LOOKING GOOD FOR GOD by Flavio Mazarello

On a thundering rainy day, a Mom went to pick her six year son from school thinking that he will fear lightning.

But she found him smiling at the sky for every lightning..

She asks, "Why are you smiling..?"

Son : "God is taking my Pictures & I need to look good.."

Life is simple. 

we complicate it.

AS CLOSE AND UNOBTRUSIVE AS THAT

A West Indian woman in a London flat was told of her husband’s death in a street accident. The shock of grief stunned her like a blow, she sank into a corner of the sofa and sat there rigid and unhearing. For a long time her terrible tranced look continued to concern and embarrass the family, friends and officials who came and went.

Then the schoolteacher of one of her children, an Englishwoman, called and, seeing how things were, went and sat beside her. Without a word she threw an arm around the tight shoulders, clasping them with her full strength. The white cheek was thrust hard against the brown. Then as the unrelenting pain seeped through to her the newcomer’s tears began to flow, falling on their two hands linked in the woman’s lap.

For a long time that was all that was happening. And then at last the West Indian woman started to sob. Still not a word was spoken and after a little while the visitor got up and went, leaving her contribution to help the family meet its immediate needs.

That is the embrace of God, his kiss of life. That is the embrace of his mission and our intercession. And the Holy Spirit is the force in the straining muscles of an arm, the film of sweat between pressed cheeks, the mingled wetness on the back of clasped hands. He is as close and unobtrusive as that, and as irresistibly strong.

OBEDIENCE

A youngster, badly spoiled, was in tears.


“Give that child whatever he wants!” called out the lady of the house.


The little fellow soon raised the decibels of his yelling.


“Didn’t I tell you to give him what he wants?” shouted the mother.


“I did,” replied the maid. “He wanted a bee.”

HOLY MAN

Word spread across the countryside about the wise Holy Man who lived in a small house atop the mountain. A man from the village decided to make the long and difficult journey to visit him. When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside who greeted him at the door. "I would like to see the wise Holy Man," he said to the servant. The servant smiled and led him inside. As they walked through the house, the man from the village looked eagerly around the house, anticipating his encounter with the Holy Man. Before he knew it, he had been led to the back door and escorted outside. He stopped and turned to the servant, "But I want to see the Holy Man!"

"You already have," said the old man. "Everyone you may meet in life, even if they appear plain and insignificant... see each of them as a wise Holy Man. If you do this, then whatever problem you brought here today will be solved."

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Many people also go searching for things (love, happiness) and don't recognize them when they see them.