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...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 his fancy 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.

================================================================= When I rise
full of love
for life and laughter
and the me that I am
love will meet me....
when I rise
above my own neediness
fears
and frustrated tears
and allow myself to be warmed by the Son
love will shine on me...
when I rise
past prayerlessness
desperate hopes
sleepless nights
and wondering why I'm alone
love will wrap me in it's arms....
when I rise
beyond sacrificing who I am
mistreating my heart
and giving my affections
too freely to the ungrateful....
when I rise
above
accepting scraps
when I crave for a whole slice of cake
reaching for carrots
that are merely mirages of together forever
accepting another's rejection
as validation of my undesirability....
when I rise...
oh when I rise
when I rise above it all
my wings will carry me
to a place called faith
and deliverance
a place where
the lies whispered in the dark
must flee
in the face of such intense light...
for this is the place
where God is
and love dwells
for God and love are the same...
and as I rise ever higher
chains snapping from my heart
my mind
my soul
I soar ever higher
carried on the wings of love itself...
yes I rise
and love kisses me deeply
ever so sweetly
and whispers
I'm home...

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