The police showed up on a Thursday and took Sheri to jail.  She was booked and placed in a cell with other criminals.  She would eventually spend a week there for her crime.  Sheri is guilty of having too many cats.

Sheri's soft heart ultimately got her in trouble.  She could not turn away from an animal in need.  People would come to her house and drop off unwanted animals.  One thing led to another, the cats started to multiply and she ended up with many more than she anticipated.

No one sets out to fail, but sometimes things get out of control and you need some help.

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What Would Jesus Drive?I used to drive a 1989 Mercury station wagon up until a few weeks ago. It was beige and had wood on the sides. You know the type. Disgustingly practical, yet homely in the process. You can fit almost anything in it. With the seats up, you can transport an entire den of cubscouts. Lay the seats down and you can haul about one hundred bags of groceries. Okay, maybe 90 bags, but you get the idea.I bought the woody because it was practical and my 1974 Plymouth Satellite had the dying quivers. The front brakes on that car scraped and squealed so badly, I had to use the emergency brake to stop. (No kidding) When you stepped on the brakes, the dash lights would flicker. The heater didn't work and it had bouncy springs with bad shocks. Still, I was rather fond of the faithful AM radio. All in all, the car was a fashion statement, painted that icky yellowish color with rust accenting the lower half of the body.

Note: Question: Is it me?? I thought this story was fairly plain in focus that we should look closely at our motives...
- Rod 11/21/02 - Ernie Studard writes:
Thought is was the worse conceived article that I have ever read. So many serious problems in the world and you come up with What kind of car. Sorry,I do not want to be any part of your religion. Thanks ERnie StudardI read your article off your web site. Thought is was the worse conceived article that I have ever read. So many serious problems in the world and you come up with What kind of car.Sorry, I do not want to be any part of your religion.
ThanksERnie Studard

11/21/02 - Francis Howard writes:
Message: I'm very pleased about the focus on SUV's. As for what WWJD, I'd liketo see Him in a fuel cell electric car. There are 168,000 websites about fuel cells, and various test fleets here and there. Buying petroleum is doingbusiness with the devil. He is now ready to kill as many people as it takes to steal Iraq's oil to sell to us so we can ruin the planet faster.

11/21/02
We were just notified that there is a new website out there. WhatWouldJesusDrive.org.

We are not affiliated with that site in any way. In fact, we think that site is a wee bit over the edge.

- Gentle Ministries Admin

11/22/02 - We gotta another one. I hope he is not a real reverend!

Rev Dave Bryan writes:
What would Jesus Drive? Let's go to the bible for the best answers okay...WhenJesus returns He according to Rev 19:11 will be riding a fast, powerfull, big,strong white war stalion, not a slow weak donkey, small burough. That translatesto the current times big powerfull on / off road SUV! In verse 14 we are ridingthe same horses with HIM! GO SUVs!!!!!

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It's lunch time and you are in a hurry.  You decide to stop and get some "fast food" even thought you know better.

You decide to go through the drive-thru, thinking that will be faster that parking your car and going inside.  Bad idea.  After waiting in your car for over 20 minutes, watching as your loving, Christian attitude withers away, a distorted voice takes your order over a crackly intercom.  "Wrigga frizza mugga wap?"  "What? I'm sorry.  I can't understand you."  He repeats "WRIGGA FRIZZA MUGGA WAP?" only louder this time.  Whatever.  You nervously give your order, hoping that someone on the other end can understand you better than you can understand them.  He responds "Pagga thip da wunna" and you instinctively drive to the next window.  A friendly representative reaches through the window, mumbles some more and takes your money.  They return with your change and usually manage to drop some on the ground far from reach.  They hurry away and return with bags filled with a culinary disaster only a teenager with a cast iron stomach could ingest...

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Effective communication is critical to any relationship. In fact, it is probably the key to being able to live. If you could not communicate, you would never know about stop signs, taxes or the price of gas. You would never know that someone loves you. You would never graduate from school. You would never get married. You would never know salvation.

When people hear something, they mold it like stiff clay in their own image. Because of this, they might miss the truth in what was said. The statement might mean different things to different people, but the statement is always the statement. Consequently, it is important to listen carefully. If you do not understand, ask for clarification.

Note: Marilyn writes:
Hello Rod, I used your letters and the scripture in Leviticus I also looked up ... to add to the letter...I did it to influence my Granddaughter and to... give her spiritual strength not to give in to the desire to receive one since she had accompanied three of her friends while they did. It was your letters that changed the battle in her mind...

Young people often do things on an impulse. I reminded her of a friend her Dad supported until he passed away from aids they could find nothing in his lifestyle to link him to that illness except receiving the tattoo this was not proven fact but still his wife and daughter miss him. He was only 33 yrs old.

She called after receiving the letter and thanked me, saying I was strongly considering doing it... So thanks for the letter it made a difference in her life... We are both happy and I'm sure the Lord wasn't offended by her choice not to do it...When dealing with eggs it is easier to (brake the yoke) than try to unscramble eggs...

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I have a tattoo. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but eventually I regretted my decision to get it.

Tattoos are not fun to get. A man takes a small, buzzing machine with reciprocating needles and sews ink into the meat of your body. They say it just goes down into several layers of skin, but it feels like someone is carving your arm with an X-acto knife. It is considered by some to be a right of passage. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I almost "passaged" out when I got mine.

Note: Dawn writes: i just wanted to let you know that i am so oftenblessed by your emails.... thank you for the work youare doing for the lord.... but this particular email(tattoos) was a bit upsetting to me. i myself have atattoo.... i got it back in december and it issomething that i don't regret.... i am a christian andi love god and i don't believe that getting a tattoodiminishes anything.... i was a little angry when isaw that you continually painted the picture that getting a tattoo is wrong... no ifs, ands, or buts bout it! i am glad that i got my tattoo.... and i don't believe that god thinks that i did the wrongthing in getting a tattoo. i don't mean to sound bitter, but i just wanted to you to know that i have an opinion that varies from yours and it is one that i don't think is wrong... i was just a little taken a back when you came out and practically condemned tattoos. just my two cents. thank you forlistening!...i mean reading! Deacon writes: As I was reading this, I couldn't help but remember the time I was going to go get a tattoo. Needless to say, I had had too much to drink and I THOUGHT it would have proven my manhood somehow............I was one of the lucky ones. You see, it was 1982 and I was an 18 year old serving his country in the Army Reserve. I was in San Antonio for training. The place I went to would not work on anyone under the influence of ANYTHING, even prescription medicine if it could affect their judgement. I picked out a really nice Spanish Galleon that I "wanted" on my chest and stomach. This baby was going to take three sitting at a cost of $100 to $150 per sitting. Like I said, I was one of the lucky ones. I knew many people who ended up with tattoos (and worse) because they made a bad decision while under the influence of something. The next day, when my head was clear, I went back to that tattoo place and gave the guy $50 and told him "Thank you". It's funny, but I have never regretted NOT getting a tattoo that night (or giving him the money the next day). Until I read this article, however, I never REALLY thought about what that tattoo would have meant. Not in terms of the physical pain of getting it, or in the permanence of having it. So, for that, I thank you for sharing.

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