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GOD'S CHILDREN
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A
seminary professor was vacationing with his wife
in Gatlinburg, TN. One
morning, they were eating breakfast at a little
restaurant,
hoping to enjoy a quite, family meal. While they
were waiting for
their food, they they noticed a distinguished
looking, white-haired
man moving from table to table, visiting with the
guests. |
The
professor leaned over and whispered to his wife, "I hope
he
doesn't come over here." But sure enough, the man did come
over
to their table.
"Where are you folks from?" he asked in a friendly
voice.
"Oklahoma," they answered.
"Great to have you here in Tennessee," the stranger
said. "What do you
do for a living?"
"I teach at a seminary," he replied.
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"Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do
you? Well,
I've got a really great story for you." And with
that, the gentleman pulled up a
chair and sat down at the table with
the couple. The professor groaned and thought to
himself, "Great... Just what I need... another
preacher story!" |
The man started, "See that mountain over
there? (pointing
out the restaurant window). Not far from the base of
that mountain, there
was a boy born to an unwed mother. He
had a hard time growing up, because every place he
went,
he was always asked the same question, 'Hey boy, Who's
your daddy?'
Whether he was at school, in the grocery store or drug
store, people would ask the same question, 'Who's your
daddy?' He would hide at recess and lunchtime from other
students. He would avoid going in to stores because that
question hurt him so badly.
He would always go into church late and slip out early
to avoid hearing the question, 'Who's
your daddy?'
When he was about 12 years old, a new preacher came to
his church, the new preacher said the benediction so
fast he got caught
and had to walk out with the crowd.
Just about the time he got to the Back door, the new
preacher, not knowing anything about him, put his hand
on his shoulder and
asked him, Son, who's your daddy? The whole
church got deathly quiet.
He could feel every eye in the church looking at him.
Now everyone would finally know the answer to the
question, 'Who's your daddy.'
This new preacher, though, sensed the situation around
him & using discernment that only the Holy Spirit could
give, said the following to that scared little boy...
"Wait a minute!' he said".
'I know who you are. I see the
family resemblance now. You are
a child of God.' With that he patted the boy on his
shoulder and said, Boy, you've got a great inheritance.
Go and claim it. With that, the boy
smiled for the first time in
a long time and walked out the door a changed person.
He was never the same again. Whenever
anybody asked him, 'Who's your Daddy?' he'd just tell
them, 'I'm a Child of God.'"
The distinguished gentleman got up from the table and
said, "Isn't that a great story?" The professor
responded that it really was a great story! As the man
turned to leave, he said, "You know,
if that new preacher hadn't told me that
I was one of God's children, I probably never would have
amounted to anything!" And he walked away.
The seminary professor and his wife were stunned. He
called the waitress over & asked her, "Do you know who
that man was who just left that was sitting at our
table?"
The waitress grinned and said, "Of course. Everybody
here knows him. That's Ben Hooper. He's the former
governor of Tennessee!"
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There is someone who needs to see this to be able
to have a good
life, and learn about the Lord, and being God's
Child. You may or may not know
who it is, I do not know who it is. If
you will share this, God will see that they get
it. It may take ten forwards, but it will get to
them. |
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AUTHOR UNKNOWN .....
THANKS .....
DONNA .....
FOR SHARING
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MUSIC ..... HE TOUCHED ME |
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