[We’ve shared this story =
before, but every time I read it I see myself back in elementary =
school]
A =
nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk and all of a sudden there is a =
puddle between his feet and the front of his pants were wet. He thought =
his heart was going to stop because he couldn’t possibly imagine =
how this had happened. It’s never happened before, and he knew that =
when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls =
find out, they’ll never speak to him again as long as he =
lives.
The boy =
put his head down and prayed, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I =
need help now!
He =
looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her =
eyes that says he has been discovered. As the teacher walked toward him, =
a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl that was filled =
with water.
Somehow =
Susie tripped in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumped the bowl =
of water in the boy’s lap.
The boy =
pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, =
"Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!"
Now, =
instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy was instantly the =
object of sympathy. His teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym =
shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children =
got on their hands and knees to clean up around his desk. =
But as =
life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been =
transferred to someone else – Susie.
She =
tried to help clean up, but they told her to get out. "You’ve done =
enough, you klutz!"
At the =
end of the day, as they were waiting for the bus, the boy whispered to =
Susie, “You did that on purpose, didn’t =
you?"
Susie =
whispered back, "I wet my pants once =
too."
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"