Dead duck

["MANISHA PUROHIT" <>]

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   There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he
 was
   given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.  He practiced in the
 woods,
   
   but he could  never hit the target.  And getting a little discouraged; he
   headed back to lunch.  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 that 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."  But 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 the 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."
   
   Thought for the day:  whatever is in your past, whatever you have done
 and
   the enemy keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, debt, fear, hatred,
   anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, etc.) whatever it is you need to know
   that GOD was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing. He
 wants
   
   you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
   He just wondering how long you will let the enemy make a slave of you.
 The
   great thing about God is that He not only forgives you, but He forgets. 
 Go
   ahead and make the difference in someone's life today.
   

 "Sin will take you farther than you ever wanted to go, keep you longer than
 you ever wanted to stay, and cost you more than you ever wanted to pay."





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