Dear Truthseeker, I guess they musta married each other! You prob\u2019ly also wanna know how many angels can dance on the head of a pin! Look, Genesis ain\u2019t as much about how the world got made, it\u2019s more about who made it! If you can get that, then you ain\u2019t gotta get all twisted up in figurin\u2019 out all that stuff. It don\u2019t matter. It\u2019s theological pretzelism. Takes you away from my message and causes fussin\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Jesus, how much longer will humanity waller in sin before you call us home? Signed, Puzzled.<\/strong> Dear Jesus, how do you reconcile Christianity with politics an\u2019 government? Signed, Fox News Junkie.<\/strong> Dear Jesus, did you really mean we should pray for our enemies?<\/strong> Dear Jesus, what do you think about the WWJD bracelets? Signed, Trinkets.<\/strong> Dear Jesus, will my child in Heaven know me when I cross over Jordan? Signed, Lonely.<\/strong> Now, I\u2019m really tired, so I\u2019m done for today, but I\u2019ll leave you with a little ditty I wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I could do it all over again \u2026and that\u2019s the View from The Balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Puzzled, I guess you\u2019ll waller in sin long as you wanna waller. Don\u2019t wanna waller in sin? Then don\u2019t. It\u2019s easy as that, Jigsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Foxy, as I have said, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar\u2019s and unto G_d the things that are G_d\u2019s. Taxes are Caesar\u2019s. The spirit belongs to G_d. Just \u2018cause a person claims to follow me don\u2019t mean they do. So if their politics ain\u2019t helpin\u2019 the least of these, then you need to throw the bastards out. I don\u2019t know \u2019em. Is that fair and balanced enough for you, Foxy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yep. Cain\u2019t pray, really pray, for somebody and keep on hatin\u2019 \u2019em, Eventually you\u2019re gonna start seein\u2019 that other person as somebody else who needs G_d \u2019s good grace. Once you see \u2019em as sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers, it gets harder to hate \u2018em an\u2019 they cain\u2019t be your enemy anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Trinkets, I think they\u2019re pretty cool. In fact, I wear one myself. And when I find myself in a dilemma, wond\u2019rin\u2019 what to do about this or that, I often ask myself the question, \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d and I go do the thing.
Now if that don\u2019t work, I got this close friend named Jos\u00e9. He\u2019s got beaucoups of good, ole fashioned horse sense. So if \u201cWhat Would Jesus Do?\u201d don\u2019t work, I\u2019ll ask, \u201cWhat Would Jos\u00e9 Do?\u201d Never had a problem figurin\u2019 that out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Lonely, your precious child alreay knows you are his mother. Always has, always will. He cain\u2019t wait to see you again. He\u2019s got a secret fishin\u2019 hole on the Jordan River up here and he\u2019s gonna take you there to catch a mess of fish as soon as you walk through the pearly gates.
And for the record, Heaven ain\u2019t a place like West Virginia, which is almost heaven. Heaven\u2019s in you and around you. Anytime you feel close to me, anytime you feel love, anytime you reach out and help somebody, well, that\u2019s what heaven is. And hell? Hell\u2019s just the opposite. I cain\u2019t think of nothin\u2019 more miserable than a clogged up heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d come back as a dog,
\u2019cause dog spelled backwards comes out god
and it\u2019s hard to hate a dog.
\u2019cause a good dog\u2019ll love you when you\u2019re up or down
or somewhere in between,
and that\u2019s the same way I love you,
black, white, red, yellow and green.
If I could do it all over again
I\u2019d come back as a child
and I\u2019d play in the laps of all the mean folks
until I made \u2019em smile,
then I\u2019d tickle \u2019em till they laughed so hard
that they might even cry,
then I\u2019d kiss their tears and calm their fears
and make \u2019em sweet as pie.
If I could do it all over again
I might come back as you,
or you, or you, or you, or you.
Yeah, that\u2019s just what I\u2019d do.
And with me deep inside you,
you\u2019d have a brand new heart,
and you\u2019d love your neighbors as your selves.
That\u2019d be a real good start.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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