THE BRICK
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.
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