Quote from Forum Archives on May 26, 2005, 1:08 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"NOT HOME YET"

 

 

An old missionary couple had been working in Africa for years and were returning to New York to retire. They had no pension; their health was broken; they were defeated, discouraged, and afraid.

 

They discovered they were booked on the same ship as President Teddy Roosevelt, who was returning from one of his big-game hunting expeditions.

 

No one paid any attention to them. They watched the fanfare that accompanied the President's entourage, with passengers trying to catch a glimpse of the great man.

 

As the ship moved across the ocean, the old missionary said to his wife, "Something is wrong.

 

Why should we have given our lives in faithful service for God in Africa all these many years and have no one care a thing about us? Here this man comes back from a hunting trip and everybody makes much over him, but nobody gives two hoots about us."

 

"Dear, you shouldn't feel that way," his wife said.

 

"I can't help it; it doesn't seem right." When the ship docked in New York, a band was waiting to greet the President. The mayor and other dignitaries were there. The papers were full of the President's arrival.

 

No one noticed this missionary couple. They slipped off the ship and found a cheap flat on the East Side, hoping the  next day to see what they could do to make a living in the city.

 

That night the man's spirit broke. He said to his wife, "I can't take this; God is not treating us fairly."

 

His wife replied, "Why don't you go in the bedroom and tell that to the Lord?"

 

A short time later he came out from the bedroom, but now his face was completely different.

 

His wife asked, "Dear, what happened?"

 

"The Lord settled it with me," he said. "I told him how bitter I was that the President should receive this tremendous homecoming, when no one met us as we returned home. And when I finished, it seemed as though the Lord put his hand on my shoulder and simply said, 'But you're not home yet!"
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"CHURCH SIGNBOARDS"

 

 

Work for the Lord. The pay isn't much, but the retirement
plan is out of this world.

 

Interested in going to heaven? Apply here for flight training!

 

Since you can't take it with you, why not leave it here?

 

You can't take it with you, but you can send it on ahead.

 

No parking. Violators will be turned into a pillar of salt.

 

We have a prophet-sharing plan for you.

 

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch.

 

Remember, "If you can laugh at it, you can live with it."

 

 

GOD never gives us more than we can handle
and He always has a Reason!

 

 

Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara

 

 
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