I'll agree with those sentiments. Stacy.
At 08:50 PM 11/09/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Gary, I'm glad you cope so well on this earth. I want it to be as easy as possible and I want the least amount of trials too but that doesn't seem to be my lot. If life as a god is not as happy as I expect it should be than maybe I don't want to be a god. I'm just here because Heavenly Father expected it and I agreed to come here to grow. But this earth is a rotten place for me and if God judges me or takes away my opportunity for exaltation because that is how I feel and react or don't do all I could have done like refuse a calling or something else-- SO BE IT!!! Paul O ~the servant? On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:13:52 -0600 Gary Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And you think the next life will be any easier???? I just think > about > what God must have been feeling as he was dealing death to his > children > during the Great Flood. Enoch tells us that God wept like we cannot > imagine. Truly, to be God means we aren't just blissfully happy all > the > time, but we have all the range of God-like emotions, including > sadness > and sorrow. > I thank God for this world. All of its struggles teach me so very > much. I > have learned patience and compassion through my trials, two things > that I > don't readily fall to in life. At the same time, some of the most > wonderful experiences come to me because of this life. How could I > despise a gift that God has given me? I mean, without this gift > called > mortality, I could never learn to be like God. > There are many beautiful things around me. I am glad to be here to > see > the geese fly in from the Zoo, to feed in the fields behind my > house. I > am glad to see my wife get an "A" on her college class. I am glad to > see > a new member go to the temple. I am glad to see one of my children > or > grandchildren succeed at something. > And I'm glad for the trials. They teach me so very much on how to > be > godlike. I've been out of work for a few months now, and though it > drives > me crazy at times, it has also given me much time with my wife-what > a > nice reward. > I'll go when I'm called to go. If I have to live through the great > disasters at the end, I'll do it with the knowledge that it will > improve > me and strengthen me. > K'aya K'ama, > Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www > .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html > "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's > free." - > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > > > > >Paul Osborne wrote: > >--- > >Trust me, you're not alone. I don't care about Jackon County or > the > >second coming or any of the dreaded prophecies of doom. I just want > to > >get my mission done and get out of here. The sooner the better as I > wish > >the Lord would hurry it up and beam me up. I'm so sick of this > world. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.399 / Virus Database: 226 - Release Date: 10/09/2002
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