WET PANTS
Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a
nine-year-old kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is
a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He
thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine
how this has happened. It's never happened before, and he knows that
when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the
girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he lives.
The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down
and prays this prayer, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help
now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat."
He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look
in her eyes that says he has been discovered.
As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is
carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in
front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the
boy's lap.
The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to
himself, "Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!"
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the
boy is the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and
gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other
children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk.
The sympathy is wonderful. But as
life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been
transferred to someone else - Susie.
She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough,
you klutz!"
Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the
boy walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose,
didn't you?" Susie whispers back, "I wet my pants once too."
May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to
do good.
Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any
more than standing in your garage makes you a car. Each and everyone
one of us is going through tough times right now, but God is getting
ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.
This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we
receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to
pray for one another.
The prayer:
Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I
care deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new
revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister
to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them
Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed
confidence through Your grace. Where there is need, I ask you to
fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their
goings and their comings. Amen.
Obstacles are what you see when you loose sight of your goals.