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Story Time
Started by socalgold at 02-12-2007 9:53 PM. Topic has 5 replies.
  
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 02-12-2007, 9:53 PM
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socalgold
 
Joined on 01-25-2006
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A Seminary professor was vacationing
with his wife in Gatlinburg,Tennessee.
One morning, they were eating breakfast
in a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a
quiet, family meal.
While they were waiting for their food,
they noticed a distinguished looking,
white haired man moving from table
to table, visiting with the guests.
The professor leaned over and whispered to his wife, "I hope he doesn't come over here."But sure enough, the man did come over to their table.
"Where are you folks from?" he asked in a friendly voice.
"Oklahoma," they answered.
"Great to have you here in Tennessee," the stranger said.
"What do you do for a living?"
"I teach at a seminary," he replied.
"Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do you?
Well, I've got a really good story for you."
And with that, the gentleman pulled up a chair and
sat down at the table with the couple.
The professor groaned and thought to himself,
"Great, just what I need--another preacher story!
The man started, "See that mountain over there?" (pointing out a restaurant window).
"Not far from the base of that mountain, there was
a boy born to an unwed mother.
He had a hard time growing up, because every
place he went, he was always asked the same question.
"Hey boy, who's your daddy?"
Whether he was at school, in the grocery
store or drug store, people would ask the
same question. "Who's your daddy?"
He would hide at recess and lunchtime
from other students.
He would avoid going into stores because
that question hurt him so much.
When he was about 12 years old, a new
preacher came to his church.
He would always go in late and slip out
early to avoid hearing the question,
"Who's your daddy ?"
But one day, the new preacher said the
benediction so fast, he got caught and
had to walk out with the crowd. Just about the time he got to the back door, the new preacher, not knowing anything about him put his hand on his
shoulder and asked him, "Son, who's your daddy?"
The whole church got deathly quiet. He could feel every eye in the church
looking at him.
Now everyone would finally know the
answer to the, question, "Who's
your daddy?"
The new preacher, though, sensed the
situation around him and using discernment
that only the Holy Spirit could give, said
the following to the scared little boy.
"Wait a minute!" he said.
"I know who you are. I see the family
resemblance now.
You are a child of God."
With that, He patted the boy on his
shoulde r and said. "Boy, you've got
a great inheritance. Go and claim it."
With that, the boy smiled for the first
time in a long time and walked out
the door a changed person. He was never the same again. Whenever anybody asked him, "Who's your Daddy?" he'd just tell them, I'm a child of God."
The distinguished gentleman got up
from the table and said, "Isn't that a
great story?"
The professor responded that it really
was a great story!
As the man turned to leave, he said,
"You know, if that new preacher hadn't
told me that I was one of God's
children, I probably would never have amounted to anything!"
And he walked away.
The seminary professor and his wife were stunned.
He called the waitress over and asked her,
"Do you know that man who just left that
was sitting at our table?"
The waitress grinned and said, "Of course.
Everybody here knows him. That's Ben Hooper. He's the former governor of Tennessee!"
Someone in your life today needs a reminder
that they are one of God's children.
"The grass withers and the flowers fade, but
the Word of God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
YOU'RE ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN I SEE THE RESEMBLANCE NOW.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
I Love My Country
It's the government I'm Afraid OF
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02-12-2007, 10:29 PM
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twig/al
Joined on 01-24-2006
Gadsden, Alabama
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socalgold, that is a good one!
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02-13-2007, 7:49 PM
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Alabamasam
Joined on 02-24-2006
Hillsboro, AL
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"Now we need to go out and act like it"
How right you are Herschel!
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02-13-2007, 9:34 PM
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fireman93514
Joined on 01-25-2006
Bishop CA
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