Too Busy

As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear. When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were too busy. At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit in a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet. I thought you wanted to talk to me but you ran to the phone and called a friend to get the latest gossip instead. I watched patiently all day long. With all your activities I guess you were too busy to say anything to me. I noticed that before lunch you looked around, maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me, that is why you didn't bow your head. You glance three or four tables over and you noticed some of your friends talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't. That's okay. There is still more time left, and I hope that you will talk to me yet. 
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You went home and it seems as if you had lots of things to do. After a few of them were done, you turned on the TV. I don't know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there and you spend a lot of time each day in front of it, not thinking about anything, just enjoying the show. I waited patiently again as you watched the TV and ate your meal, but again you didn't talk to me. Bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you said goodnight to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time. That's okay because you may not realize that I am always there for you. I've got patience, more than you will ever know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well. I love you so much that I wait everyday for a nod, prayer, thought, or a thankful part of your heart. It is hard to have a one-sided conversation. Well, you are getting up once again, and once again I will wait, with nothing but love for you. Hoping that today you will give me some time. Have a nice day! 

Your friend, 
GOD
Author Unknown


The Auction

  The upstate NY man was rich in
  almost every way. His estate
  was worth millions. He owned houses,
  land, antiques and cattle.
  But though on the outside he had it all,
  he was very unhappy on
  the inside. His wife was growing old,
  and the couple was childless.
  He had always wanted a little boy
  to carry on the family legacy. 
  Miraculously, his wife became pregnant
  in her later years, and
  she gave birth to a little boy.
  The boy was severely handicapped,
  but the man loved him with his whole heart.
  When the boy was five, his mom died.
  The dad drew closer to his
  special son. At age 13,
  the boy's birth defects cost him
  his life and the father died soon
  after from a broken heart. 

  The estate was auctioned before
  hundreds of bidders. The first
  offered was a painting of the boy.
  No one bid. They waited like
  vultures for the riches. Finally,
  the poor housemaid, who helped
  raise the boy, offered $5 for the
  picture and easily took the bid. 

  To every-one's shock,
  the auctioneer ripped a hand written will
  from the back of the picture.
  This is what it said:
  "To the person who thinks enough
  of my son to buy this painting,
  to this person I give my entire estate." 

  The auction was over.
  The greedy crowd walked away in shock
  and dismay. 

  How many of us have sought after
  what we thought were true riches only
  to find out later that our Father was
  prepared to give us His entire
  estate if we had only
  sought after His Son alone? 

  Author Unknown 

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