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

[Suzanne Turner]

Michael, profound, and emotional email. Thank you so much for sharing that.

Bless you!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 13, 2021, at 8:39 AM, Michael Moore via Ohio-Communities-of-Faith <ohio-communities-of-faith at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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
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> Wednesday
> October 13, 2021
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> Good morning Everyone:
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> 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!
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>                         Apples of God
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> 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.
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> 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...
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> 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.
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> 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! 
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> *****
> May God Bless and keep you and don't forget that GOD
> LOVES YOU and is WITH YOU ALWAYS!
>  
> Larry
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