God......Man's Best Friend

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> God......Man's Best Friend

>

> A man's daughter had asked the local minister to

> come and pray with her father. When the minister

> arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head

> propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside

> his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow

> had been informed of his visit. " I guess you were

> expecting me, he said. 'No, who are you? " said the

> father. The minister told him his name and then

> remarked, " I saw the empty chair and I figured you

> knew I was going to show up, " " Oh yeah, the chair, "

> said the bedridden man. " Would you mind closing the

> door? " Puzzled, the minister shut the door. " I have

> never told anyone this, not even my daughter, " said

> the man. " But all of my life I have never known how

> to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk

> about prayer, but it went right over my head. " I

> abandoned any attempt at prayer, " the old man

> continued, " until one day four years ago, my best

> friend said to me, " Johnny, prayer is just a simple

> matter of having a conversation with the Lord. Here

> is what I suggest. " Sit down in a chair; place an

> empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Lord

> on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised,

> 'I will be with you always'. " Then just speak to him

> in the same way you're doing with me right now. "

> " So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do

> it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful though

> if my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair,

> she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off

> to the funny farm. " The minister was deeply moved by

> the story and encouraged the old man to continue on

> the journey.Then he prayed with him, anointed him

> with oil,and returned to the church.

>

> Two nights later the daughter called to tell the

> minister that her daddy had died that afternoon. Did

> he die in peace? " he asked. " Yes, when I left the

> house about two o'clock, he called me over to his

> bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the

> cheek.When I got back from the store an hour later,

> I found him dead. But there was something strange

> about his death. Apparently, just before Daddy died,

> he leaned over and rested his head on the chair

> beside the bed. What do you make of that? " The

> minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, " I wish

> we could all go like that. "

>

> Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.

>

>

> I asked God for water.....He gave me an ocean.

> I asked God for a flower.....He gave me a garden.

>

> If God brings you to it, He will bring you through

> it.

>

> Happy moments..... praise Him

> Difficult moments...... seek Him

> Quiet moments......worship Him

> Painful moments....... trust Him

> Every moment......... thank Him

>

> Om Tat Sat

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