Thoughts for Today

WEDNESDAY! DAY OF THE CAMEL!!! Good ole "hump" day on a crisp freezing morning down here in the south! Turn the heat on!!!! Hope all stay warm this day,,, and make your plans for the remainder of the week, and the W/E with God included,, then you can depend on your plans!!! Prayer Requests: For Paul Irvins and family,, Paul lost his brothr yesteday, so please pray for all the family! Please pray for Christine White. She was admitted to the hospital tonight. She has been passing out, and the doctor doesn't know why. She is in her 80s and really needs our prayers. Please pray for a friend of Lori's ,,who rolled a four wheeler,, is in IC in Livingston, CA. and is a single father of a five year old daughter. Please pray for his healing. JUST CHECKING IN! A Minister passing through his church, in the middle of the day,, decided to pause by the altar,, just to see who came by to pray! Just then the back door orpened,, and a man came down the asile,, the minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in quite a while.. & his shire was torn and shabby.. his coat was worn and frayed. The man knelt down and bowed his head,, then rose, and walked away. In the days to follow,, at precisely noon, the preacher saw this man..& each time he knelt just for a moment, with lunch pail in hand...... Well, the preachers suspicions grew.. robbery, a main fear.. then he decided to ask the man... 'What are you doing here?'. The old man said he was a factory worker and lunch was half an hour,,Lunchtime was his prayer time,, for finding strength and power, I stay only a moment.. and as I kneel here talking to the Lord,, this is what I say,,, "I just came to tell You ,LOrd, how happy I have been since we found each other's friendship,, and you took away my sin... Don't know much of how to pray,, but I think about you every day.,, so Jesus, this Ben,, just checking in! The minister, felt foolish, but told Ben , that was great! The old man said , " It is time to go back to work , for that 30- minutes is fast , for it is a long way from the factory to here". The preacher watched this ole man for a year or two... the same routine, then he missed him for some weeks, so he went to the factory, and found out Ben was in the hospital,, and he went to visit him,, and all the nurses siad he had no friends to come visit him, nor any cards, and he only had little time left... so the preacher sat next to him, and told him ,,,not to worry, he was there.. and looking up surprised, the old man said... with a smile, the nurse couldn't have known, he's been here all the time! The preacher looked surprised, as old Ben spoke up,," Every day at noon He comes here, A dear friend of mine, you see, He sits right down and takes my hand, leans over and says to me :'I Just Came By To Tell You, Ben, How Happy I Have Been,Since We Found This Friendship, And I Took Away Your Sin. I Think About You Always And I Love To Hear You Pray, And So Ben, This Is Jesus, Just Checking In Today." Lord , thank You for real testomony! amen John HIcks