[StBernard] Wet Pants

[Westley Annis]

WET PANTS



Come with me to a third grade classroom..... There is a nine-year-old kid
sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet
and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop
because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened.  It's never
happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear
the end of it. When the girls find out, they'll never speak to him again as
long as he lives.



The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays
this prayer, 'Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes
from now I'm dead meat.'



He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her
eyes that says he has been discovered.



As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a
goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher
and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy's lap.



The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, 'Thank
you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!'



Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the
object of sympathy. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym
shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on
their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The sympathy is
wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his
has been transferred to someone else - Susie.



She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You've done enough, you
klutz!'



Finally, at the end of the day, as they are waiting for the bus, the boy
walks over to Susie and whispers, 'You did that on purpose, didn't you?'
Susie whispers back, 'I wet my pants once too.'



May God help us see the opportunities that are always around us to do good..




Remember.....Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than
standing in your garage makes you a car.



Each and everyone one of us is going through tough times right now, but God
is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.



This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we receive.
There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one
another.





The Prayer:



Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and those that I care
deeply for, who are reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of
Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit at
this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where
there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where
there is need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes,
families, finances, their goings and their comings. Amen.