[nukkad] What can't FATE do ?

["Shaurya Prabhat" <"Shaurya Prabhat" <vintage_shaurya@hotmail.com>>]

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If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops 
moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan on how the Government views the economy
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Faith Can Move Mountains





A small congregation in the foothills of the Great Smokies built a new 
sanctuary on a piece of land willed to them by a church member.  Ten days 
before the new church was to open, the local building inspector informed the 
pastor that the parking lot was inadequate for the size of the building.   
Until the church doubled the size of the parking lot, they would not be able to 
use the new sanctuary.  

Unfortunately, the church with its undersized lot had used every inch of their 
land except for the mountain against which it had been built. In order to build 
more parking spaces, they would have to move the mountain out of the back yard. 
 Undaunted, the pastor announced the next Sunday morning that he would meet 
that evening with all members who had "mountain moving faith."  They would hold 
a prayer session asking God to remove the mountain from the back yard and to 
somehow provide enough money to have it paved and painted before the scheduled 
opening dedication service the following week.  At the appointed time, 24 of 
the congregation's 300 members assembled for prayer.  They prayed for nearly 
three hours.  At ten o'clock the pastor said the final "Amen."  "We'll open 
next Sunday as scheduled," he assured everyone.  "God has never let us down 
before, and I believe He will be faithful this time too." 

The next morning as he was working in his study there came a loud knock at his 
door.  When he called "come in," a rough looking construction foreman appeared, 
removing his hard hat as he entered.   "Excuse me, Reverend.  I'm from Acme 
Construction Company over in the next county.  We're building a huge new 
shopping mall over there and we need some fill dirt.  Would you be willing to 
sell us a chunk of that mountain behind the church?  We'll pay you for the dirt 
we remove and pave all the exposed area free of charge, if we can have it right 
away.  We can't do anything else until we get the dirt in and allow it to 
settle properly."   

The little church was dedicated the next Sunday as originally planned and there 
were far more members with "mountain moving faith" on opening Sunday than there 
had been the previous week! 

Would you have shown up for that prayer meeting?  Some people say faith comes 
from miracles.  But others know: MIRACLES COME FROM FAITH! 




 



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