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From: Nancemerrill
To: Nancemerrill
Sent: 9/20/2009 2:25:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: I am sharing this reminder with everyone Amen! ( sent to me by a jewish sister)

 

 

According to Snopes it is true too.
Lee



A seminary professor was vacationing

with his wife in Gatlinburg , TN.

One morning, they were eating breakfast at

a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet,

family meal. While they were waiting for

their food, they noticed a distinguished

looking, white-haired man moving from table

to table, visiting with the guests.



The professor leaned over and whispered to

his wife, 'I hope he doesn't come over here.'

But sure enough, the man did come over

to their table.

'Where are you folks from?'

he asked in a friendly voice.

' Oklahoma ,' they answered.

'Great to have you here in Tennessee ,'

the stranger said..

'What do you do for a living?'

'I teach at a seminary,' he replied.

'Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do

you? Well, I've got a really great story for you.'

And with that, the gentleman pulled up a chair

and sat down at the table with the couple.

The professor groaned and thought to himself,

'Great .. Just what I need ....

another preacher story!'

The man started, 'See that mountain over there?

(pointing out the restaurant window).

Not far from the base of that mountain,

there was a boy born to an unwed mother.

He had a hard time growing up, because

every place he went, he was always asked

the same question,

'Hey boy, Who's your daddy?'

Whether he was at school, in the grocery

store or drug store, people would ask the

same question, 'Who's your daddy?'

He would hide at recess and lunch time from

other students. He would avoid going in to

stores because that question hurt him so bad.

'When he was about 12 years old, a new

preacher came to his church. He would

always go in late and slip out early to

avoid hearing the question,

'Who's your daddy?'

But one day, the new preacher said the

benediction so fast that he got caught and

had to walk out with the crowd.

Just about the time he got to the back door,

the new preacher, not knowing anything

about him, put his hand on his shoulder

and asked him, 'Son, who's your daddy?'

The whole church got deathly quiet.

He could feel every eye in the church looking

at him Now everyone would finally know the

answer to the question, 'Who's your daddy?'

'This new preacher, though, sensed the

situation around him and using discernment

that only the Holy Spirit could give,

said the following to that scared little boy..

'Wait a minute! I know who you are!

I see the family resemblance now,

You are a child of God.'

With that he patted the boy on his shoulder

and said, 'Boy, you've got a great inheritance.

Go and claim it.'

'With that, the boy smiled for the first time in

a long time and walked out the door a changed

person. He was never the same again.

Whenever anybody asked him,

'Who's your Daddy?' he'd just tell them ,

'I'm a Child of God..''

The distinguished gentleman got up from

the table and said, 'Isn't that a great story?'

The professor responded that it really

was a great story!

As the man turned to leave, he said,

'You know, if that new preacher hadn't told

me that I was one of God's children, I probably

never would have amounted to anything!'

And he walked away..

The seminary professor and his wife were

stunned. He called the waitress over & asked

her, 'Do you know who that man was -- the

one who just left that was sitting at our table?'

The waitress grinned and said, 'Of course.

Everybody here knows him. That's Ben Hooper.

He's governor of Tennessee !'

Someone in your life today needs a reminder

that they're one of God's children!

'The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of God stands forever.' ~~Isaiah

YOU'RE ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN!!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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