Sunday, October 15

Daily Bible Reading

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Old Testament: Jeremiah 29:24 - 31:14

New Testament 2 Thessalonians 2:1 - 17

Psalms/Proverbs Psalm 119:33-40

Based on NIV Seasons of Reflection 365-Day Bible

Messages referring to the Bible Reading:

THE SECRET OF STRENGTH
THE MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE GOD
STAND FIRM
THE MASTER EQUIPPER

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A World of Smile

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History.

One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso.

She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots. As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink.

As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth.

That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

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