Sunday, September 04, 2005

Dart Test

Again, this is one of those forwards that i need to post up. I hope it
makes you think....


Dart Test...

THIS IS A POWERFUL MESSAGE. PLEASE READ ALL OF IT. I AM
PASSING IT ON BECAUSE I AM CERTAINLY NOT ASHAMED TO DO SO.





In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is
a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's not funny,
it's intended to get you thinking..............

Dart Test...

A young lady named Sally, relates an experience she had in a
seminary class, given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says that Dr.
Smithwas known for his elaborate object lessons.


One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they
were in for a fun day.

On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many
darts. Dr. Smithtold the students to draw a picture of someone that they
disliked or someone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to
throw darts at the person's picture.

Sally's friend drew a picture of who had stolen her boyfriend.
Another friend drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture
of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing,
even drawing pimples on the face. Sally was pleased with the overall
effect she had achieved.

The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students
threw their darts with such force that their targets were ripping
apart. Sally looked forward to her turn, and was filled with disappointment
when Dr. Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to
their seats. As Sally sat
thinking about how angry she was because she didn't have a chance to
throw any darts at her target. Dr. Smithbegan removing the target from
the wall.

Underneath the target was a picture of Jesus. A hush fell over the
room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus; holes and
jagged marks covered His face and His eyes were pierced.

Dr. Smithsaid only these words... "In as much as ye have done it
unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it
unto Me."
Matthew 25:40.

No other words were necessary; the tears filled eyes of the
students focused only on the picture of Christ.

This is an easy test; you score 100 or zero. It's your choice.

If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions.

Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you,
before My Father."

Not ashamed ... pass this on.


Ashamed ... delete it.



One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just
come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes,
sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap used
bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to
marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to
drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and
bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.

"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take
them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and
kill you!! You don't want those people!!"

"How much?" He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your tears, and all your
blood."

Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price.

Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then
wonder why the world's going to hell.

Isn't it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question
what the Bible says.

Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not
have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says. Or is it
scary?

Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow
Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God ).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and!
they spread like wildfire, but
when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice
about sharing.

Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely
through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in
the school and workplace.

Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday,
but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.

Are you laughing?

Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
send it to many on your
address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they
will think of you for sending it to them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think
of me than what God thinks of me.

Will YOU pass this on? .... I did

2 comments:

loren said...

The e-mail with the darts was amazing!

I once heard, and used to tell, a similar story to the one about paying the price. But then I realized that Jesus didn't pay the price to Satan, He paid it to the Father.

Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Hey Earlene! I finally remembered what your blog address was and decided to check it out-haven't been on it in ages. Anyways-don't know if you'll get this or not... the dart thing is very neat and really makes you think...