How Much Does A Prayer Weigh?
Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a
look of defeat on her face, walked into a
grocery store. She approached the owner of
the store in a most humble manner and asked
if he would let her charge a few groceries.
She softly explained that her husband was
very ill and unable to work, they had seven
children and they needed food.
John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her
and requested that she leave his store.
Visualizing the family needs, she said:
"Please, sir! I will bring you the money
just as soon as I can."
John told her he could not give her
credit, as she did not have a charge
account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer
who over heard the conversation between the
two. The customer walked forward and told
the grocer thathe would stand good for
whatever she needed for her family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice,
"Do you have a grocery list?"
Louise replied, "Yes sir"
"O.K." he said, "put your grocery list
on the scales and whatever your grocery
list weighs, I will give you that amount
in groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed
head, then she reached into her purse and
took out a piece of paper and scribbled
something on it. She then laid the piece
of paper on the scale carefully with her
head still bowed.
The eyes of the grocer and the customer
showed amazement when the scales went
down and stayed down.
The grocer, staring at the scales,
turned slowly to the customer and said
begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
The customer smiled and the grocer started
putting the groceries on the other side of
the scales. The scale did not balance so he
continued to put more and more groceries on
them until the scales would hold no more.
The grocer stood there in utter disgust.
Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from
the scales and looked at it with greater
amazement. It was not a grocery list, it
was a prayer which said:
"Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am
leaving this in your hands."
The grocer gave her the groceries that he
had gathered and stood in stunned silence.
Louise thanked him and left the store.
The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill
to the grocer and said, "It was worth every
penny of it."
It was sometime later that the
grocer discovered the scales were
broken; therefore,only
God knows how much a prayer weighs.
Return to Main Page
Music:
Emmanuel
By:
Unknown Sequencer
Thank you for visiting my site
please come back again
Please Note
All poems and graphics on my
pages are (copyrighted)others
or myself Please do not use any
of the poems, music or graphics
without (written permission.)
music on this page is for
entertainment puposes only
Thank you
| |
