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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Iowa
Posts: 189
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Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “You remember my son, how after he broke his legs could not go to war? Well, we won the war easily. The enemy gave up without a fight, and now all my neighbors who had sons that faught are rich with the plunder and wages from war, and none of them even had a scratch on them. But, we get nothing because my son could not go to war”
"Oh, that’s BAD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “You remember my son who broke his legs, couldn’t go to war, and then did not receive income or plunder from the war? Well, I’ll tell you what happened. Some raiders who heard of the recent wealth in town came in stole all the warriors money! Not only that… many of them were beaten very very badly. But, we were unharmed because my son had broken legs and therefore didn’t go to war, and we had no wealth to take! We were unharmed because of this.”
"Oh, that’s GOOD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “You remember my son… he broke his legs on that horse, and he couldn’t’ go to war, so he didn’t get any money, but then we were not harmed by the raiders? Well, the beatings the raiders gave, so I heard, were not as bad as I thought. Just a few bruises here and there, no real major injuries, and the raiders were caught! Now the king has taken SEVEN TIMES the wealth that was stolen and given it back to the soldier and their families! We, still have nothing new accept this horse we found.”
"Oh, that’s BAD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
Next day…
The next day the neighbor approached the man who found a horse, as was their custom, and asked, “So, what’s new?”
“Well,” said the man who found a horse, “You remember all that has been going on… and how the raiders came in, stole the wealth from war, and then the king returned it seven fold? Well, the money that was taken from the Raiders apparently contained some sort of curse! Every single one of the families who has touched the money is now dreadfully ill, and some have died! But, we remain the same as the day we found the horse. Other than my son’s broken legs, nobody is sick here.”
"Oh, that’s GOOD!," said the Neighbor.
"How do you know?..." asked the man who found a horse...
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And it goes on… and on…
The point is that circumstance WILL NEVER tell you when things are “good” or when things are “bad.” God has determined our outcome, and someday we will be amazed to see how he took care of us every day, from the very beginning—regardless of what seemed to be.
Do not worry about what you will eat, or drink, or wear. Jesus said that even the heathens seek after these things, but your HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS what you have need of before you ask.
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Daniel 10:12 [KJV]
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
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