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!
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