add a very important word to
that phrase, I'm a "Christian" alcoholic.
That's right, I'm a Christian and I'm a
drunk.
The oldest rivalry in the world, saint
vs. sinner, and praise the Lord, the saint
is winning.  The saint won yesterday, the
saint is winning today, and God willing the
saint will win in the future.  Saint vs.sinner
and in my life God is winning.  PRAISE BE
TO GOD!
They call me a dry drunk, in other words,
I'm a drunk who is not drinking at least
not now.  I could be a wet drunk tomorrow,
accept for one very important reason, my
higher power, my only power, my God.
God gives me a future, and that future is
WITHOUT  alcohol  or drugs and WITH GOD!
ARE YOU WITH OR WITHOUT GOD?

Prayer

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things that I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference. AMEN.

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black: 
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3. He didn't get a fair trial

But then there were 3 equally good arguments
that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into His Father's business
2. He lived at home until he was 33
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and
his Mother was sure He was God

But then there were 3 equally good arguments
that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands
2. He had wine with His meals
3. He used olive oil

But then there were 3 equally good arguments
that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair
2. He walked around barefoot all the time
3. He started a new religion

But then there were 3 equally good arguments
that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature
2. He ate a lot of fish
3. He talked about the Great Spirit

But then there were 3 equally good arguments
that Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got married..
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all 
3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice
when there was virtually no food
2. He kept trying to get a message across
to a bunch of men who just didn't get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had
to get up because there was still work to do

CAN I GET AN AMEN!!

One day God was looking down at earth
and saw all of the rascally behavior that
was going on. So He called one of His
angels and sent the angel to earth for a time.
When she returned, she told God, 'Yes,
it is bad on earth; 95% are misbehaving
and only 5% are not.
God thought for a moment and said,
'Maybe I had better send down a second
angel to get another opinion.'
So God called another angel and sent her
to earth for a time. When the angel returned
she went to God and said, 'Yes, it's true.
The earth is in decline; 95% are misbehaving,
but 5% are being good.'
God was not pleased. So He decided to
e-mail the 5% who were good, because he
wanted to encourage them, and give them
a little something to help them keep going...
Do you know what the e-mail said?







Okay, I was just wondering; because I didn't get one either!