Monday Morning Thoughts

 To Start Your Week Off

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HOBBY LOBBY MAY CLOSE 500 STORES

 Hobby Lobby Founder

May Close ALL Stores
   

  
Hobby Lobby May Close.

David Sloan “The wisdom that comes from above is, first, pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.” – James 3:17
By David Green, the founder and CEO of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

When my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we were working out of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture frames.. Our first retail store wasn’t much bigger than most people’s living rooms, but we had faith that we would succeed if we lived and worked according to God’s word.

From there, Hobby Lobby has become one of the nation’s largest arts and crafts retailers, with more than 500 locations in 41 states. Our children grew up into fine business leaders, and today we run Hobby Lobby together, as a family.

We’re Christians, and we run our business on Christian principles. I’ve always said that the first two goals of our business are (1) to run our business in harmony with God’s laws, and (2) to focus on people more than money. And that’s what we’ve tried to do. We close early so our employees can see their families at night. We keep our stores closed on Sundays, one of the week’s biggest shopping days, so that our workers and their families can enjoy a day of rest.

We believe that it is by God’s grace that Hobby Lobby has endured, and he has blessed us and our employees. We’ve not only added jobs in a weak economy, we’ve raised wages for the past four years in a row. Our full-time employees start at 80% above minimum wage.

But now, our government threatens to change all of that.

A new government healthcare mandate says that our family business MUST provide what I believe are abortion-causing drugs as part of our health insurance. Being Christians, we don’t pay for drugs that might cause abortions, which means that we don’t cover emergency contraception, the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. We believe doing so might end a life after the moment of conception, something that is contrary to our most important beliefs.
It goes against the Biblical principles on which we have run this company since day one.

If we refuse to comply, we could face $1.3 million PER DAY in government fines.
Our government threatens to fine job creators in a bad economy.
Our government threatens to fine a company that’s raised wages four years running.
Our government threatens to fine a family for running its business according to its beliefs.It’s not right. I know people will say we ought to follow the rules; that it’s the same for everybody. But that’s not true.
The government has exempted thousands of companies from this mandate, for reasons of convenience or cost. But it won’t exempt them for reasons of religious belief.

So, Hobby Lobby and my family are forced to make a choice. With great reluctance, we filed a lawsuit today, represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asking a federal court to stop this mandate before it hurts our business. We don’t like to go running into court,
but we no longer have a choice. We believe people are more important than the bottom line and that honoring God is more important than turning a profit.

My family has lived the American dream. We want to continue growing our company and providing great jobs for thousands of employees, but the government is going to make that much more difficult.
The government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and following the law. I say that’s a choice no American and no American business should have to make.

The government cannot force you to follow laws that go against your fundamental religious belief. They have exempted thousands of companies but will not except Christianorganizations including the Catholic church.

Since you will not see this in the liberal media, please pass this on to all your contacts.
 

Sincerely,
David Green
CEO and Founder of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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COOL CLEAR WATER

   Thought you might be interested 

to know about this possible side 

effect & info about drinking water.

  

 

The following will probably amaze and startle you.

  

 

One glass of water shuts down midnight 

hunger pangs for almost 100% of the 

dieters studied in a University study:
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

Preliminary research indicates that 

8-10 glasses of water a day could 

significantly ease back and 

joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
A mere 2% drop in body water  

can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, 

trouble with basic math, and 

difficulty focusing on the computer screen.
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily  

decreases the risk of colon cancer 

by 45%, plus it can slash the risk 

of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 

50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
Are you drinking the amount of 

water you should every day?
(No kidding, all of the above are true)

 

Of course, too much water may 

have strange side effects......

  

 

--- JUST ---Don't get carried away! 

  

 

Now that I have your attention, 

 

go get another glass of water!  
  

 

BUT BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL!

 

Laugh often, long and loud... 

 

Laugh until you gasp for breath. 
And if you have friends who make 

 

you laugh, spend lots of time with them.

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Welcome to Idaho

 You Are Warned!

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2 Legged Dog Named "Faith"

This dog was born in the year 2002. She was born with 3 legs (one other deformed leg was amputated later).  She of course could not walk when she was born. Even her mother did not want her. 


   

  


Her first owner also did not think that she could survive and he was thinking of 'putting her to sleep'. 
But then, her present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met her and wanted to take care of her. 
She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by herself. 

She named her 'Faith'. 

   

   

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let her feel the  movement.
 

Later she used peanut  butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for  her for standing up and jumping around.

Even the other dog at home encouraged her to walk..

Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,  Faith learned to balance on her hind legs and to jump to move forward. 

After further training in the snow, she could now walk like a human being.. 


   

   

Faith loves to walk around now.

No matter where she goes, she attracts people to her. 
She is fast becoming famous on the international scene and 

has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. 
There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith' being published about her.

She was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter  movies. 

 

   

   
Her present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take her around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'. 


   

   

   

  

 

   

  

 

   

   

  

   

    

  

   

   

  

   

   

In  life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better  you just need to look at life from another direction. 
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and  that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful  day.

Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of  life.
A small request: All you are asked to do is keep this story circulating.

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Breakfast Special

  The $2.99 Special

  

 

If you are a Senior you will understand this one, 

if you deal with Seniors, this should help you 

understand them a little better, 

and if you are not a Senior yet........ 

God willing, someday very soon you will be one. 

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If you already saw this one, 

then skip on down to the link. 

You will certainly get a big 

laugh about that senior video!

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We went to breakfast at a  restaurant where the 'seniors'  special' was two eggs,  bacon, hash browns  and toast for $2.99.   'Sounds good,' my wife said,  'But I don't want the eggs..'   'Then, I'll have to charge  you $3.49 because you're  ordering a la carte,' the  waitress warned her.   'You mean I'd have to pay  for not taking the eggs?'  my wife asked incredulously.   'YES !' stated the waitress.   'I'll take the special then,'  my wife said..   'How do you want your  eggs?' the waitress asked.   'Raw and in the shell,'  my wife replied.

She took the two eggs home and baked a cake.

 

DON'T MESS WITH SENIORS !

  

WE'VE been around the block more than once!

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Here is the link I mentioned above - 

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/G0PekTUmBdY?feature=player_embedded

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((( Priceless )))

 Priceless

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The light turned yellow just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

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The tailgating woman behind him was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection... dropping her cell phone 

because she was talking to a friend. 

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As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up... 

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He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. 

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He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. 

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I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally... 

I assumed you had stolen the car."

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