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     It Is No Secret was emailed to me. I found it very inspiring and I want to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
 
It Is No Secret

Back in the 50's there was a well-known radio host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Stuart Hamblen who was noted for his drinking, womanizing partying, etc.

One of his bigger hits at the time was "I won't go hunting with you Jake,
but I'll go chasing women".

  One day, along came a young preacher holding a tent revival.

Hamblen had him on his radio show presumably to poke fun at him.

In order to gather more material for his show,
Hamblin showed up at one of the revival meetings.

Early in the service the preacher announced,
"There is one man in this audience who is a big fake."
There were probably others who thought the same thing,
but Hamblen was convinced that he was the one the preacher

was talking about (some would call that conviction),
but he was having none of that.

Still the words continued to haunt him until a couple of nights later

he showed up drunk at the preacher's hotel door around 2 am

demanding that the preacher pray for him

But the preacher refused, saying, "This is between you and God
and I'm not going to get in the middle of it." But he did invite Stuart in

and they talked until about 5 am at which point Stuart dropped to his
knees and with tears, cried out to God.

But that is not the end of the story.
Stuart quit drinking, quit chasing women, and quit everything that was "fun".

Soon he began to lose favor with the Hollywood crowd.

He was ultimately fired by the radio station

when he refused to accept a beer company as a sponsor.

Hard times were upon him. He tried writing a couple of "Christian" songs

but the only one that had much success was "This Old House",
written for his friend Rosemary Clooney.

As he continued to struggle, a long time friend

named John took him aside and told him,
"all your troubles started when you 'got religion',
was it worth it all?"
Stuart answered simply, "Yes".

Then his friend asked, "You liked your booze so much,

don't you ever miss it?" And his answer was, "No".

John then said, "I don't understand how
you could give it up so easily."

And Stuart's response was, "It's no big secret. All things are possible with God."
To this John said, "That's a catchy phrase. You should write a song about it."
And as they say, the rest is history.

The song Stuart wrote was "It Is No Secret"
It is no secret what God can do.
What He's done for others, He'll do for you.
With arms wide open, He'll welcome you.
It is no secret, what God can do....

 

By the way......... the friend was John Wayne.
And the young preacher who refused to pray for Stuart Hamblen
but invited him in to talk was none other than
"Reverend Billy Graham"

This is a story told through the view of a child.
 
Explanation Of God
 
"One of God's main jobs are making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth.

He doesn't make grownups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers."

"God's second most important job is listening to our prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times beside bedtime.

God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off."

"God sees everything and he hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have."

"Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are any in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our church.

"Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God. They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him. But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said O. K."

His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So he did. And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important."

"You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time."

You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God!

Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway."

"If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good to know He's around you when you're scared, in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids."

"But...you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you.

I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.

And...that's why I believe in God."

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