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A great story of perhaps unintentional and impacting kindness…
Mother’s father worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates for the clothes his church was sending to some orphanage in China. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened; the glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the crates, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses were heading for China!
The Great Depression was at it’s height and Grandpa had six children. He had spent $20 for those glasses that very morning. He was upset by the thought of having to buy another pair. “It’s not fair,” he told God as he drove home in frustration. “I’ve been very faithful in giving of my time and money to your work, and now this.”
Several months later, the director of the orphanage was on furlough in the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him in China, so he came to speak one Sunday at my grandfather’s small church in Chicago. The missionary began by thanking the people for their faithfulness in supporting
the orphanage. “But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, the Communists had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses.
Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my coworkers and I weremuch in prayer about this. Then your crates arrived. When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.
The missionary paused long enough to let his words sink in. Then, still gripped with the wonder of it all, he continued: “Folks, when I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that.”
The people listened, happy for the miraculous glasses. But the missionary surely must have confused their church with another, they thought. There were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.
But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.
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8 Comments
Lalita
What a wonderful way to end my day… reading this heart warming story.Some day, may the Master Carpenter use me in a similar way.We never know the ripple effect of a kindness,even an accidental one.
Thank you,for your inspirational and enlightening presentations.I look forwards to your posts.
30 Jun 2010 05:06 am
fany
god thats true, he works through us in ways we couldn’t even start imagining!!! we are the instruments in his hands!! no wonder we are such beautiful creatures. beautiful takes all its sense when it partners with our creator…we were made for each other, and when god replies to one of this children he does it through another one. life is so much more easy to live through with him and all these brothers and sisters by our sides!!!
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love you god.
thanks for the sunglasses, made me see the beauty of life, made me recognise the great value those around me have, made me saee the love you have for me is immense. i see only through your eyes!!!
30 Jun 2010 07:06 am
Cheray
This story just validates my belief that in “all things” we can give thanks…even when very hard to do. Good surely comes from us and to us in the most simple of situations.
30 Jun 2010 12:06 pm
Rene
It shouldn’t suprise us that “all things work together for good to them that love the Lord” Romans 8:28. He uses what we think are “accidents” as part of His greater plan, some things we can see, and others we will never know about. It’s not about us, its.all about Him.
08 Jul 2010 11:07 am
Dot Kuku
THE ALMIGHTY FATHER ALWAYS MEETS HIS CHILDREN AT EVERY POINT OF THEIR NEED,
AND HE’S AN ON TIME GOD TOO.
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR THIS GREAT STORY. GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
11 Jul 2010 10:07 am
welsielopez
truly, GOD works in mysterious ways. God is great!
12 Jul 2010 04:07 am
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Good read. I liked every bit of it. I bookmarked this and will be reading again.
15 Jul 2010 03:07 am
TITnet
it was very interesting to read.
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
17 Jul 2010 08:07 pm