Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 23:24:12 -0600 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 10:08 PM > Subject: Thoughts to help us grow > > > >The Most Caring Child > >Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a > >contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the > >most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door > >neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon > >seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, > >climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what > >he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped > >him cry." > > > >*********** > >What It Means to Be Adopted > > > >Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing > >picture of a family. > >One little boy in the picture had a different color > >hair than the other family members. One child suggested that he was > >adopted and a little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I > >was adopted." "What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another > >child. "It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart > >instead of her tummy." > > > > ********* > > > >Barney > > > >A four year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. > >As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, > >he asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in here?" > > > >The little girl stayed silent. > > > >Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked > >down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the > >Cookie Monster down there?" > > > >Again, the little girl was silent. > > > >Then the doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he > >listened to her heart beat, he asked, "Do you think > >I'll hear Barney in there?" > > > >Oh, no!" the little girl replied. "Jesus is in my > >heart. Barney's on my underpants." > > > >********* > > > >Discouraged? > > > >As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to > >watch a local Little League baseball game that was being > >played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the > >bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what > > the score was. "We're behind 14 to nothing," he > >answered with a smile. > > > >"Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very > > discouraged." > > > >"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on > >his face. "Why should we be discouraged? We > >haven't been up to bat yet." > > > >********* > > > >Roles And How We Play Them > > > >Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in my life, I > >stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was > >trying out for a part in a school play. His mother > >told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, > >though she feared he would not be chosen. > > > >On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to > >collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, > >eyes shining with pride and excitement. "Guess > >what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words > >that will remain a lesson to me: > > > >"I've been chosen to clap and cheer." > > > >*********** > > > >A Lesson In Heart > > > >A lesson in "heart" is my little, 10 year old > >daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle > >missing in her foot and wears a brace > >all the time. She came home one beautiful > >spring day to tell me she had competed in "field day" - > > that's where they have lots of races and other > >competitive events. Because of her leg support, > >my mind raced as I tried to think of encouragement > >for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting > >this get her down - but before I could get a word out, > >she said "Daddy, I won two of the races!" > > > >I couldn't believe it! And then Sarah said, "I had an > >advantage." > > > >Ah. I knew it. I thought she must have been given a > >head start...some kind of physical advantage. But > >again, before I could say anything, she said, > > > >"Daddy, I didn't get a head start... My advantage was > >I had to try harder!" > >********** > >GOD > >An Eyewitness Account from New York City, on a cold day in > >December...(Wishfully, this is the kind of thing that would happen > >frequently, everywhere...) .A little boy about 10 years old was standing > >before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the > >window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My > >little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?" "I was > >asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the > >boys reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store > >and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She > >then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly > >brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the > >store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and > >dried them with a towel. > >By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon > >the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the > >remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on > >the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more > >comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by > >the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears his eyes, answered the > >question with these words: > > > >"Are you God's Wife?" > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > There's a storm coming, our Storm. PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO A DYING WORLD Say to the captives, 'come out,' and those in darkness, 'Be free!' Isaiah 49:9 Love in Jesus Adrian Bonham aka Morning Light, The Larrikin I looked to the heavens to where God dwells I looked into my life to see he lives there as well. Outpost 49 Hawkesbury Royal Rangers Windsor, N.S.W. 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