Come with me to a third grade classroom.
There is a nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all
of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the
front of his pants are wet.
He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot
possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never
happened before, and he knows that when the boys find
out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls
find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he
lives.
The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his
head down and prays this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an
emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm
dead meat.'
He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher
with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.
As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named
Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with
water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and
inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's
lap.The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is
saying to himself,'Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!'
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of
ridicule, the boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher
rushes him down stairs and gives him gym shorts to put
on while his pants dry out. All the other children are
on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk.The
sympathy is wonderful. But as life would have it, the
ridicule that should have been his has been transferred
to someone else - Susie.
She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've
done enough, you klutz!'
Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for
the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You
did that on purpose, didn't you?' Susie whispers back,
'I wet my pants once too.'
May God help us see the opportunities that are always
around us to do good..
Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a
Christian any more than standing in your garage makes
you a car.
Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times
right
now, but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that
only He can. Keep the faith.
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This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best
gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards.
Let's continue to pray for one another.
The Prayer:
Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and
those that I care deeply for, who are reading this right
now. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power.
Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at
this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your
peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a
renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is
need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their
homes,families, finances, their goings and their
comings. Amen.