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Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:26:49 GMT

Hi again Sara,
Just a touch more on the question Do I? I was not clear about what you were asking when you said "Do I?" I said no you don't, but that was not the right answer. My impression is that you have been kicked around a bit, but I see you doing a pretty good job of defending yourself. So let me change my answer to yes you do. ;-) Ken

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:11:43 GMT

Hi Sara,

You are bringing out events that I had forgotten about. Don't know if is called a bully, or a really bad day for a teenager.

When I was 13 or 14 I had to ride the bus to school, and there was a not too close, neighbor, lived about a mile down the road. This girl named Edith, was sitting behind me on the bus, and she always was so mouthy and nasty.
And this day, she just would not shut up and I was not feeling that great and I had just had her mouth. I turned around and said" Why don't you just shut up?" Needless to say she really got it going then. So I turned around and gave her a back hand across the face. Well, I knew I was in for a fun time after that. So, when I got home I told my mother and daddy what I did, because I knew they would be getting a phone call. And sure enough a little while later the phone rang and it was Edith's mother, b*tching for all she was worth. So my parents made me apologize to her. So I did tell her I was sorry, but she would not let it go at that, she just keep up her blasting me until I finally hung up on her.

I never did talk to that woman after that, and my parents brought a house across the street from them, 20 years later. I think now, how I wish I would have made things right, but then I have gotten a lot my sense in the past few years and learning to forgive is one of the greatest gifts we are given.

Myrna

Re: An Explanation - Let's End it

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:02:52 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving Sara & all my friends !!

just received this in the mail, and thought it a great thanksgiving message for us all so I'm sharing it here with you all !! Yes our God is a God of 2nd chances !!

God bless you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, not only on that certain day but carry it all through the year 24/7 !!

Warm hugz

Pauline

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It was like discovering the prize in a box of Crackerjacks or spotting a little pearl in a box of buttons or stumbling across a ten dollar bill in a drawer full of envelopes.
It was small enough to overlook. Only two words. I know I'd read that passage a hundred times. But I'd never seen it. Maybe I'd passed over it in the excitement of the resurrection. Or, since Mark's account of the resurrection is by far the briefest of the four, maybe I'd just not paid too much attention. Or, maybe since it's in the last chapter of the gospel, my weary eyes had always read too quickly to note this little phrase.

But I won't miss it again. It's highlighted in yellow and underlined in red. You might want to do the same. Look in Mark, chapter 16. Read the first five verses about the womens' surprise when they find the stone moved to the side. Then feast on that beautiful phrase spoken by the angel, "He is not here, He is risen," but don't pause for too long. Go a bit further. Get your pencil ready and enjoy this jewel in the seventh verse (here it comes). The verse reads like this: "But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee."
Now tell me if that's not a hidden treasure.

If I might paraphrase the words, "Don't stay here, go tell the disciples," a pause, then a smile, "and especially tell Peter, that He is going before you to Galilee."

What a line. It's as if all of heaven had watched Peter fall - and it's as if all of heaven wanted to help him back up again. "Be sure and tell Peter that he's not left out. Tell him that one failure doesn't make a flop."
Whew!
No wonder they call it the gospel of the second chance.
Not many second chances exist in the world today. Just ask the kid who didn't make the little league team or the fellow who got the pink slip or the mother of three who got dumped for the "pretty little thing."

Not many second chances. Nowadays it's more like , "It's now or never." "Around here we don't tolerate incompetence." "Gotta get tough to get along." "Not much room at the top." "Three strikes and you're out." "It's a dog eat dog world!"
Jesus had a simple answer to our masochistic mania. "It's a dog eat dog world?" He would say. "Then don't live with the dogs." That makes sense, doesn't it? Why let a bunch of failures tell you how much of a failure you are?
Sure you can have a second chance.

Just ask Peter. One minute he felt lower than a snake's belly and the next minute he was the high hog at the trough. Even the angels wanted this distraught netcaster to know that it wasn't over. The message came loud and clear from the celestial Throne Room through the divine courier. "Be sure and tell Peter that he gets to bat again."

Those who know these types of things say that the Gospel of Mark is really the transcribed notes and dictated thoughts of Peter. It this is true, then it was Peter himself who included these two words! And if these really are his words, I can't help but imagine that the old fisherman had to brush away a tear and swallow a lump when he got to this point in the story.
It's not every day that you get a second chance. Peter must have known that. The next time he saw Jesus, he got so excited that he barely got his britches on before he jumped into the sea of Galilee. It was also enough, so they say, to cause this backwoods Galilean to carry the gospel of the second chance all the way to Rome where they killed him. If you've ever wondered what would cause a man to be willing to be crucified upside down, maybe you now know.

It's not every day that you find someone who will give you a second chance - much less someone who will give you a second chance every day.
But in Jesus Peter found both.

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Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:09:23 GMT

_{My follow up as to why i became a bully in school Sara, yea i know its hard to understand that i was one, anyway, one thing i did forget to mention is that one my first day in 1st grade school, being funny at walking, crazy legs you could of called me lol, i came home with two black eyes from a bully, during the school year it was either him or me and of course i turned out to be numero dummo in the bully department LOL. Fear was a hard thing to overcome but only when i looked inside myself by people who loved me who were telling me that i was wrong. It Takes a heart of Gold to admit they were in the wrong, its called being humble, my first experiance of that humbleness is when i almost overdosed on heroine in 1998, God sure scared the daylights out me. Onto new things Sara, being a disciple of Christ, missionary, Christian priest, whatever you wanna call me, has its advantages in the game of life. Great topic Sara, thank you agian. Happy Thanksgiving holiday my dear friend. God_bless you members and your familys. Thomas}

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:05:58 GMT

No Sara, you do not!

I have never known you to say an unkind word. I am not the best communicator of my thoughts. I can easily be misunderstood.

You have raised a very important issue here and it gives a lot of people a chance to talk about things that they may have been holding in for years.

I am reading the various post with a smile on my face :-). It is interesting to see what our friends have gone through and how it may have impacted on their personalities as they grew up.

I hope I don't make any geeky nerds mad at me, they might hack into online marketing strategies.

Thank again for introducing this bully pullet where we can come and make our confessions. LOL

Many Blessings,

Ken Wolff

Re: An Explanation - Let's End it

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:40:53 GMT

Dear Friends, thanks to all of you who have posted in this forum thread. I appreciate all of you. This is my comment to all...

Let's get ready for Thanksgiving!

Sara

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:41 GMT

Do, I Ken? I am not so sure. I try but I really do not like to get into conflicts. Actually, I avoid them at all costs. Got into this one, I did. God be my witness, I want it to be over with. Life is too short and there are too many good things to enjoy.

I can truthfully say, I have never been a bully. I have been a leader in many aspects but only for the positive.

Thank you for your post,

Sara

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:33:07 GMT

Amanda, is this what happened during the 60's and 70's? So sad memories for many of us. I was very thankful for Civil Right's Act. It helped a lot of us women as well as Blacks.

I feel for you, friend, for I had several similar experiences.

Now we can look back and laugh at them and enjoy our lives to the fullest.

Bless you,

Sara

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:30:05 GMT

Nick, you can have my lunch!! Please don't hack my computer you would get all my graphics.

Love you,

Sara

Re: Were you a Bully or were you Bullied??

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:27:39 GMT

Jim, bless you and

Sara