A wealthy tycoon made arrangements with his attorney that at his death, all his fortune would be converted to gold bars and buried with him so he could take it to heaven.
Eventually the day came, and he arrived at the Pearly Gates with a huge moving truck. St. Peter said, “OK. This is unusual. What’s in the truck?”
The doors to the truck were swung open revealing thousands of gold bars, and St. Peter exclaimed, “Pavement! Thank you!”
Just a reminder that there are lots of “things” we accumulate in this life that have no eternal value. Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Today’s True Story … a new feature about the many people I have met, events I have witnessed, and stories I have heard.
In 2009, I became the host of a national radio program called “The Healing Touch,” which aired on XM & Sirius Satellite Radio, from midnight to 2:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. Using six incoming 800 lines, I chatted with people across North America about growing in faith and prayed with them about life’s problems. The following is a true story from listeners who called in to the live talk show.
TEMPORARY SHOES
Billie went shopping with her husband David, and they found a close-out bin with a pair of great shoes that fit David perfectly. He didn’t come shopping for shoes, and really didn’t need another pair, but they couldn’t pass up the deal. The next day, he went to work and wore them all day … best feeling shoes in a long time, name brand, first class, what a bargain. Then there was the man walking down the road as David drove home from work … a man wearing only one shoe. David stopped and the man explained his other shoe fell apart. David took his off and they fit the man perfectly. It made the man cry, and David drove away, the former owner of a temporary pair of bargain shoes. A God-designed encounter.
Have a safe and healthy weekend,
Chaplain Mark
Your true story reminded me of when my husband Rick Bonner was working with the homeless. He went into one of the camps and a guy setting in the camp to my husband he would like a pair of socks. Rick said I don’t have any with me today. All I have is these I have on. The man said those will work, so Rick pulled the off and gave them to the man. You would have thought he gave him a million dollars. The homeless man said thank you a dozen time and had the biggest smile on his face. The small things to us may be a big thing to others.