How Rich ...

I LOVE this.  Came in my email inbox this afternoon.  Written by a minister.

What a Great Day This Is! This morning as I was driving to work I heard that the market had gone down another 500 points. It has now dropped from a high of over 14,000 to 9,000. This is not good news. It has messed with my retirement plan and made my net worth go from pride to hide. It has turned easy street into a mean street. The bottom line is that I do not have nearly as much money or assets as I had just a short while ago. Let me share with you what I also
discovered this morning:

1. I was breathing and in general feeling pretty healthy.
2. My wife gave me a kiss and told me she loved me.
3. I was driving to WORK! I have a job.
4. All of my children have jobs and are safe and well.

 5. My two grandchildren still light up my life and give wonderful hugs and
sugars.

 6. I am a citizen of the greatest nation on the face of the earth and I will
get to vote soon on how to make it better.
7. A good friend called and wants to go out to dinner and a show (I have a
friend).
8. I am still a United Methodist minister.
9. My home is safe, warm, secure, and nearly paid for.
10. I got an email that told me my new book was changing their church for the
better

(someone is reading it).
11. I ate breakfast and lunch and will have dinner later (many won't get three
meals today).
12. I am actually sitting down in a building I own, at a desk I bought, typing on a $2,000 machine I can barely use.
13. I have a big huge bottle of wonderful fresh clean water right down the hall
or I could choose to drink right from the tap all I can hold.
14. I am wearing clean clothes today, and tomorrow I will wear something
different. In fact, I could wear something different every day this month if I
wanted to.
15. I HAVE A SAVIOR WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE ME.

It is a shame that it took losing so much money for me to realize how rich I
really am!

This week may be one of the best weeks of my life.

SO HOW RICH ARE YOU?

Given the current financial crisis in the world, what are some of your best money saving tips?

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Guess Colin Powell likes nuns too

I have only read and heard a little bit today, but apparently Colin Powell has endorsed Barrack Obama.  So, there you have it, Colin Powell and the nun, is there still any question who the best candidate is?  Don't get me wrong, I am no Obama worshipper, but with the two choices we have, it seems the people I most respect and who should be "in the know" are falling in line for Obama.  So, guess it's time for the dems to mess things up for awhile.

Don't kid yourself that either candidate will "fix" us.  It isn't possible for one man to do.  Hopefully we can do some sort of course correction though. 

Would be kind of fun to have Palin in the white house though, she would keep us all entertained!

What would be the first thing you would do if you were trapped in a mall?

ummm, call for help.

2nd?  Try on as many shoes as I could until help arrived!

   

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If a 106-year old nun doesn't know, who does?

I haven't decided who I'm voting for in the presidential election, but I do have a great deal of respect for my elders.  So it caught my attention when Good Morning America featured a 106-year old nun who is casting her overseas ballot (from Rome) for the first time in many years.  The last time she voted, Eisenhower was running. You can find the story at GMA's website: http://abcnews.go.com/gma  She says the next president should be "like a father" and "love his people."  Makes sense to me   So who is she voting for?  Obama.  Interesting.

I'm leaning toward Obama, truth be told, and it just might be this motherly sister that pushes me over the edge in that direction.  After all these years, she ought to know something about something.  Can I vote for HER?

Okay ya'll, what do you think?  (especially you MissBetty!)