Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite 
..... cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather 
... during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety
....rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens . 
.... "Great", she thought. "Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet 
...... from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and 
....... now my sight is blurry.
...... She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the 
..... ledge. But it just wasn't there.
> > >
..... She felt the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed 
.... for calm, and she prayed that she may find her contact lens.
> > >
.... When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her 
..... clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although she was 
.... calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she 
..... could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of 
...... the bible verse "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the 
.... whole earth."
> > >
..... She thought, "Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every 
.... stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. 
..... Please help me."
> > >
..... Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the 
.... cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face 
...... of the cliff. One of them shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose 
...... a contact lens?"
> > >
.... Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber 
.... saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the 
....... rock, carrying it!
> > >
....... The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When 
.... she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the 
..... contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens 
..... with the caption, "Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this 
...... thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what 
..... You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."
> > >
> > > I think it would do all of us some good to say, "God, I don't know
> > > why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and
> > > it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will."
> > >
> > > God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...>>.

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                             EASTER 2008

                 A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE!!!

Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20) This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Heres the interesting info. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives!And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here's the facts: