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WHY GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)

To those of us who have children in our lives,

Whether they are our own,

Grandchildren,

Nieces,

Nephews,

Or students...

Here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control,

You can take comfort from the thought that

Even God's omnipotence did not extend

To His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,

God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was

"DON'T!"

"Don't what?"

Adam replied.

"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."

God said.

"Forbidden fruit?

We have forbidden fruit?

Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!"

"No Way!"

"Yes way!"

"Do NOT eat the fruit! "

Said God.

"Why?"

"Because I am your Father and I said so! "

God replied,

Wondering why He hadn't stopped

Creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later,

God saw His children having an apple break

And He was ticked!

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? "

God asked.

"Uh huh,"

Adam replied.

"Then why did you? "

Said the Father.

"I don't know,"

Said Eve.

"She started it! "

Adam said.

"Did not! "

"Did too! "

"DID NOT! "

Having had it with the two of them,

God's punishment was that Adam and Eve

Should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it,

Don't be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children,

What makes you think it would be

A piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!

1. You spend the first two years of their life

Teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend

The next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward

For not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why

Some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you.

In fact,

They usually repeat word for word

What you shouldn't have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties

Is to remind yourself that there are children

More awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes,

But they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.

They will choose your

Nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU ! HAVE A LOT OF TENSION

AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,

DO WHAT IT SAYS

ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN"

AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!:wah:;):D

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotflmany true words there:sneaky::D

That was wonderful Carolly! :-6

:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

kazalala;1106320 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotflmany true words there:sneaky::DI know :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

soooooooooo much truth!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Thanks Carol....no truer words were said about our kidlets:-6

Kids:rolleyes:.....ya gotta luv em;)

Oh my gosh that was brilliant... So true so true....

Kindle;1106321 wrote: That was wonderful Carolly! :-6Thankyou Kindle......true but very funny some of it ;)

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.

They will choose your

Nursing home one day.



OMG, this is so true!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Peg;1106330 wrote: :yh_rotfl :yh_rotflWere you ever a child Peg:wah::wah::rolleyes::p:D

Carolly;1106313 wrote: WHY GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)

To those of us who have children in our lives,

Whether they are our own,

Grandchildren,

Nieces,

Nephews,

Or students...

Here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control,

You can take comfort from the thought that

Even God's omnipotence did not extend

To His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,

God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was

"DON'T!"

"Don't what?"

Adam replied.

"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."

God said.

"Forbidden fruit?

We have forbidden fruit?

Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!"

"No Way!"

"Yes way!"

"Do NOT eat the fruit! "

Said God.

"Why?"

"Because I am your Father and I said so! "

God replied,

Wondering why He hadn't stopped

Creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later,

God saw His children having an apple break

And He was ticked!

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? "

God asked.

"Uh huh,"

Adam replied.

"Then why did you? "

Said the Father.

"I don't know,"

Said Eve.

"She started it! "

Adam said.

"Did not! "

"Did too! "

"DID NOT! "

Having had it with the two of them,

God's punishment was that Adam and Eve

Should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it,

Don't be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children,

What makes you think it would be

A piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!

1. You spend the first two years of their life

Teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend

The next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward

For not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why

Some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you.

In fact,

They usually repeat word for word

What you shouldn't have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties

Is to remind yourself that there are children

More awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes,

But they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.

They will choose your

Nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU ! HAVE A LOT OF TENSION

AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,

DO WHAT IT SAYS

ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN"

AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!:wah:;):D


thats what my youngest keeps sayin to me..................:-2:yh_rotfl

:wah:

Remember....................WE were once kids ourselves.

Carolly;1106426 wrote: I wernt:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:D:guitarist


you were'nt what:-2

along-for-the-ride;1106413 wrote: :wah:

Remember....................WE were once kids ourselves.I wern't:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl and hopefully im on the right quote this time:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl;)

Carolly;1106433 wrote: I wern't:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl and hopefully im on the right quote this time:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl;)


tee hee:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I love the bit about kids' parties!!!

Great one Carolly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankyou.

PS I will never view the Garden of Eden in quite the same light again. Will.. No.. won't .. will so too. Won't !!! Get outttta here you pesky kids!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

AussiePam;1106440 wrote: I love the bit about kids' parties!!!

Great one Carolly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankyou.

PS I will never view the Garden of Eden in quite the same light again. Will.. No.. won't .. will so too. Won't !!! Get outttta here you pesky kids!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:wah::wah:Bet you were soooo naughty as a kid Pam.....playing tricks all the time and being so cheeky and can see that big grin you would have on your face:D;)

I think I spent a great deal of my primary (grade) school years in splendid isolation, Carolly. Sent out of class, to contemplate my misdoings - which were normally giggling, passing notes, singing. Teachers sometimes whacked me too, but mostly I was just sent to stand in the summer breeze, free as a bird, on the school verandah... Solitude for me was always a treat, not a punishment. My mum used to drive by the school each day on her way to the shops, and pretend not to see me. Happy days!!!

AussiePam;1106456 wrote: I think I spent a great deal of my primary (grade) school years in splendid isolation, Carolly. Sent out of class, to contemplate my misdoings - which were normally giggling, passing notes, singing. Teachers sometimes whacked me too, but mostly I was just sent to stand in the summer breeze, free as a bird, on the school verandah... Solitude for me was always a treat, not a punishment. My mum used to drive by the school each day on her way to the shops, and pretend not to see me. Happy days!!!


