desert_isl <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>I second that! Thanks so much for the awesome message!!
>
>--- In AffirmationstoDe-Stress@yahoogroups.com, "jvpdriven" <jvpantozzi@...> wrote:
>>
>> The Lord works in mysterious ways. Amen to this story.
>>
>>
>> Jvpdriven
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In AffirmationstoDe-Stress@yahoogroups.com, Pam Scriber <usmawife@> wrote:
>> >
>> > The Weight of a PrayerLouise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of
>> > defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner
>> > of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a
>> > few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and
>> > unable to work. They had seven children and they needed food.
>> >
>> > John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his
>> > store. Visualizing the family needs, she said: "Please, sir! I will bring
>> > you the money just as soon as I can." John told her he could not give her
>> > credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.
>> >
>> > Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation
>> > between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that he
>> > would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.
>> >
>> > The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?"
>> > Louise replied, "Yes sir." "Okay" he said, "put your grocery list on the
>> > scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount
>> > in groceries."
>> >
>> > Louise hesitated a moment with a bowed head. Then she reached into her
>> > purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then
>> > laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.
>> >
>> > The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scale
>> > went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly
>> > to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer
>> > smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of
>> > the scales.
>> >
>> > The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on
>> > them until the scales would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter
>> > disgust.
>> >
>> > Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it
>> > with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list. It was instead a prayer
>> > which said: "Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your
>> > hands."
>> >
>> > The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in stunned
>> > silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer handed a
>> > fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said, "It was worth every penny of it."
>> >
>> > It was sometime later that the grocer discovered the scales were broken;
>> > therefore, only God knows how much a prayer weighs.
>> >
>>
>
>
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