A Minister passing
through his church in the middle of the day decided to pause by the altar and
see who had come to pray. Just then the back door opened, a man came down the
aisle. The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in a while. His
shirt was kind of shabby and his coat was worn and frayed. The man knelt, he
bowed his head, then rose and walked away.
In the days that
followed, each noon time came this chap and each time he knelt just for a
moment. A lunch pail in his lap. Well the minister's suspicions grew with
robbery a main fear. He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What are
you doing here?"
The old man said,
he worked down the road. Lunch was a half an hour. Lunchtime was his prayer
time for finding strength and power. "I stay only moments, see because
the factory is so far away; as I kneel here talking to the Lord, This is kind
of what I say:"
"I just
came again to tell you Lord, how happy I've been, since we found each
other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much
of how to pray, but I think about you everyday, so; Jesus, This is Jim
checking in today.
The minister
feeling foolish, told Jim that was fine. He told the man he was welcome to come
and pray just anytime. Time to go, Jim smiled said "Thanks." He
hurried to the door, the minister knelt at the altar, he'd never done it
before.
His cold heart
melted, warmed with love and met with Jesus there. As the tears flowed, in his
heart, he repeated Jim's prayer.
"I just
came again to tell you Lord, how happy I've been, since we found each
other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much
of how to pray, but I think about you everyday, so; Jesus, This is me
checking in today.
Past noon one
day, the minister noticed old Jim hadn't come. As more days passed without Jim,
he began to worry some. At the factory, he asked about him learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried, but he'd given them a thrill.
The week that Jim
was with them, brought changes in the ward. His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people were his reward. The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was
so glad when no flowers, calls or cards came. Not a visitor he had.
The minister
stayed by his bed, he voiced the nurse's concern: no friends came to show they
cared. He had nowhere to turn. Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a
winsome smile; "the nurse is wrong," she couldn't know that in here
all the while everyday at noon he's here, a dear friend of mine, you see, he
sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me:
" I just
came again to tell you; Jim, how happy I have been, since we found this
friendship, and I took away your sin. Always love to hear you pray and I
think about you each day. And so Jim, this is Jesus checking in today.
If this blesses
you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true
friends will leave footprints in your heart. May God hold you in the palm of His
hand and Angels watch over you.
But for those of
us who are already His, He not only holds us in the palm of His hand, but has
engraved our names there, and we are continually in His sight (Isaiah 49:16).
Please pass this on to your friends and loved ones. If you aren't ashamed! Jesus
said: " If you are
ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father." If
you're not ashamed, pass it on... But only if you mean it.
Yes, I do love
God, He is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each and
everyday. Without Him, I will be nothing. Without Him, I am nothing but with Him
"I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me." Phil 4:13
This is to good
not to share: "So this is me... Just checking in...
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