From: Joe Adams <americaohyes@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:55:36 -0400
Subject: October LIfestyles Article
To: Cathy Jackson <cathy@cathyjacksonrealty.com>
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU.
I am deaf so I am very, very dependent upon e-mail and my computer for
communications. It's my primary way of staying in touch with friends,
family members, etc. Of course I'm not always that happy to be in
touch with the "etc.'s"
If you've got a computer, you know that people send some very strange
things I have 218 e-mails right now that Google thinks are SPAM. Or
the computer version of Junk Mail.
But every once in a while I get an e-mail forwarded to me that is
absolutely priceless. I want to share one with you. I'll have to
paraphrase it but it was from a guy in Atlanta who
said:
I was watching television on Sunday morning...a church
service...thought it would save me from having to go out to church.
They had a guest speaker, a 93 year old former pastor
who had retired. He was asked to come back so they could honor him.
They asked him to tell the congregation about the most important
lessons he had learned over the years. They were expecting a
full-blown sermon.
When he was introduced, he got up from his high-backed chair and
walked slowly to the pulpit. He carried no notes or papers. As the
applause died down, he held onto the pulpit with both hands to steady
himself. Here's what he said.
"Jesus loves me. This I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little
ones to him belong. They are weak, but He is strong. Yes...Jesus
loves me. Yes...Jesus loves me. For the Bible tells me so."
With that, he turned to walk away. The congregation was so quiet, you
could hear his shoes move on the carpet as he shuffled back to his
chair.
It's a great story. I don't know if it actually happened but I hope it did.
We have to remember that even in our darkest hours and in our deepest
periods of loneliness, we always have a friend. YES, JESUS LOVES
US! We are never truly alone.
Bless you all.
Joe Adams
