SHE WAS 7; IN SINGING CLASS IN SCHOOL SHE WOULD STOP, EYES CLOSED. THE LITTLE BOY NEXT TO HER SAID, "WHY HAVE YOU STOPPED SINGING?"
"I'M LISTENING TO THE ANGELS," SHE REPLIED.
FINALLY THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TAKEN TO A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST, AS THE MOTHER THOUGHT CORRECT TO DO.
THE PSYCHOLOGIST ASKED HER WHAT SHE HEARD, AND SHE ANSWERED "ANGELS."
HE SAID TO HER, "DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS?" TO WHICH SHE REPLIED YES SHE DID.
HE THEN ASKED HER IF SHE BELIEVED IN GOD.
"YES I DO," WAS HER REPLY.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE IS A GOD?" THE PSYCHOLOGIST ASKED.
"I JUST DO, DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN GOD?"
"CHILDREN HAVE TO BE TAUGHT THERE IS A GOD," WAS HIS SOMEWHAT INDIGNANT RELPY.
THE ABOVE WAS JUST PART OF A "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL" EPISODE FROM THE TV SERIES OF SOME YEARS BACK.
THERE WAS OF COURSE MUCH MORE TO THE WHOLE STORY OF THAT ONE EPISODE.
I WAS BORN IN A SMALL LITTLE VILLAGE IN SOUTH WALES, WITHIN A LITERAL STONES THROW WAS COUNTRYSIDE, WITH BIG TREES, GRASS, WILD FLOWERS, BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS, A RAMBLING STREAM, A FEW HORSES. I LOVED THAT PEACEFUL AREA. THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT IT, TO MY MIND OF A 3,4,5, YEAR OLD CHILD.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT IMPRESSED MY MIND. THE CATERPILLARS WOULD WALK OVER MY SKIN, WITH A SOFT SLOW WALK, THAT FELT SO NICE. I WOULD LOOK CLOSELY AT THEM, AND HOW THEY WERE MADE. I'D LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BUTTERFLIES WHEN THEY WERE NOT FLYING, BUT STOOD QUIETLY ON A LEAVE OF A BUSH, AND BE AMAZED AT THEIR BEAUTY AND JUST HOW THEY WERE. THE VARIOUS BIRDS WITH THEIR VARIOUS WAYS OF FLYING, WERE FASCINATING TO WATCH.
EVERYTHING WAS GLORIOUS AND WONDERFUL TO MY YOUNG MIND.
I GOT INTO BIG TROUBLE FROM THE MILKMAN ONE DAY. IT WAS THE TIME WHEN THE MILKMAN STILL HAD HORSE AND CART; THE MILK WOULD BE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP. HE'D TRAINED HIS HORSE WHEN COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE [AFTER HE'D PUT THE MILK ON THE BACK-DOORSTEP] TO "CLICK" WITH HIS MOUTH AND THE HORSE WOULD START TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT HOUSE, THEN HE'D SAY "WHOA" AND HIS HORSE WOULD STOP AT THE NEXT HOUSE; THEN HE WOULD GO AND DELIVER MILK TO THE BACK-DOOR STEP.
I WAITED FOR HIM TO DISAPPEAR ROUND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, AND "CLICKED" WITH MY MOUTH. THE HORSE MOVED FORWARD, BUT NO "WHOA" CAME SO THE HORSE CONTINUED TO WALK. BY THE TIME THE MILKMAN CAME AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, HIS HORSE WAS THREE HOUSES AWAY FROM HIM.
OH, DID I GET A GOOD TONGUE THRASHING FROM HIM. I NEVER DID IT AGAIN.
MY PARENTS MOVED TO YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND WHEN I WAS 5. THEY ENROLLED ME IN A "CHURCH OF ENGLAND" SCHOOL. THE VERY FIRST DAY AND HOUR WE WERE GIVEN A BIBLE. WE WERE TOLD TO OPEN TO THE VERY BEGINNING, AND THE TEACHER READ, "IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND EARTH."
WOW IT WAS LIKE TURNING ON A LIGHT SWITCH.....THE LIGHT WENT ON IN MY MIND.
"YES, OH YES, WOW, THAT IS THE ANSWER......THERE IS A GOD, A SOMEBODY GREATER AND BIGGER THAN EVERYTHING I COULD SEE ALL AROUND ME. HE MADE EVERYTHING LARGE AND SMALL."
I BELIEVED IN GOD FROM THAT VERY DAY. NO I DID NOT HAVE TO BE TAUGHT THERE WAS A GOD, IN SOME DELIBERATE MANNER. I JUST KNEW NOW FOR SURE THERE WAS A GOD.
CREATION ALL AROUND ME, FROM THE LADYBUG, TO THE BUTTERFLY, TO THE BIRDS, AND TO THE STARS IN HEAVEN, PROVED TO MY MIND OF 5 YEARS OLD, THERE WAS A GOD. THE REST OF GENESIS ONE, JUST ADDED MORE PROOF.
I WAS NOT "TAUGHT" BY MY PARENTS THERE WAS A GOD. I WAS NOT "TAUGHT" BY WHOEVER THAT THERE WAS A GOD. CREATION AND READING THOSE WORDS IN GENESIS 1:1 ..... AND I JUST KNEW THERE WAS A GOD.
IT WAS SOME YEARS LATER THAT I READ WHERE JESUS SAID, "UNLESS YOU BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS IN OUR MIND THAT MAY NOT BE ANSWERED IN THIS LIFETIME, BUT SIMPLE CHILDLIKE BELIEF THAT THERE IS A GOD, OVER-RIDES ANY UN-ANSWERED QUESTIONS. SOMETHINGS WE MAY NOT KNOW TODAY, THE ANSWERS MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE AGE TO COME; BUT A SIMPLE FAITH BASED UPON CREATION, CAN TODAY PROVE THERE IS A GOD.
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