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Don't Wake Him Up
A man was giving his testimony at one of those old Salvation Army open
air
street meetings.
As he was testifying, a heckler in the crowd yelled, "Why don't you
shut
up and sit down? You're just dreaming."
Immediately that heckler felt a tug on his coat. He looked down to see
a
little girl, who said. "Sir, may I speak to you? That man who is
talking
up there is my daddy. Daddy used to be a drunkard. He used to spend all
of
the money he made on whiskey. My mother was very sad and would cry most
of
the time. Sometimes when my daddy came home, he would hit my mother. I
didn't have shoes or a nice dress to wear to school. But look at my
shoes.
And see this pretty dress? My daddy bought these for me."
But the little girl wasn't through with that heckler yet. "See my
mother
over there? She's the one with the bright smile on her face. She's
happy
now. She sings even when she's doing the ironing."
Then the little girl said, "Mister, if my daddy is dreaming, please
don't
wake him up."
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new. 2 Corinthians 5:17-19
Finder Keepers... or Givers
A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone
in
a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the
wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw
the
precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so
without hesitation.
The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was
worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later
he
came back to return the stone to the wise woman. "I've been thinking,"
he
said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope
that you can give me something even more precious:
Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the
stone."
"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the
name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him."
Colossians 3:17
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