God’s Wife

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia was asked to judge a contest for the purpose of finding the most caring child. What follows are the winners and their comments to some very searching questions. Hope you are as blessed by them as I am. Here are the winners.

1. A four year old child lived next door to an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the elderly man crying, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there for quite a period of time. When the little lad’s mother asked him what he said to the neighbor, the little boy simply said,

“NOTHING MOMMY, I JUST SAT THERE AND HELPED HIM CRY.”

I am reminded of the words of Romans 15:12,

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

And again Isaiah 11:6,

“…and a little boy will lead them.”

2. Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members of the family. One of her students suggested that he was adopted. A little girl said, “I know all about adoption, because I was adopted.” “What does it mean to be adopted,” asked another child. The girl responded,

“IT MEANS THAT YOU GREW IN YOUR MOMMY’S HEART

INSTEAD OF HER TUMMY!”

We remember the words of our Lord in Jeremiah 31:3,

“I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have drawn

you with lovingkindness.”

And again Romans 8:15,

“…but you have received the a spirit of adoption by which we cry

out, ‘Abba! Father!’”

3. On my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was. The young lad answered with a smile, “We are behind 14 to 0.” I said to him, “Really! I have to say that you don’t look very discouraged at all.” “Discouraged?”, the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face,

“WHY SHOULD WE BE DISCOURAGED? WE HAVEN’T BEEN

UP TO BAT YET.”

We think of the words of Philippians 4:8,

“Finally, brethren…whatever is of good report …. let your mind dwell

on these things.”

And Ephesians 4:29,

“…but only such a word as is good for edification according to the

need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

4. Whenever I am disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for part in the school play. His mother told me that he had set his heart on being in the play, though he feared that he would not be chosen. On the day that the play parts were awarded, I went with Jamie’s mother to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to his mother with his eyes shining with pride and excitement, and he said to his mother, “Guess what, Mom,” he shouted, and then with words that will forever remain a powerful lesson to me, he said,

“I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO CLAP AND CHEER.”

We think of the words of I Peter 4:10,

“As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another….”

And again I Thessalonians 5:11,

“Therefore, encourage one another, and build up one another, just as

you also are doing.”

5. What follows is an eyewitness account from New York City on a cold day in December some years ago. A young boy, about 10 years old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway. He was barefooted and peering through the window of the shoe store, and he was shivering with cold. A lady approached the young boy and said, “My, but your in such deep thought staring in that window.” The boy replied to the lady, “I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes.”

The lady took him by the hand, went into the store with him, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked the clerk if he could please get a basin of warm water and a towel. The clerk quickly brought the basin of water and the towel to her. She took the young fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel.

By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. She placed a pair of the socks upon the boy’s feet, and she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, “No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.” As she turned to go, the astonished young lad caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her,

“ARE YOU GOD’S WIFE?”

We remind ourselves of Mathew 5:16,

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see

your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.”

And again Matthew 25:40,

“…to the extent that you did it to…even the least of them,

you did it to Me.”