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No Job? There Is Goodnews! by papalsman: 7:32pm On Oct 05, 2007 |
No Job? GOD WILL SEND HIS SON TO HELP YOU Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, dad, I'm ready." His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?" "Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out." Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain." The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?" Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather." Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go" Please?" His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son." "Thanks Dad!" And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven-year-old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract. After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer. Finally, this eleven-year-old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again and this time the door slowly opened. Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking young man in his late thirties. he softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Sir, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE." With that, he handed him his last tract and turned to leave. He called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son, and God Bless You!" Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in the back row of the church, A Man stood to his feet. As he began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from his face, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. I left school 5yrs ago and has been looking for Job to no avail, not even Teaching Job could sustain my needs and that of my aging mother who struggled to send me to school, finally she passed on a month ago here in Lagos of illness that could have being taken of but there was insufficient money to give her good medication. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live. So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, 'I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.' I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, 'who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder. When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, 'Sir, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.' Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand. As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't need them any more. You see ? I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell" There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated. He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son, except for One. This Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named. Heaven is for His people! Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the life of someone close to you. LESSON : first, this is a true story , it shows that with a little spark of faith , one can achieve it, yes, there are no Jobs, Yes, u fail that aptitude test 4 times now, yes , you came close to getting that multinational job…, something just went wrong, but Yes, God will see us thru here in Nigeria. Keep up the faith… that Brother In the story is in his final interview with a telecom company now… it may take time but God is still faithful…. IT IS WELL !!!. GIVE ME A CALL IF YOU HAVE BEEN BLESS OR RELIEVED. PAPALSMAN 08057631340 |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by Bensogie(m): 7:51pm On Oct 05, 2007 |
@ poster, This is a very touching story. I have been blessed. It simply means that we should be grateful for our LIVES. Job or no job. At least, God saw us thru school, thats a blessing on its on.We shd learn to count our blessings and name them one by one. Thanks. |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by kazum(m): 8:19pm On Oct 05, 2007 |
@ papalsman God bless you. I am bless with the message. I believe is only God that can make a change in life. We should hold on to him. |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by shakeem: 1:59pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
@ papalsman, Real nice post and inspirational too, couldn't hold back tears, how we often due to the stress we go thru in our daily lifes 4get to give God thanks for all the Good he's bestowed upon us, seeing only what we wish to see, I may not have a Job yet but i sure am grateful to HIM for seeing me thru, and i know my job is on the way, to all Nairalansders, i say have faith, He's still God, and He's still on the Throne |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by awa(m): 2:36pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
Dear Papalsman, Within the last one year of my life, I have never really being so touched and mesmerised the way your testimony has left me. You did a wonderful and marvellous work in posting this account to the house because you may never quantify the number of people whose life you have encouraged. I must confess that I am touched beyond descriptions base on the awesomeness of the good God we serve. The goodness of the Lord shall always be sufficient for those who believe in Him at all time. No matter what happens I want everyone of us to understand that God has a good thought for us and will He will never fail to accomplish His words upon us. Thanks man for sharing the wonderful testimony with us in the house. I do enjoy every bit of it and completely encouraged by it. |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by realwale: 3:00pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
Nice piece, though i am a muslim, i was touched by the literary tichness of ur story.i graduated three yrs ao with a hard fougth 2.1. i finishd nysc 18 months ago, ever since i couldnt get any job until last month after i was tinking of giving up on evrything.i got invited by oceanic for interview after a year of writing d test.i as called 4 medical d 2nd day.i began work 2weeks after.i called it hope from nowhere.1st bank even invited me inerview 3weeks ago.i had written so many tests and sent so many application in my time.my prayer is dat God will reard our effort all.dont despair. |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by seaylan: 5:25pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
Great stuff.Keep up the good work |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by eddy2009(m): 7:08pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
Nice piece of work to kool the pressure of unemployment. tanks a lot. i |
Re: No Job? There Is Goodnews! by papalsman: 7:35pm On Oct 06, 2007 |
i wanted us to be relax and believe that God will always see us thru this turbulent period. it is well. |
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