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From: Wanda Brewer Shepherd <>
Subject: Re: [AppalLife] Re: APPALACHIAN-LIFE-D Digest V02 #207
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:14:33 -0400
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Brenda Holt wrote:

> Hi Wanda,
>
> Your relative may have felt he wasn't ready, but maybe that doesn't
> really matter in the grand sceme of things. Thereare just so many things
> about God we don't know and maybe He was ready for him to come home and that
> is where he is today. So take comfort in knowing that although he felt
> unready to leave here God was. God does work in mysterious ways and likely
> saw some great soul in him through acts of kindness and love that even your
> relative didn't realize was deemed worthy enough to get him into Heaven, but
> God did.
>
> My Mother always says she doubts she will get into Heaven, because
> of her wilder days, but I beg to differ as she is one of the most loving and
> compassionate people that one can encounter, even if she does still have
> quite a temper when 'riled up'. Lol.
>
> Brenda

Hi Brenda,
Jesus said that if He knocks, and we don't answer, He won't come into our
hearts. We have to ask Him in to get into Heaven. It's that simple.......Wanda

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