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Ok, I dont know if this is true or not but got it in email todayThis is a true and inspiring story............ A must read............ you will be suprised........@ the ending.........
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> If you don't read another thing today, read this. It is something else.
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> Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to
> Australia to take advantage of a work opportunity there.
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> Part of this man's family was handsome young son who had aspirations of
> joining the circus as a trapeze artist or an actor. This young fellow,
> biding his time until a circus job or even one as a stagehand came along,
> worked at the local shipyards which bordered on the worse section of town.
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> Walking home from work one evening this young man was attacked by five
> thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead of just giving up his money the young
> fellow resisted. However they bested him easily and proceeded to beat him
> to a pulp
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> They mashed his face with their boots, and kicked and beat his body
> brutally with clubs, leaving him for dead. When the police happened to find
> him lying in the road they assumed he was dead and called for the Morgue
> Wagon.
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> On the way to the morgue a policeman heard him gasp for air, and they
> immediately took him to the emergency unit at the hospital. When he was
> placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror, that his young man no
> longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his skull, legs, and arms
> fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all is teeth were
> gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull.
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> Although his life was spared he spent over a year in the hospital. When he
> finally left, his body may have healed but his face was disgusting to look
> at. He was no longer the handsome youth that everyone admired. When the
> young man started to look for work again he was turned down by everyone
> just on account of the way he looked. One potential employer suggested to
> him that he join the freak show at the circus as The Man Who Had No Face.
> And he did this for a while. He was still rejected by everyone and no one
> wanted to be seen in his company. He had thoughts of suicide. This went on
> for five years.
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> One day he passed a church and sought some solace there. Entering the
> church he encountered a priest who had saw him sobbing while kneeling in a
> pew. The priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory where they
> talked at length.
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> The priest was impressed with him to such a degree that he said that he
> would do everything possible for him that could be done to restore his
> dignity and life, if the young man would promise to be the best Catholic he
> could be, and trust in God's mercy to free him from his torturous life. The
> young man went to Mass and communion every day, and after thanking God for
> saving his life, asked God to only give him peace of mind and the grace to
> be the best man he could ever be in His eyes. The priest, through his
> personal contacts was able to secure the services of the best plastic
> surgeon in Australia. They would be no cost to the young man, as the doctor
> was the priest's best friend. The doctor too was so impressed by the young
> man, whose outlook now on life, even though he had experienced the worst,
> was filled with good humor and love.
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> The surgery was a miraculous success. All the best dental work was also
> done for him. The young man became everything he promised God he would be.
> He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, and many children,
> and success in an industry which would have been the furthest thing from
> his mind as a career if not for the goodness of God and the love of the
> people who cared for him.
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> This he acknowledges publicly.
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> The young man was and is
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> Mel Gibson.
>
> His life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
> Without A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as a God fearing man, a
> political conservative, and an example to all as a true man of courage.
>
> And to think I admired him before I knew any of this! He is quite a man!
> Paul Harvey.
>
> Note: This may well help in the understanding of why Mel Gibson's love for
> the Lord is why he has made such a powerful movie "The Passion" that's
> coming out next spring to demonstrate Jesus love and sacrifice for us.
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> If you don't read another thing today, read this. It is something else.
>
>
>
> Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to
> Australia to take advantage of a work opportunity there.
>
> Part of this man's family was handsome young son who had aspirations of
> joining the circus as a trapeze artist or an actor. This young fellow,
> biding his time until a circus job or even one as a stagehand came along,
> worked at the local shipyards which bordered on the worse section of town.
>
> Walking home from work one evening this young man was attacked by five
> thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead of just giving up his money the young
> fellow resisted. However they bested him easily and proceeded to beat him
> to a pulp
>
> They mashed his face with their boots, and kicked and beat his body
> brutally with clubs, leaving him for dead. When the police happened to find
> him lying in the road they assumed he was dead and called for the Morgue
> Wagon.
>
> On the way to the morgue a policeman heard him gasp for air, and they
> immediately took him to the emergency unit at the hospital. When he was
> placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror, that his young man no
> longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his skull, legs, and arms
> fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all is teeth were
> gone, and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull.
>
> Although his life was spared he spent over a year in the hospital. When he
> finally left, his body may have healed but his face was disgusting to look
> at. He was no longer the handsome youth that everyone admired. When the
> young man started to look for work again he was turned down by everyone
> just on account of the way he looked. One potential employer suggested to
> him that he join the freak show at the circus as The Man Who Had No Face.
> And he did this for a while. He was still rejected by everyone and no one
> wanted to be seen in his company. He had thoughts of suicide. This went on
> for five years.
>
> One day he passed a church and sought some solace there. Entering the
> church he encountered a priest who had saw him sobbing while kneeling in a
> pew. The priest took pity on him and took him to the rectory where they
> talked at length.
>
> The priest was impressed with him to such a degree that he said that he
> would do everything possible for him that could be done to restore his
> dignity and life, if the young man would promise to be the best Catholic he
> could be, and trust in God's mercy to free him from his torturous life. The
> young man went to Mass and communion every day, and after thanking God for
> saving his life, asked God to only give him peace of mind and the grace to
> be the best man he could ever be in His eyes. The priest, through his
> personal contacts was able to secure the services of the best plastic
> surgeon in Australia. They would be no cost to the young man, as the doctor
> was the priest's best friend. The doctor too was so impressed by the young
> man, whose outlook now on life, even though he had experienced the worst,
> was filled with good humor and love.
>
> The surgery was a miraculous success. All the best dental work was also
> done for him. The young man became everything he promised God he would be.
> He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, and many children,
> and success in an industry which would have been the furthest thing from
> his mind as a career if not for the goodness of God and the love of the
> people who cared for him.
>
> This he acknowledges publicly.
>
> The young man was and is
>
> Mel Gibson.
>
> His life was the inspiration for his production of the movie "The Man
> Without A Face." He is to be admired by all of us as a God fearing man, a
> political conservative, and an example to all as a true man of courage.
>
> And to think I admired him before I knew any of this! He is quite a man!
> Paul Harvey.
>
> Note: This may well help in the understanding of why Mel Gibson's love for
> the Lord is why he has made such a powerful movie "The Passion" that's
> coming out next spring to demonstrate Jesus love and sacrifice for us.
>
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