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Prodigal:  I’m ready to eat!

Me:  Me too!

Prodigal:  But since the food is not here, just share with us.

Me:  This is from something I just read.

 

A Time for Remembering The Ruth Bell Graham Story by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

 

The Grahams, T.W. Wilson, Grady Wilson, and Calvin Thielman left the ranch late that afternoon by car, heading for San Antonio as the setting sun broke through the black clouds, splashing red and gold over the wet pavement.  The next morning, when no cameras or microphones were there to record events, they sat in the San Antonio airport eating breakfast.  A woman across the room eyes Billy for several minutes, her face bleak as though the wretchedness of all the world were held in a tiny knot in her heart.  Finally, she mustered enough courage to approach him.

“May I talk to you for just a minute?”  she said shakily.

Billy nodded for Calvin to move aside.  He listened to her.  Then, heads bowed, he prayed with her.  When she left, tears in her eyes, Calvin apologized to Billy for not shielding him so he could finish his breakfast before his eggs were cold.

“No,”  Billy said.  “You did the right thing.  Her mother is dying from cancer and her heart is very heavy.  She wanted me to pray for her.”

 

Remember the people are the most important thing.  It is not the food, it is not your closest friends.  It is God being the focus in your interactions with others.

 

But the Lord is in his holy temple:  let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:20

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodialpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org