THE BRICK
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!
He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to
the spot where the brick had been thrown.
The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.. Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 'Please,mister....please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the
brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.' Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
lump in his throat.. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk
toward their home..
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very
noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to
get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Is God whispering to you????? ARE YOU LISTENING??????
As his car passed, no children appeared.
Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!
He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to
the spot where the brick had been thrown.
The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, 'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.. Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 'Please,mister....please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the
brick because no one else would stop...' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother, 'he said 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.' Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.'
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling
lump in his throat.. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 'Thank you and may God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy! push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk
toward their home..
It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very
noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to
get your attention!' God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.
Is God whispering to you????? ARE YOU LISTENING??????
Coach Connelly
Monday night the Small Group had a guest speaker. Brad Connelly, coach of Gibbs High Football, presented a very moving and eye opening talk. We in the Gibbs community are truly blessed to have such a "Christian Coach" leading our young people.
Basically, he said he ask three questions to his players.
1. What is the OBJECT of what you are doing?
Are you wanting to play football or are you wanting to be socially known, or to look big at school, or are you wanting to please your parents ? Are you really dedicated to what you are doing?
2. What is your ROLE?
Do you want to be the hero? the quarterback? running back? Are you willing to play in the position you are best at, even if its not the spotlight position?
3. What is your LEGACY?
How do you want to be remembered? How will you be remembered?
Then he uses the same three questions to help them in there daily life and their Christian life. He wants the players to ask these questions in sports but also in their daily life. He said his job was there to coach a football team but at the same time to teach young men to live right. His "paying job" is to coach, his "Christian" job is to mentor. Coach Connelly believes in and uses prayer. Praise God. He believes in setting the example for his team and his assistants as well.. We are very fortunate to have him as both coach and mentor for our young men, and young ladies who see the results.
Basically, he said he ask three questions to his players.
1. What is the OBJECT of what you are doing?
Are you wanting to play football or are you wanting to be socially known, or to look big at school, or are you wanting to please your parents ? Are you really dedicated to what you are doing?
2. What is your ROLE?
Do you want to be the hero? the quarterback? running back? Are you willing to play in the position you are best at, even if its not the spotlight position?
3. What is your LEGACY?
How do you want to be remembered? How will you be remembered?
Then he uses the same three questions to help them in there daily life and their Christian life. He wants the players to ask these questions in sports but also in their daily life. He said his job was there to coach a football team but at the same time to teach young men to live right. His "paying job" is to coach, his "Christian" job is to mentor. Coach Connelly believes in and uses prayer. Praise God. He believes in setting the example for his team and his assistants as well.. We are very fortunate to have him as both coach and mentor for our young men, and young ladies who see the results.
A Kid's Perspective.
A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he
fingeredthrough the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. Hepicked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.
'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out.
'What have you got there, dear?'With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered,
'I think it's Adam 's underwear!'
Smile..
fingeredthrough the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. Hepicked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.
'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out.
'What have you got there, dear?'With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered,
'I think it's Adam 's underwear!'
Smile..
Short Story About Life
Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife
of Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane
over Pennsylvania that was heading for Washington DC back on 9/11.
She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as
hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to meet
him. She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, Mary.
Lisa recalled this story: "I had a very special teacher in high school many
years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after
his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the
late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and
the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge
of her desk and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, ' Class is
over, I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to
class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to
learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when
this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment.
Perhaps this is the powers way of telling us that we must make the most out of
every single day. Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, 'So I would like
you all to make me a promise.
From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice..
It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please look for these things, and cherish them.
For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life.
The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted..
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.
That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that
whole semester. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go
barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to
get a double dip ice cream cone.. For as we get older, it is not the things we
did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
ENJOY LIFE
of Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane
over Pennsylvania that was heading for Washington DC back on 9/11.
She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as
hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to meet
him. She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, Mary.
Lisa recalled this story: "I had a very special teacher in high school many
years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after
his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the
late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and
the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge
of her desk and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, ' Class is
over, I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to
class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to
learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when
this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment.
Perhaps this is the powers way of telling us that we must make the most out of
every single day. Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, 'So I would like
you all to make me a promise.
From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice..
It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please look for these things, and cherish them.
For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life.
The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted..
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.
That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that
whole semester. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go
barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to
get a double dip ice cream cone.. For as we get older, it is not the things we
did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
ENJOY LIFE
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