No this is the Living Bible:
His name is Tim. He has wild hair, wears a
T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe
for his entire four years of college.
He is brilliant, kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a
Christian while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative
church. They want to develop a ministry to the students but are not sure how to
go about it.
One day Tim decides to go
there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, his T-shirt, and wild hair. The
service has already started and so Tim starts down the aisle looking for a
seat.
The church is completely packed
and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit
uncomfortable, but no one says anything.
Tim gets closer and closer and closer to the pulpit, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats
down right on the carpet. By now the
people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the minister realizes that
from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward
Tim.
Now the deacon is in his eighties,
has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit - a godly man, very elegant, very
dignified, and very courtly. He walks
with a cane and, as he starts walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to
themselves that you can't blame him for what he's going to do. How can you expect a man of his age and of
his background to understand some college kid on the floor? It takes a long time for the man to reach
the boy. The church is utterly silent
except for the clicking of the man's cane.
All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear anyone breathing. The minister can't even preach the sermon
until the deacon does what he has to do.
I asked the Lord to bless you as
I prayed for you today. To guide you
and protect you as you go along your way.
His love is always with you, His promises are true, and when we give Him
all our cares, you know He will see us through.
