Essay from a Child

Got this in the email from a friend writing from Dubai. Here is a lesson for busy parents in denial.

ESSAY FROM A CHILD

A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write a essay about what they would like God to do for them...
At the end of the day while marking the essays, she read one that made her very emotional. Her husband, that had just walked in saw her crying and asked her: - What happened?

She answered - Read this. It's one of my students essays

Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special: Make me into a television. I want to take its place. Live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, And have my family around ME. To be taken seriously when I talk.... I want to be the center of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. 
And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me... And... I want my brothers to fight to be with me... I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least make it that I can make them all happy and entertain them...

Lord I don't ask you for much... I just want to live like every TV

At that moment the husband said:- 'My God, poor kid. What horrible parents!

She looked up at him and said:- 'That essay is our son's!!!     

Farewell to my Father

My father was often uncomfortable and in pain when I visited him in ICU, but I don't ever remember him smiling so much too especially when my brother and sister were also present. He had been preparing to go for many years but no one knows when their day will come.

If he had lived with many regrets, he has found the secret of dying with none. Both my parents died well. All of us would want to go this way.

Phillips Craig & Dean "Nothing To Prove"

As my father lies in ICU waiting for the end to arrive, I receive this from Pam. This is so beautiful and appropriate, I have to share it with all of you. We all need something like this sometime.

"Imagine"

Got this in the email this morning. Gotta to share with all of you. As I watched this my thoughts strayed to the emails and newspapers I received yesterday. The rise of China, the decline of America....and Pam quoted this from Thomas Jefferson, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"...this I am taught from young is erroneous but now I know eventually science which is always work in progress will not prove (it can't) but eventually agree this to be correct. I can't wait for it to be sooner. But this is not the point. It is Grace that trumps and triumphs over all of them. And Grace is available now.

Patrick Henry Hughes

My friend in Seattle sent me this. I have seen a shorter version but this one is much better and in HQ too. These are the sort of things we celebrate. Now every child afflicted like Patrick Henry Hughes has such obvious gifts, but we must have faith that they have hidden gifts and are willing to put in the hard work to discover them.

It's Well With My Soul

My wife posted this to her Facebook page and I am reproducing it here. A true and meaningful story, which far too many sufferers continue to miss the message. Can God who is good allow evil in this world?

Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity? Job 2:10

"God on the mountain" with Lynda Randle

Brought to my attention by a friend and I am sure many of you will find it most encouraging.



Life is easy when you're up on the mountain
And you've got peace of mind like you've never known.
But then things change and you're down in the valley.
Don't lose faith for you're never alone.

For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.
The God of the day is still God in the night.

You talk of faith when you're up on the mountain.
Oh but the talk comes easy when life's at its best.
But it's down in the valley of trials and temptation
That's when faith is really put to the test.

For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.
The God of the day is still God in the night.

For the God on the mountain is still God in the valley.
When things go wrong, He'll make it right.
And the God of the good times
is still God in the bad times.

The God of the day is still God in the night.
The God of the day is still God in the night.


"God On The Mountain" words and music by Tracy G. Dartt