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotflaww yer poor mam:yh_rotfl

AussiePam;1106456 wrote: I think I spent a great deal of my primary (grade) school years in splendid isolation, Carolly. Sent out of class, to contemplate my misdoings - which were normally giggling, passing notes, singing. Teachers sometimes whacked me too, but mostly I was just sent to stand in the summer breeze, free as a bird, on the school verandah... Solitude for me was always a treat, not a punishment. My mum used to drive by the school each day on her way to the shops, and pretend not to see me. Happy days!!!I knew I was right Pam lol....and you aint changed one bit:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl;):-4

Kathy Ellen;1106353 wrote: Thanks Carol....no truer words were said about our kidlets:-6

Kids:rolleyes:.....ya gotta luv em;)Well you should know babe thats for sure;):-4

Yes, my poor Mum. She told me years later I'd always been a big disappointment to her. Sad, really. But life goes on.. :sneaky:

AussiePam;1106483 wrote: Yes, my poor Mum. She told me years later I'd always been a big disappointment to her. Sad, really. But life goes on.. :sneaky:


aww thats a shame:(cos it dont really matter as long as your kids are happy and a good decent person at heart:-4:-4

Odie;1106376 wrote: ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.

They will choose your

Nursing home one day.



OMG, this is so true!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
I know.......:yh_rotfl you better behave babe:D;)

Jester;1106487 wrote: I'm the black sheep of my family, the prodigal son who hasn't returned to the fold. Someday- hehehe

I left and found my own way that turned out to be Gods will for my life, it took my father until just recently to accept that. But he continues to try to get me to do more in the church, I guess some things will never change.Oh I was the Black Sheep of mine the minute I was born babe....dont worry about it:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl and Im not joking....I was placed in a Foster Home at Birth I was such a Black Sheep:rolleyes:...so yep yer right no change here also;):D

AussiePam;1106483 wrote: Yes, my poor Mum. She told me years later I'd always been a big disappointment to her. Sad, really. But life goes on.. :sneaky:
Well from where Im sitting......she should be proud now;):-4:-4

Jester;1106495 wrote: No worries on my part, they always treated me the same as the others! hehehe any one of us that did what I did would have gotten it too! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I was treated fairly, and loved to death, I have no complaints!I wernt....but there again I wouldnt be the person I am today.........so there to blame not me:D;)

JAB;1106498 wrote: I was the perfect angel as a child. :yh_whistlI bet :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:D;)

Jester;1106501 wrote: ahahahah too true Carolly! We all have to make our own decisions about life, one can always start makign the right ones at any time- from this moment forward as a good buddy of mine used to say.And very true babe thats for sure.....we learn by our mistakes ...but do we....sometimes I wonder about that but we never are to old to learn thats for sure.

JAB;1106504 wrote: I'm detecting a bit of skepticism from you.... :p :wah:
Jab slap my thigh........as if>>>>>>>>>>:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:D:p

JAB;1106498 wrote: I was the perfect angel as a child. :yh_whistl


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Carolly;1106486 wrote: I know.......:yh_rotfl you better behave babe:D;)


doesn't matter, they won't have the money!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Carolly;1106313 wrote: WHY GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN)

To those of us who have children in our lives,

Whether they are our own,

Grandchildren,

Nieces,

Nephews,

Or students...

Here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control,

You can take comfort from the thought that

Even God's omnipotence did not extend

To His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,

God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was

"DON'T!"

"Don't what?"

Adam replied.

"Don't eat the forbidden fruit."

God said.

"Forbidden fruit?

We have forbidden fruit?

Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!"

"No Way!"

"Yes way!"

"Do NOT eat the fruit! "

Said God.

"Why?"

"Because I am your Father and I said so! "

God replied,

Wondering why He hadn't stopped

Creation after making the elephants.

A few minutes later,

God saw His children having an apple break

And He was ticked!

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? "

God asked.

"Uh huh,"

Adam replied.

"Then why did you? "

Said the Father.

"I don't know,"

Said Eve.

"She started it! "

Adam said.

"Did not! "

"Did too! "

"DID NOT! "

Having had it with the two of them,

God's punishment was that Adam and Eve

Should have children of their own.

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it,

Don't be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children,

What makes you think it would be

A piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!

1. You spend the first two years of their life

Teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend

The next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward

For not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why

Some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you.

In fact,

They usually repeat word for word

What you shouldn't have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties

Is to remind yourself that there are children

More awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes,

But they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.

They will choose your

Nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU ! HAVE A LOT OF TENSION

AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,

DO WHAT IT SAYS

ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN"

AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!:wah:;):D




:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I'm learning!!

Odie;1106546 wrote: doesn't matter, they won't have the money!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Excellent:-6

Carolly;1106552 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


tis true, they spend spend spend, won't be a dime for the momma!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1106558 wrote: tis true, they spend spend spend, won't be a dime for the momma!:-5:-5:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl ahhhhh poor Odie:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Carolly;1106561 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl ahhhhh poor Odie:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl


tis fine, Odie has money!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1106566 wrote: tis fine, Odie has money!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotflIn that case.........adopt me......... Mummy;):D:-4

Carolly;1106570 wrote: In that case.........adopt me......... Mummy;):D:-4


come to mamma!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

OpenMind;1106549 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I'm learning!!Better learning now then later OM :D