Ask And It Shall be Given

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9.) NIV 1984

            One evangelical pastor had a three-year-old daughter who certainly believed that verse. Here is how her mother recounted the story:

            My husband is a minister who conducts an expanded altar call at the end of his sermon. He asks those who wish to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, as well as those with prayers or other requests, to come forward.

            To the surprise and delight of the congregation our three-year-old daughter, without a word to me, got up and made her way forward. She waited patiently while the others ahead of her made a request.

            When her turn came, my husband leaned down to ask for her request. She whispered, "Can we go to the restaurant after church?"

From Now To Eternity

           One has written about a 10-year-old boy who was pushed into the mud by a bully from school. Someone told him it he did not need to try to get even because God always punished those who did evil.

            The boy shot back, “Okay, I'll give God till Saturday.”

            Actually, according to Paul, we are to give God until eternity: 19 Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord (Rom. 12:19.) NIV

Ten Proverbs from Children

 For a Friday chuckle, here are ten proverbs as remembered by children:

1. A penny saved is ... Not much.

2. Two’s company, three’s ... The Musketeers.

3. Don’t put off til tomorrow what ... You put on to go to bed.

4. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ... You have to blow your nose.

5. None are so blind as ... Helen Keller.

6. Children should be seen and not ... Spanked or grounded.

7. It at first you don’t succeed ... Get new batteries.

8. You get out of something what you ... See pictured on the box.

9. When the blind leadeth the blind … Get out of the way.

10. There is no fool like ... Aunt Eddie.