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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.
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