People need people and friends need friends. And we all need love, for a full life depends not on vast riches or great acclaim, not on success or on worldly fame, but just in knowing that someone cares and holds us close in his/her thoughts and prayer. For only the knowledge that we're understood makes everyday living feel wonderfully good (Helen Steiner Rice). Here's an article derived from a forwarded email containing a PowerPoint presentation from Tommyswindow.

The war of the worlds is not a war of physical weapons and armies and bodies of men. This is not a fleshly war pitting man against man, nation against nation, race against race, rich against poor, socialism against capitalism. This is not a war between political and economic systems, societies, tribes and cultures, religions and faiths. This is not a war of hate and bitterness, killing and slaughter, revenge and vindictiveness, torture, dying and death. This is not a war for the possessions and lands and pride of man!

It is a war between good and evil, God and the Devil, goodness and wickedness, love and hate, life and death, joy and misery! It is a war of the universe between the good spirits of Heaven and the evil spirits of Hell, which are contending for our souls as well as our bodies.

We must therefore wage a war of words against the ideas of evil, a war of faith against fear, a war of hope against doubt. We must teach people the loving, life-giving Words of God, the Bible, that they might have His life and love and happiness forever.

The Word of God knows no boundaries, no nation, no race, no empire. It is not bound by time or space, nor limited by people, war, or force of arms. It embraces all mankind and unites their minds and hearts and spirits in faith and love of God and each other for the good of all.

We cannot change the world without changing people’s minds! We cannot change their minds unless we change their hearts! We cannot change their hearts without the inspiration of God’s Spirit to save them, body and soul! We must work to save the entire person, not merely their body and their environment. No one will ever be happy with a heavy heart, a troubled mind, a discouraged spirit and an unsaved soul.

Mankind cannot be happy when suffering from hunger, malnutrition, disease and ill health. Mankind cannot be fulfilled when enslaved by oppression and tyranny, or overworked and exploited. Mankind cannot be satisfied when suffering from the horrors of war and constant strife, and the nightmares of perpetual fearful insecurity.

We believe that all of these evils are caused by people’s lack of love for God and each other, and their defiance of His laws of love and faith and peace and harmony. These laws are basic to the faith of every true believer in God and His love.We must use every means available to get God's Words to all men. We must have a vision for the universal salvation of mankind, not just our own nation. We must not confine ourselves to the petty matters of the moment and the cares of this life, or the concerns of only one people or one nation or one race or one culture or one religion or one political view or one economic system. The salvation of man must be for all if it is for any, and must include everyone if all are to be happy.

So waste no time arguing with those who do not want to see. There are none so blind as those who refuse to look! Feed the hungry, give sight to those who long for light, and love the unloved now.

We rob ourselves of life's greatest need when we lock up our hearts and fail to heed the outstretched hand reaching to find a kindred spirit whose heart and mind are lonely and longing to somehow share our joys and sorrows and to make us aware that life's completeness and richness depends on the things we share with our loved ones and friends.  ~Helen Steiner Rice~