“At the end of this street you can see the house from here.” “O sir,” said Annie, “sister here is so sick she cannot walk, and we cannot get home.” “Ī brawny German in broken accents, asks “O children, what is the matter?” He does not see us perhaps the trees hide us.
“He comes this way he walks slowly, looking around on every side. “Oh yes, there he is this time with his hat on, ” said Annie. “That may not be the one whom God will send to help us,” said Vanie. O sister, he has gone in again what shall we do? He puts his hand to his head, as if he did not know what to do. “Well,” said Vanie, “perhaps he is not the one God is going to send. “O sister, he has gone in again, “ said Annie. Presently Annie saw, far down the street on the opposite side, a man come out from a factory, look around him, up and down the street, and go back into the factory. The simple and brief prayer being ended, the sick girl was again helped up, and sat on the basket, waiting the answer to their prayers. There, on the sidewalk, did these two little children ask God to send some one to help them home.
Now you help me to get down upon my knees, and hold me up, and we will pray.” Soon the elder girl said: “You know, Annie, that a good while ago mother told us that if we ever got into trouble, we should pray, and God would help us. Too timid to go into any workshop, they sat a while, as silent and quiet as the distressing pains would allow. The little girls were at a loss what to do. Everyone was busy within not a person was seen on the street. The street was a lonely one, occupied by workshops, factories, etc. She sat down on the basket, and the younger one held her from falling. She was in great pain, and unable to proceed, much less to bear the basket home. One morning, with basket well filled, they were returning home when the elder one was taken suddenly sick with cramps or cholera. Two sisters, one about five years of age, the other next older, were accustomed to go each Saturday morning, some distance from home, to get chips and shavings from a cooper shop. Why can’t you play practical jokes on snakes?ĭid you hear about the cemetery that raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living! The policeman replies, “I don’t care who you know! You’re getting a ticket!” The woman answers, “Well, I have contacts.” He says, “Lady, it says here that you should be wearing glasses.”
The man then asked, “God, can I have a penny?”Ī policeman stops a lady and asks for her license. The man asked, “God, how much is a million dollars?” God answered, “In my frame of reference, it’s about a minute.” “God”, he said, “how long is a million years?” He was identifying shapes when he decided to talk to God. “And did you ask Him what sin I committed?”Ī man was taking it easy, lying on the grass and looking up at the clouds. When she came to the church a few days later the minister asked, “Did He visit you?” She said, “Yes.” The minister, skeptical of her claims, asked her, “The next time you speak to the Lord, would you please ask Him what sin your minister committed while he was in Bible school.” The woman kindly agreed. Even so, he had suffered years of remorse over the incident without any sense of God’s forgiveness.Ī woman in his church deeply loved God and claimed to have visions in which Jesus Christ spoke to her. No one knew what he had done, but they did know he had repented. He had committed the sin many years before, during his Bible school training. Kingdom Pursuits Podcast – Click To Listenįor Jother Archives and Funny Pictures belowĪ much loved-minister of God once carried a secret burden of long- past sin deep in his heart.