Difficult to add a comment to this! Bard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brother George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Strait_Truth] Fw: The Ticket > I've seen this before,but still a powerful message.Thank you. > > brother george > > > >From: "JAH Publications" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Strait Truth List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Strait_Truth] Fw: The Ticket > >Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 13:29:22 +0100 > >------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Subject: The Ticket. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Ticket . > > > > > Jack took a long look at his speedometer before > > > > slowing down: 73 in a 55 > > > > > zone. Fourth time in as many months. > > > > > How could a guy get caught so often? When his car > > > > had slowed to 10 miles > > > > an > > > > > hour, Jack pulled over, but only partially. Let > > > > the cop worry about the > > > > > potential traffic hazard. > > > > > Maybe some other car will tweak his backside with > > > > a mirror. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The cop was stepping out of his car, the big pad > > > > in hand. > > > > > Bob? Bob from Church? Jack sunk farther into his > > > > trench coat. This was > > > > > worse than the coming ticket. A Christian cop > > > > catching a guy from his own > > > > > church. A guy who happened to be a little eager > > > > to get home after a long > > > > > day at the office. A guy he was about to play > > > > golf with tomorrow. > > > > Jumping > > > > > out of the car, he approached a man he saw every > > > > Sunday, a man he'd never > > > > > seen in uniform. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Hi, Bob. Fancy meeting you like this." > > > > > > > > > > "Hello, Jack." No smile. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Guess you caught me red-handed in a rush to see > > > > my wife and kids." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Yeah, I guess." Bob seemed uncertain. > > > > > Good. > > > > > > > > > > "I've seen some long days at the office lately. > > > > I'm afraid I bent the > > > > rules > > > > > a bit-just this once." > > > > > > > > > > Jack toed at a pebble on the pavement. > > > > > "Diane said something about roast beef and > > > > potatoes tonight. Know what I > > > > > mean?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I know what you mean. I also know that you have > > > > a reputation in our > > > > > precinct." > > > > > > > > > > Ouch. This was not going in the right direction. > > > > Time to change tactics. > > > > > "What'd you clock me at?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Seventy! Would you sit back in your car please?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Now wait a minute here, Bob. I checked as soon > > > > as I saw you. I was > > > > barely > > > > > nudging 65." The lie seemed to come easier with > > > > every ticket. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Please, Jack, in the car." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Flustered, Jack hunched himself through the > > > > still-open door. > > > > > Slamming it shut, he stared at the dash board. He > > > > was in no rush to open > > > > > the window. The minutes ticked by. Bob scribbled > > > > away on the pad. Why > > > > > hadn't he asked for a driver's license? > > > > > Whatever the reason, it would be a month of > > > > Sundays before Jack ever sat > > > > > near this cop again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A tap on the door jerked his head to the left. > > > > There was Bob, a folded > > > > > paper in hand. Jack rolled down the window a mere > > > > two inches, just enough > > > > > room for Bob to pass him the slip. > > > > > "Thanks." Jack could not quite keep the sneer out > > > > of his voice. > > > > > Bob returned to his police car without a word. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack watched his retreat in the mirror. > > > > > Jack unfolded the sheet of paper. How much was > > > > this one going to cost? > > > > > Wait a minute. > > > > > What was this? Some kind of joke? > > > > > Certainly not a ticket. > > > > > > > > > > Jack began to read: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Dear Jack, Once upon a time I had a daughter. > > > > She was six when killed by > > > > a > > > > > car. You guessed it > > > > > -- a speeding driver. > > > > > A fine and three months in jail, and the man was > > > > free. Free to hug his > > > > > daughters, all three of them. I only had one, and > > > > I'm going to have to > > > > wait > > > > > until Heaven before I can ever hug her again. A > > > > thousand times I\'ve > > > > tried > > > > > to forgive that man. A thousand times I thought I > > > > had. Maybe I did, but > > > > I > > > > > need to do it again. Even now. Pray for me. And > > > > be careful. My son is > > > > > all I have left." > > > > > > > > > > ....signed "Bob" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jack turned around in time to see Bob's car pull > > > > away and head down the > > > > > road. Jack watched until it disappeared. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A full 15 minutes later, he, too, pulled away and > > > > drove slowly home, > > > > praying > > > > > for forgiveness and hugging a surprised wife and > > > > kids when he arrived. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Life is precious. Handle it with care. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is an important message, please pass it along > > > > to your friends. Drive > > > > > safely and carefully. > > > > > Remember, cars are not the only thing recalled by > > > > their maker. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but > > > > question what the Bible > > > > > says. 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? > > > > Funny > > > > > how someone can say, "I believe in God," but > > > > still follow Satan. > > > > > (who, by the way, also 'believes' in God). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass > > > > freely through > > > > > cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is > > > > suppressed in the school > > > > > and work place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FUNNY, 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. 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