Wonderfully WoW *

A minister passing through his church in the
middle
of the day, decided to pause by the altar and see
who had come to pray. Just then the back door
opened, a man came down the aisle. The minister
frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in a
while.
His shirt was kind a shabby and his coat was worn
and frayed, the man knelt, he bowed his head,
then
rose and walked away. In the days that followed,
each noon time came this chap, each time he
knelt
just for a moment, a lunch pail in his lap. Well, the
minister's suspicions grew, with robbery a main
fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What
are
you doing here?" The old man said he worked
down
the road. Lunch was half an hour. Lunchtime was
his
prayer time, for finding strength and power, "I stay
only moments, because the factory is so far away;
as I kneel here talking to the Lord, this is kind a
what
I say: "I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU
LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE 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 IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY." The
minister feeling foolish, told Jim that was fine. He
told
the man he was welcome to come and pray just
anytime. Time to go,?Jim smiled, said Thanks.?He
hurried to the door. The minister knelt at the altar
he'd never done it before. His cold heart melted,
warmed with love, and met with Jesus there. As
the
tears flowed, in his heart, he repeated old Jim's
prayer: "I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU
LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE 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 IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY."*
Past
noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim
hadn't
come. As more days passed without Jim, he
began
to worry some. At the factory, he asked about him,
learning he was ill. The hospital staff was worried.
But he'd given them a thrill. The week that Jim was
with them brought changes in the ward. His
smiles, a
joy contagious. Changed people were his reward.
The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was
so
glad, when no flowers, calls or cards came, not a
visitor he had. The minister stayed by his bed, he
voiced the nurse's concern: No friends came to
show they cared. He had nowhere to turn. Looking
surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a winsome
smile; "the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know, that
in
here all the while everyday at noon He's here, a
dear
friend of mine, you see, He sits right down, takes
my
hand, leans over and says to me: "I JUST CAME
AGAIN TO TELL YOU JIM, HOW HAPPY I HAVE
BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP,
AND
I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN. ALWAYS LOVE TO
HEAR YOU PRAY, I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH
DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS CHECKING IN
TODAY."