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Friday, December 15, 2006

the empty chair

this is awesome and a gentle reminder. I loved it and thought you all would love it to. May you all be blessed and have an awesome day. stay in touch.
THE EMPTY CHAIR
A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father.
When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed.
The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit.
"I guess you were expecting me," he said.
"No, who are you?" asked the father.
The minister told him his name and then remarked, "I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up".
"Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man, "Would you mind closing the door?"
Puzzled, the minister shut the door.
"I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said the man, "but all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor
talk about prayer, but it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man continued, "until one day about four years ago, when
my best friend told me that prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. He suggested that I sit down in a chair, place an empty
chair in front of me and, in faith, see Jesus on the chair. Jesus promised that 'I will be with you always'. Then just speak to him in the same way you
would speak to anyone. I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful though--If my daughter saw me talking
to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send! me off to the funny farm."
The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey. They prayed together and then the minister left.
Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.
"Did he die in peace?" he asked.
"Yes. When I left the house about two o'clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from
the store an hour later, I found him dead. But there was something strange about his death. Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested
his head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?"
The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, "I wish we could all go like that."

3 comments:

Mister Ed T said...

Excellent object lesson Dan!

Eagle-eye Di said...

Oh I like this Danny.I should try this.Just remember when I begin talking and nobody returns the conversation but me,do not call for help.Love ya.

Anonymous said...

Saw your show on Dianne's video. I am quite impressed with all you went through and how well you handled it. Uncle Ed

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