THE BRICK.......A powerful beauty

I have read this several times before and it still makes the same impact on me as I read it again.



 Read this line very slowly and let it sink in...


    If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.





   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.

    Thought for the Day:


    If God had a refrigerator,  your picture would be on it.

    If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

    He sends you flowers every spring.

    He sends you a sunrise every morning.

    Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!





    Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to bless, .
   God didn't promise days without  pain, laughter without
   sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength
   for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.