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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/20/2003 1:49 pm  
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      "At the Window"


      There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He
      was  given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He
practiced in
      the woods,  but he could never hit the target. Getting a little
      discouraged, he headed  back for dinner. As he was walking back
he
      saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out  of impulse, he let the
slingshot
      fly, hit the duck square in the head, and  killed it. He was
shocked
      and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in  the wood pile,
only
      to see his sister watching.


      Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next
day
      Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said,
      "Grandma,  Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then
she
      whispered to  him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the
dishes.


      Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go
fishing
      and  Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make
supper."
      Sally just  smiled and said, "Well that's all right because
Johnny
      told me he wanted to  help." She whispered again, "Remember the
      duck?" So Sally went fishing and  Johnny stayed to help.


      After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's
he
      finally  couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and
      confessed the he had  killed the duck.


      Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said,   Sweetheart, I
know.
      You see,  I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing.
But
      because I love  you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long
you
      would let Sally make  a slave of you."


      Thought for the day and everyday there after: Whatever is in
your
      past,  whatever you have done -- and the devil keeps throwing it
up
      in your face  (lying, debt, fear, hatred, anger, unforgiveness
      bitterness, etc.) whatever  it is, you need to know that God was
      standing at the window and He saw the
      whole thing, He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know
that
      He  loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how
long
      you will  let the devil make a slave of you. The great thing
about
      God is that when  you ask for forgiveness, He not only forgives
you,
      but He forgets - It is  by God's Grace and Mercy that we are
saved.


      My Thanks again to Tracy Walker for sending this in...


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Yours in Christ,


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David A. Brown
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