Quote from Forum Archives on October 27, 2004, 6:30 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

 "Tangled Hair"     
 

      

  Beth, was sitting at an airport terminal, waiting to board a plane.
  She was sitting there with several other people who were also waiting,
  whom she did not know.
 
  As she waited, she pulled out her Bible and started reading. Suddenly
  she felt as if the people sitting there around her, were looking at her.
  She looked up, but realized that they were looking just over her head,
  in the direction right behind her.
 
  When she turned around to see what everyone was looking at she saw a
  stewardess pushing a wheelchair, with the ugliest old man sitting in it,
  that she had ever seen before. He had long white hair that was all
  tangled and such a mess. His face was really, really wrinkled, and he
  didn't look friendly at all.
 
  She didn't know why, but she felt drawn to the man, and thought at first
  that God wanted her to witness to him. In her mind she said she was
  thinking, "Oh, God, please, not now, not here."
 
  No matter what she did, she couldn't get the man off of her mind, and
  suddenly she knew what God wanted her to do. She was supposed to brush
  this old man's hair.
 
  She knelt down in front of the old man, and asked "Sir may I have the
  honor of brushing your hair for you?"
 
  He said "What?"
 
  She thought, "Oh great, he's hard of hearing." Again, a little louder,
  she asked, "Sir, may I have the honor of brushing your hair for you?"
 
  He answered, "If you are going to talk to me, you are going to have to
  speak up, I am practically deaf."
 
  This time, she was almost yelling, "Sir may I please have the honor of
  brushing your hair for you?"
 
  Everyone was watching to see what his response would be. The old man
  just looked at her confused, and said "Well, I guess if you really want
  to."
 
  She said, "I don't even have a brush, but I thought I would ask anyway."
 
  He said, "Look in the bag hanging on the back of my chair, there is a
  brush in there."
 
  She got the brush out and started brushing his hair. (She had a little
  girl with long hair, so she had lots of experience in getting tangles out,
  and knew how to be gentle with him.) She worked for a long time, until
  every last tangle was out.
 
  Just as she was finishing up, she heard the old man crying, and she put
  her hands on his knees, knelt in front of him again looking directly
  into his eyes, and asked "Sir, do you know Jesus?"
 
  He answered, "Yes, of course I know Jesus. You see, my bride told me
  she couldn't marry me unless I knew Jesus, so I learned all about
  Jesus, and asked Him to come into my heart many years ago, before I
  married my bride."
 
  He continued, "You know, I am on my way home to go and see my wife. I've
  been in the hospital for a long time, and had to have a special surgery
  in a town far from my home. My wife couldn't come with me, because she
  is so frail herself. I was so worried about how terrible my hair looked,
  and I didn't want her to see me looking so awful, but I couldn't brush
  my hair, all by myself."
 
  Tears were rolling down his cheeks, as he thanked Beth for brushing his
  hair. He thanked her over and over again.
 
  She was crying, people all around witnessing this were crying, and as
  they were all boarding the plane, the stewardess, who was also crying,
  stopped her, and asked, "Why did you do that?"
 
  And right there was the opportunity, the door that had been opened to
  share with someone else, the love of God.

 

  We don't always understand God's ways, but be ready, He may use us to
  meet the need of someone else, like He met the need of this old man,
  and in that moment, He may also be calling out to a lost soul who needs
  to know about His love.
 
     Author Unknown

 

 

"The Most Important Body Part"     

 

 

My mother used to ask me:
"What is the most important part of the body?"

 

Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the
correct answer.

 

When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as
humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy."
She said, "No Many people are deaf.
But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

 

Several years passed before she asked me again.  Since making my
first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer.  So this
time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody,
so it must be our eyes.  She looked at me and told me, "You are
learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are
many people who are blind."

 

Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge.  Over the
years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer
was, "No, but you are getting smarter every year, my child."

 

Then last year, my grandpa died.
Everybody was hurt.
Everybody was crying.
Even my father cried.
I remember that especially because it was only the second time I
saw him cry.  My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say
our final good-bye to Grandpa.

 

She asked me,
"Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"

 

I was shocked when she asked me this now.
I always thought this was a game between her and me.
She saw the confusion on my face and told me,
"This question is very important.
It shows that you have really lived in your life.

 

For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you was
wrong and I have given you an example why.
But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson."

 

She looked down at me as only a mother can.
I saw her eyes well up with tears.  She said,

 

"My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder."

 

I asked, "Is it because it holds up my head?"
She replied, "No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend
or a loved one when they cry.

 

Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear.
I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will
always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."

 

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a
selfish one.  It is sympathetic to the pain of others.

 

People will forget what you said...
People will forget what you did....
But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.

 

Author Unknown

 

True or not, the story makes you stop and think.

Be blessed.  Be a blessing.  Get your shoulder ready.

 

 

Have a Blessed Day

Dave and Barbara

 

 

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