I Could Have Been Here 10 Years Ago!

Hello everyone.  Praise the Lord!

Here is a fun joke that I wanted to share with you.

Text: John 3:16.  Contributed by Jim Kilson from an unknown source.

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 An elderly couple passed away and found themselves at the pearly gates. Peter was there to welcome them. First he showed them their mansion. The man overwhelmed by the sheer luxury of it all asked, "How much does this place cost per night?" Peter replied, "Sir, this is Heaven, it doesn’t cost anything." Then Peter took them to the dining room where table upon table was piled high with the most delicious foods you could imagine. Again overwhelmed by the glory of it all the man asked, "How much for the meals?" Peter said, "You forget, this is Heaven, it’s free." 

Peter then took them out back where they saw a fantastically beautiful golf course. As the man stood there open-mouthed Peter said, "Now before you ask, there are no greens fees, this is Heaven, everything is free." The man looked at his wife and said, "You and your confounded bran muffins, I could have been here 10 years ago!"

 Sometimes when people think of heaven they think of it as dull and boring. This joke however captures the promise of eternal life - a place of unbelievable beauty and delight.

William James Roop

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

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God's Red Cross

Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!

 One cold September day in 1944, a American prisoner of war in Germany received a Red Cross package in the mail. In it, there was food and a Monopoly game. The soldier was so hungry that all he could think about was the food, so he quickly ate the food.

In the dim light that came from the window of his barracks, he saw the special Monopoly game he had placed on the bed.  Before he went to war, he was told that the Monopoly game would have tools to escape.

Hidden behind the picture of a dog was a magnetic compass.  Hidden behind the picture of a red hotel was a tiny silk map of his region of Germany. It had details of the location of his camp and directions on where he could expect to find help.  Under the fake money, he found real French, German and Italian money!

He found all the things that he needed to make his escape!  Each of us is trapped in the Prisoner of War camp of “sin” but all heaven is working on our behalf to set us free!  Someday soon, sin and wars will cease.  Jesus will come and take the faithful people to heaven and they will have eternal life.

 When we accept Jesus as our personal Savior and obey the Plan of Salvation found in the Book of Acts 2:38, and reflect the love of Jesus, we can have eternal life!

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

Roop-Crappell Ministries

Hospice Care and Dying

The Trucking Tango

Apostolic Theological Seminary