The young man had lost his job and didn't know which way to turn. So he went to see the old preacher. Pacing about the preacher's study, the young man ranted about his problem. Finally he clenched his fist and shouted, "I've begged God to say something to help me. Tell me, Preacher, why doesn't God answer?"
The old preacher, who sat across the room, spoke something in reply -- something so hushed it was indistinguishable.
The young man stepped across the room. "What did you say?" he asked.
The preacher repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper.
So the young man moved closer until he was leaning on the preacher's chair.
"Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you."
With their heads bent together, the old preacher spoke once more.
"God sometimes whispers," he said, "so we will move closer to hear Him.."
This time the young man heard and he understood.
We all want God's voice to thunder through the air with the answer to our problem.
But God's is the still, small voice . . . the gentle whisper.
Perhaps there's a reason.
Nothing draws human focus quite like a whisper.
God's whisper means I must stop my ranting and move close to Him, until my head is bent together with His.
And then, as I listen, I will find my answer.
Better still, I find myself closer to God.
OUR HIDDEN WISH
you keep on wishing thingswithout giving a real thoughtbetter guard your thinking, dear
for it might be delivered to your doorstep...
just be grateful for all the things
that is coming on your way
be it your job or something
just learn to smile and pray...
people and all the situations
sometimes are beyond control
disrupting our long-term plans
creating havoc on our lives...
always remember this
there is no coincidence
things are happening to us
because it is our hidden wish....
Umemployed Graduate
An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket. All he had left was $10.
He decided to use it to buy food and then wait for death as he was too proud to go begging.
He was frustrated as he could find no job, and nobody was ready to help him.
He bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man and two little children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had not eaten for almost a week.
He looked at them.
They were so lean that he could see their bones coming out.
Their eyes had gone into the sockets.
With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them the food.
The old man and children prayed that God would bless and prosper him and then gave him a very old coin.
The young graduate said to them 'you need the prayer more than I do'.
With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge to rest and wait for death.
As he was about to sleep, he saw an old newspaper on the ground.
He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an advertisement for people with old coins to come to a certain address.
He decided to go there with the old coin the old man gave him.
On getting to the place, he gave the proprietor the coin.
The proprietor screamed, brought out a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph.
This same old coin was worth 3 million dollars.
The young graduate was overjoyed as the proprietor gave him a bank draft for 3 million dollars within an hour.
He collected the Bank Draft and went insearch of the old man and little children.
By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone.
He asked the owner of the canteen if he knew them.
He said no but they left a note for you.
He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to find them.
This is what the note said: 'You gave us your all and we have rewarded you back with the coin,' signed God the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost.
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