THE BRICK!!!

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, in his new Jaguar. Suddenly, a brick smashed into the Jaguar's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown - and saw a kid standing.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and shouted at him. ”What was that all about?  That's a new car and that brick you threw has caused damage that is going to cost a lot of money to repair. 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 he 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 man swallowed 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.  It’s our choice to listen or not. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us so we can STOP and LISTEN.

Thought for the day:

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.