FAITH IN ACTION
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
A four year old child's next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had
recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the
old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his
mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
"Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family.
One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other
family members. One child suggested that he was adopted and a little girl
said, "I know all about adoptions because I was adopted." "What does it mean
to be adopted?" asked another child. "It means," said the girl, "that you
grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy."
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A four year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the doctor looked
down her ears with an otoscope, he asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in
here?" The little girl stayed silent. Next, the doctor took a tongue
depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the
Cookie Monster down there?" Again, the little girl was silent. Then the
doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he listened to her heart beat, he
asked, "Do you think I'll hear Barney in there?" "Oh, no!" the little girl
replied. "Jesus is in my heart. Barney's on my underpants."
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Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in my life, I stop and think about
little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His
mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he
would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to
collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and
excitement. "Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that will
remain a lesson to me: "I've been chosen to clap and cheer."
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A lesson in "heart" is my little, 10 year old daughter, Sarah, who was born
with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the time. She came
home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had competed in "field day" -
that's where they have lots of races and other competitive events. Because of
her leg support, my mind raced as I tried to think of encouragement for my
Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting this get her down - but
before I could get a word out, she said "Daddy, I won two of the races!" I
couldn't believe it! And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." Ah. I knew
it. I thought she must have been given a head start...some kind of physical
advantage. But again, before I could say anything, she said, "Daddy, I didn't
get a head start...
My advantage was I had to try harder!"
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An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December: A
little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the
roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A
lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so
earnestly in that window?" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was
the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to
get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give
her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took
the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves,
knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time
the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet,
she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
and gave them to him.
She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel
more comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by
the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears his eyes, answered the
question with these words: "Are you God's Wife?"
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There is nothing more to add after that last one.