Quote from Forum Archives on June 5, 2006, 9:07 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"THE WEATHERED OLD BARN"

 

 

A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking.

He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway.

 

I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell by his
clothes, his  car, his hands, and the way he talked.

 

He said he was driving by and saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the
tall grass and wanted to know if it was for sale. I told him he had a funny
idea of beauty.

 

Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's been a lot of
winters pass with their snow and ice and howling wind. The summer sun's
beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has
turned silver gray. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of
tired. Yet, that fellow called it beautiful.

 

That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there,
gazing at that old barn. The stranger said he planned to use the lumber to
line the walls of his den in a new country home he's building down the road.
He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful. Only years of standing in the
weather, bearing the storms and scorching sun, only that can produce
beautiful barn wood.

 

It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I. Only it's on the
inside that the beauty grows with us. Sure we turn silver gray too... and
lean a bit more than we did when we were young and full of sap.

 

But the Good Lord knows what He's doing. And as the years pass He's busy
using the hard wealth of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy seasons,
to do a  job of beautifying our souls that nothing else can produce.

 

And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy!

 

They took the old barn down today and hauled it away to beautify a rich
man's house. And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off to Heaven to
take on whatever chores the Good Lord has for us on the Great Sky Ranch.

 

And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then because of the seasons we've been
through here... and just maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's
house.

 

May today there be peace within you.

 

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

 

"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our
wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

 

 

"A Child's Angel"

 

 

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God:

 

They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?

 

Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.

 

But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy.

 

Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.

 

And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the language that men talk?

 

Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.

 

And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?

 

Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.

 

I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?

 

Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

 

But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.

 

Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you.

 

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard, and the child in a hurry asked softly: Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.

 

Your angel's name is of no importance, you will call your angel: Mommy

 

 

Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara

 

 

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