Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a
nine-year-old
kid sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between
his
feet
and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop
because
he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It's never happened
before,
and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of
it.
When
the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as long as he
lives.

The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down
and
prays this prayer, "Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now!
Five
minutes from now I'm dead meat."

He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look
in
her eyes that says he has been discovered.

As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is
carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front
of
>the
>teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.

The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to
himself,
"Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!"

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the
boy is
the object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him
gym

shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on
their
hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is wonderful.
But
as
life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his has been
transferred
to someone else - Susie.

She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done
enough, you
klutz!"

Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus,
the boy
walks over to Susie and whispers, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
Susie
whispers back, "I wet my pants once too."

May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to
do
good.

Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any
more
than standing in your garage makes you a car.

Each and everyone one of us are going through tough times right
now, but
God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the
faith.

Omg I loved it...

VERY TRUE

Marilyn, that is a nice offering!

Thanks!!

Glad you liked

Thank you, It's so nice to hear God loves all.

That was so uplifting. I am going out right now to dump a gold fish
bowl on the next person I see. Kidding!
You are blessed!

Thank's Benny i needed
that

that was a cute story...

wet yer pants lately???

Not lately, have you ? i am prepared i do have a fish bowl in case you
do

just yesterday I laughed so hard,I fell out of my chair...

don't think I wet my pants tho...

but thanks for the offer

that was the sweetest thing ever! thx for posting that.

That was just tooo sweet OMG.

That was touching. Thank you for sharing.

Oh heavens. That was a creepy story. How can someone expect to get a
good night of sleep after hearing such a story. Shakes me haid 'n rollz
me eyez. grins too.

nice story

where was that girl when I needed her.

i hear that.

That is a very poignant story. What I want to know, though, is how's the
goldfish?

Great story.
and NOW! we know who the Economist is !jeanc!....