Good story!!
The Pastor and his son
A good reminder of God's Love.
Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the
Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand
out Gospel Tracts.
This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his
son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as
well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest
clothes and said, 'OK, dad, I'm ready.'
His Pastor dad asked, 'Ready for what?',
IT,S TIME WE GATHER OUR TRACTS TOGETHER " DAD AND GO OUT"
DAD RESPONDS, SON' IT,S VERY COLD OUTSIDE AND IT,S POURING DOWN RAIN''
The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad, aren't people
still going to Hell, even though it's raining?'
Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.' despondently, the
boy ask's, 'Dad, can I go? Please?'
His father hesitated for a moment then said, 'Son , you can go. Here are
the tract s, be careful son.'
'Thanks Dad!'
And with that, he was off and out into the rain. his eleven year old boy
walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he
met in the street a Gospel Tract.
After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone- chilled wet
and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for
someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted.
Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to
the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody
answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered.. He
waited but still no answer.
Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something
stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked
loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there
on the front porch! He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.
Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady.. She softly
asked, 'What can I do for you, son?' With radiant eyes and a smile that
lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed
you, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I
came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about
JESUS and His great LOVE.'
With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to
him as he departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'
Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit.
As the service began, he asked, 'Does anybody have any testimony or want
to say anything?'
Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet.
As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, 'No
one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before
last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago,
leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly
cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end
of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live.
So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of
my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood
on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck.
Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap
off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me.
I thought, 'I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.' I waited
and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more
insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I
thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my
bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck and started for
the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.
When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for
there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had
ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The
words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO
LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, ' Ma'am, I just
came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.' Then he gave me this
Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand.
As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed
my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to
my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more.
You see---I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your
church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to
personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick
of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell.'
There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor
to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad
descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was
seated.
He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church
has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen
a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for
One.
Our Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He
received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted
praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne
far above all principality and power and every name that is named.
Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.
Don't let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. Heaven is
for His people! Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the
life of someone close to you.
Please share this wonderful message...
'Faith is the affirmation and the act that bids eternal truth be present
fact.' - Coleridge
Just 3 Words
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back -
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity
Three things in life that can destroy a person -
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness
Three things in life that you should never lose-
1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Honesty
Three things in life that are most valuable -
1. Love
2. Family & Friends
3. Kindness
Three things in life that are never certain -
1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams
Three things that make a person -
1. Commitment
2. Sincerity
3. Hard work
Three things that are truly constant -
Father - Son - Holy Spirit
I ask the Lord to bless you, as I pray for you today. God's love is
always with you, God's promises are true. And when you trust in him God
sees his son Jesus alive in you. In Jesus' Name. Amen
Pass this along to People you want God to Bless - I just did!
THE FISHING POLE
