I REMEMBER AN OLD MAN THAT CAME INTO OUR CHRUCH ONE SUNDAY. HE CLAIMED TO BE 92. HE HAD AN ODER ABOUT HIM THAT WAS LIKE NO OTHER. HE WAS FUNNY AND THE CHILDREN ALL LOVED HIM AND WAS ALWAYS AMUSED AT HIS ANTICS. HE WAS AWAYS REMOVING HIS TEETH AND SWINGING HIS CANE AROUND HIS NECK. HE SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF OUR CHRUCH SERVICES.
WHAT REALLY HURTS ABOUT THIS MEMORY IS HOW THE ADULTS GRUMBLED ABOUT HIM. HOW HE SMELLED AND SNORED DURING CHRUCH. THEY EVEN GRUMBLED WHEN HE ASKED FOR A PLATE OF FOOD FROM OUR BREAKFAST ON SUNDAYS.
THE TEENS WERE ALSO VERY RUDE TO HIM RUNNING WHEN HE APPROACHED THEM. LAUGHING AT HIM BECAUSE OF HIS CONDITION. REFUSING TO HELP HIM WHEN HE STUMBLED. HOW FAST THEY LEARN FROM THE ADULTS.
MY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS WHAT IF HE WAS JESUS IN AN OLD MAN'S BODY COME TO TEST US? OH HOW MOST OF US FAILED!
THIS OLD MAN IS NOW IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS AND I BET JESUS NEVER ONCE TURNS HIS BACK ON HIM, NEVER LAUGHS AT HIS INABILIES, AND I BET THIS OLD MAN IS WELL FED WITH THE GRACE OF GOD. I BET HE IS SMILING AND HAPPY.
I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THOSE WHO TREATED HIM SO BADLY. I'M SURE GOD WILL DEAL WITH EACH BY THE MEASURE OF THIER CRULETY.
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