12/18/2024
Many "experts" say, "His name is not Jesus because the letter ‘J’ is not in the Hebrew Language."
It's amazing how in our minds we can sometimes inadvertently think that God is slow. I happen to know that He just so happens to be pretty brilliant. This story may help the "experts."
An old man was sitting on a park bench one afternoon. A mild-mannered teen-aged boy came up to Him and asked to sit down. The old man spoke, saying, “Hey, Sport...sure thing. There’s always plenty of room next to Me.” The young man responded, “Thanks Pops...I sure could use a rest.”
They began conversing everyday there on that bench and soon developed a bond. The old man constantly spoke of His son whom He was so proud of. On and on He went about all of the accomplishments and difficulties His son experienced. He eventually spelled out the details of His son’s death as he gave his life to save those he knew in a tragic accident.
For hours and hours, they would talk, laugh and cry as passersby would come and go throughout the day. It didn’t take long for everyone to notice how inseparable they were becoming. These intimate moments between Sport and Pops would last the next two years-there-in the park. Until...
One day, the boy arrived at the bench and no sign of Pops! After asking around the park, he discovered that Pops had been rushed to the hospital. The boy went running to the ER and there, they gave him the news; the old man was no longer with them. The doctor came up to the boy, then asked, “Are you Sport? He kept calling for ‘Sport.’ Is that you?” The boy said, “Yes, why? What’s wrong?” “Well, before He left...He wanted me to make sure to give you this note.”
The note read, “You became a son to Me. I began to depend on our moments we shared together. Those moments gave Me so much joy and happiness. I Am leaving you My earthly possessions because I feel that I can trust you. You may lose everything, but never lose My words.”
