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There was a little boy visiting
his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play
with out in the woods. He
practiced in the woods, but he
could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he
headed back for dinner. As he
was walking back he saw
Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let
the slingshot fly, hit the duck
square in the head, and killed
it. He was shocked and grieved.
In a panic, he hid the dead
duck in the wood pile, only to
see his sister watching! Sally
had seen it all, but she said
nothing.
After lunch the next day
Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash
the dishes." But Sally said,
"Grandma, Johnny told me he
wanted to help in the
kitchen. Then she whispered to
him, "Remember the duck?" So
Johnny did the dishes.
Later that
day, Grandpa asked if the
children wanted to go fishing
and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but
I need Sally to help make
supper." Sally just smiled and
said," Well that's all right
because Johnny told me he wanted
to help." She whispered again,
"Remember the duck?" So Sally
went fishing and Johnny stayed
to help.
After several days of Johnny
doing both his chores and
Sally's... he finally couldn't
stand it any longer.
He came to Grandma and
confessed that he had killed the
duck. Grandma knelt down, gave
him a hug, and said,
"Sweetheart, I know.
You see, I was standing at
the window and I saw the whole
thing, but because I love you, I
forgave you. I was just
wondering how long you would let
Sally make a slave of you."
Whatever is in your
past, whatever you have
done, and
the devil keeps throwing it up
in your face (lying, cheating,
debt, fear, bad habits, hatred,
anger, bitterness, etc.)
whatever it is, you need to
know that God was standing at
the window and He saw the whole
thing. He has seen your
whole life. He wants you to know
that He loves you and that you
are forgiven.
He's just wondering how long
you will let the devil make a
slave of you. The great thing
about God is that when you ask
for forgiveness, He not only
forgives you, but He
forgets. It is by God's
grace and mercy that we are
saved. God is at
the window.
Author unknown to me.
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this writing, please
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you proper credit or
remove your work, which
ever you desire.
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