The Brick

Please read this today and don't delete it, even if you are
too busy!! You'll see...


The Brick

A young and successful executive was traveling down a
neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.
He was watching for kids darting out from between parked
cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a
brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed
on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot
where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed
the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked
car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are
you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new
car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of
money. Why did you do it?'

The young boy was apologetic. 'Please, mister...please,
I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded.
'I threw the brick because no one else would stop...'
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the
youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's
my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out
of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.'

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive,
'Would you please help me get him back into his
wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the
rapidly swelling lump in his throat.. He hurriedly lifted
the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then
took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh
scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was
going to be okay.

'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child
told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man
simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound
brother down the sidewalk toward their home....

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage
was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to
repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to
remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast
that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your
attention!'

God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts.
Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to
throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.


Thought for the Day:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

He sends you flowers every spring.

He sends you a sunrise every morning Face it, friend -
He is crazy about you!

Send this to every 'beautiful person' you wish to bless.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without
sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for
the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Pass this message to seven people except you and me.

You will receive a miracle tomorrow


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--
Cindy Williams :-)
Founder of Teaching Hands
http://teaching-hands.blogspot.com
Building World-Wide Communities -- Together!