Fwd: God is in Every Form (inspirational)

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MadhviSai

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Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:52:31 EDT

fw: GOD IS IN EVERY FORM (inspirational)

saibabanews

Sai Ram.

 

Another beautiful story for us all to reflect on!

 

With love & light,

 

Madhvi

 

 

Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and

looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There

was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address.

 

She read the letter:

Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table. "Why would the

Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer."

 

With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets.

 

"Oh my goodness, I really don't have anything to offer. I'll have to run down

to the store and buy something for dinner." She reached for her purse and

counted out its contents. Five dollars and forty cents.

 

"Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least." She threw on her coat and

hurried out the door. A loaf of french bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey,

and a carton of milk...leaving Ruth with grand total of twelve cents to last

her until Monday. Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home her meager

offerings tucked under her arm.

 

"Hey lady, can you help us, lady?" Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner

plans, she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway. A man and

a woman, both of them dressed in little more than rags.

 

"Look lady, I ain't got a job, ya know, and my wife and I have been living out

here on the street, and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting kinda

hungry and, well, if you could help us, lady, we'd really appreciate it."

 

Ruth looked at them both. They were dirty, they smelled bad and, frankly, she

was certain that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted to.

 

"Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself. All I have is a few

cold cuts and some bread, and I'm having an important guest for dinner tonight

and I was planning on serving that to Him."

 

"Yeah, well, OK lady, I understand. Thanks anyway." The man put his arm around

the woman's shoulders, turned and headed back into the alley. As she watched

them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.

 

"Sir, wait!" "Look, why don't you take this food. I'll figure out something

else to serve my guest." She handed the man her grocery bag.

 

"Thank you lady. Thank you very much!"

 

"Yes, thank you!" It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was shivering.

 

"You know, I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you take this one."

Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the woman's shoulders. Then

smiling, she turned and walked back to the street...without her coat and with

nothing to serve her guest.

 

"Thank you lady! Thank you very much!" Ruth was chilled by the time she reached

her front door, and worried too.

 

The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him.

 

She fumbled through her purse for the door key. But as she did, she noticed

another envelope in her mailbox. "That's odd. The mailman doesn't usually

come twice in one day." She took the envelope out of the box and opened it.

 

 

The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.

 

 

MORAL OF THE STORY

 

God is all around us, in every form, walking among us and talking to us.

 

 

-Author Unknown

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