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SSA Blog #55 By Michelle
Drew March 8 2006
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About our Sponsors...
I
come to the SSA column more often than anyone, and for many
reasons. The most obvious is that I write the column. Anoother reason
that I visit frequently is to view and try out our sponsors. The
program we use for ads is Google. While I am not a fan of advertising
per se, I have come to realize that I simply could not afford to
spponsor this website myself. Given that it was ncessary to use
advertising, I am relying on Google to have good ads to my readers. So
of course I click often and visit the sponsors. What I have found, much
to my own surprise, that there are services and products that I have
found and used here on the SSA site. I do keep an eye out, but if there
are ads that you find disturbing, please let me know. At the moment,
only ads for tobacco products are blocked, and I am not seeing a
problem there.
SO....Given
all that, do click on a sponsor ad. Internet services, and marketing on
the internet is the newest success and the way of the future.
Some great information and products are out there for YOU...
A
Few Words..
Jus reporting in for a short bit
today. Yesterday, I received a reprint of my article about the SAGO
Mine Disaster. It was carried in the union newsletter of IBEU
(International Brotherhood of Unions) in Anchorage Alaska. If anyone
else belong to a union whose m=newsletter is looking for content,
please contact me for permission. michelle@softshoulderadvice.com
All Good Thoughts
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
Carl Sandburg
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can
become it.
William Arthur Ward
The vision that
you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone
in your heart -
this you will build your life by, and this you will
become.
James Lane
Allen
Inspirational
Reading
submitted by Michael Thomas of E-courager, www.encourager.com
When
God Calls...
One Saturday, a pastor was working
late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home. It was
about 10:00 PM, but his wife didn't answer the phone. The pastor let it
ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't answer, but
decided to wrap up a few things and try again in a few minutes. When he
tried again she answered right away. He asked her why she hadn't
answered before, and she said that it hadn't rung at their house. They
brushed it off as a fluke and went on their merry ways.
The following Monday, the pastor received a call at the church office,
which was the phone that he'd used that Saturday night. The man that he
spoke with wanted to know why he'd called on Saturday night. The pastor
couldn't figure out what the man was talking about. Then the man said,
"My telephone rang and rang, but I didn't answer."
The pastor remembered the mishap and apologized for disturbing him,
explaining that he'd intended to call his wife.
The man said, "That's OK. Let me tell you my story.
"You see, I was planning to commit suicide on Saturday night, but
before I did, I prayed, 'God if you're there, and you don't want me to
do this, give me a sign now.' "At that point my phone started to ring.
I looked at the caller ID, and it said, ' Almighty God'. I was afraid
to answer!"
The reason why it showed on the man's caller ID that the call came from
"Almighty God" is because the church that the pastor attends, is called
Almighty God Tabernacle!
Author Unknown
