He knows our every care ....

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How Much Does A Prayer Weigh??

 

Louise 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 grocerman that he would stand good for whatever she needed for

her family.

 

The grocerman said in a very reluctant voice, " Do you have a grocery

list? Louise replied " Yes sir " " O.K. " 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

grocerman and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down

and stayed down.

 

The grocer man staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer

and said begrudgingly, " I can't believe it. "

 

The customer smiled and the grocer man 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 man 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 a

prayer which said:

" Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands. "

 

The grocerman gave her the groceries that he had gathered and placed

on the scales and stood in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and

left the store.

 

The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to John as he said, " It was

worth every penny of it. " It was sometime later that John Longhouse

discovered the scales were broken; therefore,

 

only God knows how much a prayer weighs.