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#1 · April 17, 2003, 12:19 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

<>< Only a Quarter ><>
 
  Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas.  Some weeks
  after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home
  to the downtown area.
 
  When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally
  given him a quarter too much change.
 
  As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, you better give
  the quarter back.  It would be wrong to keep it.  Then he thought,
  "Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter.  Who would worry about this
  little amount? Anyway the bus company already gets too much fare;
  they will never miss it.  Accept it as a gift from God and keep quiet."
 
  When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, then he
  handed the quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too
  much change."
 
  The driver with a smile, replied, "Aren't you the new preacher in
  town?  I have been thinking lately about going to worship somewhere.
  I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change."
 
  When my friend stepped off the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest
  light pole, and held on, and said, "O God, I almost sold your Son for
  a quarter."
 
  Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read.
 
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<>< Palm Monday ><>
 
The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride.
 
      He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. "I'll show myself to them" he thought.
 
      But they didn't notice him. They went on drawing their water and paid him no mind.
 
      "Throw your garments down," he said crossly. "Don't you know who I am?"
 
      They just looked at him in amazement. Someone slapped him across the tail and ordered him to move.
 
      "Miserable heathens!" he muttered to himself. "I'll just go to the market where the good people are. They will remember me."
 
      But the same thing happened. No one paid any attention to the donkey as he strutted down the main street in front of the market place.
 
      "The palm branches! Where are the palm branches!" he shouted. "Yesterday, you threw palm branches!"
 
      Hurt and confused, the donkey returned home to his mother.
 
      "Foolish child," she said gently. "Don't you realize that without him, you are just an ordinary donkey?"
 
      Just like the donkey who carried Jesus in Jerusalem, we are most fulfilled when we are in the service of Jesus Christ. Without him, all our best efforts are like "filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6) and amount to nothing. When we lift up Christ, however, we are no longer ordinary people but key players in God's plan to redeem the world.
 
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
 
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