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Zach Nolte Senior Highlights #44

Tom Nelson: Where's Al Gore now?

Tom Nelson: Where's Al Gore now?

I am AMERICAN!

To Kill an American
You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)

An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.

An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.

The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.

When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan ...

The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America.

Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

Live life anyway...

No matter what life hands you, you have someone greater than you fighting right along side of you. No matter how bad your life may seem, Jesus is on your side.

Job, the man of God, lost everything including all of his children. He stood in the face of adversity, stood his ground & continued to trust God. It took years of pain & suffering before he saw any hope for his future. His wife & friends doubted but Job knew the God he trusted & Job stood firm on what he knew.

I have Fibromyalgia and rarely feel good. I recently came to the realization that God wants me to live life anyway... I serve a God that is greater than Fibro & Asthma. He wants me to live life to the fullest - the fullest that I am able to live. It may mean I don't do as much or that I can't get out of bed sometimes, but I can find joy in something. I can lay in bed, look and my mess that needs cleaned & smile - I have a mess to clean. I have a husband to be irritated with. I have a small house to pile all my junk in. Some people don't have that, some people can't find joy when they are 100% healthy. I choose to live life anyway...

My prayer today is that you (who ever is reading this) live life anyway. I pray you face your fears and doubts and live life anyway. I pray you put on your climbing gear & start climbing the mountain that you see in front of you. I pray that you trust Jesus has already prepared the way, he has conquered death, He will help pull you up the mountain you face & He wants you to live life anyway...

Be blessed by the words of this song & live life...

worthless...

B.O. + Copenhagen = worthless. Why? because global warming is a lie!