Most
every day the small blind boy sat on and old wood crate in the city park.
Beside his feet was an old bucket that had a sign taped to it that read, “I am
blind, please help.” One day a kind man came walking by and noticed the boy. As
he looked inside the boys bucket, he noticed only a few dimes and pennies. The
man reached in his pockets and pulled out all the money that he had and placed
it inside the boys bucket. He then took the sign, turned it around and wrote
some other words on the back of the sign and placed it back on the bucket so
that everyone who walked by would take more notice. Before long, the bucket was
overflowing with money. For the first time, more people had
taken notice of the boy than ever before. That afternoon the man who had
changed the words on the sign came to see how things had gone. The boy recognizing
the footsteps from earlier that morning asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign
this morning and if so would you tell me what you wrote?” The man said, “Yes
son, it was me and I did change your words, but I only said what you said, just
in a different way.” I wrote, “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
You
see friend, that man did for that little boy that which the little boy knew not
to do for himself. While both signs told people that the little boy was blind,
the boy’s sign simply said that he was blind. The man’s sign reminded people to be thankful that they were not
blind.
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for us all to pause and consider our
blessings and be thankful for what we have and for a while, not to focus on the
things that we do not have. Many times God is doing for us things that we cannot
do for ourselves and yes, we yet we may even be unaware of them. While we may not see
them as blessings at the moment, we can know that He is always working things
out for our best and when life circumstances give us reasons to be sad, our
response should be to focus on what we have and not what we don’t have. While “Thanks Giving” is a great Holiday, it can
only really be celebrated as it is embraced by a heart that is very thankful!
…All
things work together for the good to those who love God…Romans 8:28
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Bren
No comments:
Post a Comment