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Cleathero Creations Feb 5, 2006

>> > >>       A young and successful executive was traveling down a
>> neighborhood
>> > >>street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for
> kids
>> > >>darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought
> he
>> > >>saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a
> brick
>> > >>smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed
>> the
>> > >>Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry
>> > >>driver
>> > >>then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up
>> > >>against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are
> you?
>> > >>Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you
>> > >>threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young
> boy
>> > >>was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know
>> what
>> > >>else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would
>> > >>stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the
>> > >>youth
>> > >>pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother, "he
>> > >>said
>> "He
>> > >>rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift
> him
>> > >>up."
>> > >>
>> > >>       Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you
>> please
>> > >>help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too
>> > >>heavy
>> for
>> > >>me." Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly
>> swelling
>> > >>lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into
>> the
>> > >>wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the
>> > >>fresh
>
>> > >>scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be
> okay.
>> > >>"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the
> stranger.
>> > >>Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his
>> > >>wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home.
>> > >>
>> > >>       It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was
> very
>> > >>noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side
>> door.
>> > >>He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go
> through
>> > >>life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your
>> > >>attention!" God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts.
>> Sometimes
>> > >>when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us.
>> > >>It's
>> our
>> > >>choice to listen or not.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>       Thought for the Day:
>> > >>
>> > >>       If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
>> > >>
>> > >>       If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
>> > >>
>> > >>       He sends you flowers every spring. He sends you a sunrise
>> > >> every
>> > >>morning Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
>> > >>
>> > >>       Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to bless.
>> > >>
>> > >>       God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without
> sorrow,sun
>> > >>without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for
>> > >>the
>> > >>tears, and light for the way.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>       Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...
>> > >>
>> > >>       If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

beary_clairey Feb 5, 2006

A GLASS OF MILK

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank bit slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?

You don't owe me anything, she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said..... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled! They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at

once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business! office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words.....

"Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You, God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all, isn't that what life is all about?

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorFeb 5, 2006

Whoa!!!

patsylakebears Feb 5, 2006

Wow that is amazing Ginger ...... Bronwen and Claire thankyou for sharing