[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: Apples of God

Wed Oct 13 12:37:54 UTC 2021

From: Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry at performancepress.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Larry Perry
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 8:11 AM
To: mmoore11 at kent.edu
Subject: EXT: Apples of God

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Letter from Larry

Wednesday

October 13, 2021

Good morning Everyone:

This has been around many times but this time of year it is 

good to remember I thought this was awesome and powerful!

 We sometimes seem so busy and too rushed to stop and breathe 

and help out or notice things. Have a great day!

                        Apples of God 

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales

convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that 

they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. 

In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen

inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display 

of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking 

back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their 

 nearly-missed boarding...

ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch

with his feelings and experienced a twinge of compassion for

 the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.

He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye,

told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their 

home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he 

returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the

terminal floor.

He was glad he did. The 16-year-old girl was totally blind!

 She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in 

frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her

 spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her;  no one 

stopping and no one to care for her plight.

The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the 

apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her

 display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had 

become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another 

basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to

 the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. 

Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He continued 

on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind 

girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to 

look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

He stopped in mid-stride .... and he wondered. He gently went 

back and said,"No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is good, kind, 

caring, loving, and would never have bumped into your 

display in the first place."

The girl gently nodded: "I only asked because I prayed for 

Jesus to help me gather the apples. He sent you to help me,

 so you are like Him - only He knows who will do His will. 

Thank you for hearing His call, Mister."

Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with 

that question burning and bouncing about in his soul:

"Are you Jesus?"

Do people mistake you for Jesus?

That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that 

people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with 

a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as 

He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture 

and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds 

day to day .

You are the apple of His eye even though you, too, have been 

bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked

 up you and me on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for 

our damaged fruit.

Sometimes we just take things for granted, when we really

 need to be sharing what we know...Thanks.

"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means 

you've decided to see beyond the imperfections."

* The nicest place to be is in someone's thoughts, the safest  

place to be is in someone's prayers, and the very best place 

to be is ... in the hands of God! 

*****

May God Bless and keep you and don't forget that GOD

LOVES YOU and is WITH YOU ALWAYS!

Larry

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