God's Wife

A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly
gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry,
the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his
lap, and just sat there.



When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little
boy just said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'



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Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a
family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than
the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted.


A little girl said, 'I know all about adoption, I was adopted..'


'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked another child.


'It means', said the girl, 'that you grew in your mommy's heart
instead of her tummy!'



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On my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League base ball
game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down
behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what
the score was.


'We're behind 14 to nothing,' he answered with a smile.

'Really,' I said. 'I have to say you don't look very discouraged.'

'Discouraged?', the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face...


'Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet.'


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Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think
about little Jamie Scott.


Jamie was trying out for a part in the school play. His mother told
me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would
not be chosen.


On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him
after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and
excitement. 'Guess what, Mom,' he shouted, and then said those words
that will remain a lesson to me.....'I've been chosen to clap and
cheer.'



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An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December,
some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before
a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window,
and shivering with cold.


A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep
thought staring in that window!'


'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,'was the boy's reply.


The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the
clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked
if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought
them to her.


She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing
her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with
the towel.


By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair
upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.


She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him.. She
patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more
comfortable now.'


As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and
looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her.


'Are you God's wife?'