An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and
checked his pocket. All he
had left was $10. He decided to use it to buy food
and then wait for death
as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated
as he could find no
job, and nobody was ready to help him.
He bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man
and two little children
came along and asked him to help them with food as
they had not eaten for
almost a week. He looked at them. They were so lean
that he could see their
bones coming out. Their eyes had gone into the
socket.
With the last bit of compassion he had, he gave them
the food. The old man
and children prayed that God would bless and prosper
him and then gave him a
very old coin.
The young graduate said to them "you need the prayer
more than I do".
With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate
went under the bridge to
rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep,
he saw an old newspaper
on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw
an advertisement for
people with old coins to come to a certain address.
He decided to go there with the old coin the old man
gave him. On getting to
the place, he gave the proprietor the coin. The
proprietor screamed, brought
out a big book and showed the young graduate a
photograph. This same old
coin was worth 3 million dollars. The young graduate
was overjoyed as the
proprietor gave him a bank draft for 3 million
dollars within an hour. He
collected the Bank Draft and went in search of the
old man and little
children.
By the time he got to where he left them eating,
they had gone. He asked the
owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but
they left a note for
you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would
lead him to find them.
This is what the note said: "You gave us your all
and we have rewarded you
back with the coin" Signed God the Father, The Son
and The Holy Ghost. (1
Kings 17:10-16; Matthew 11:28-30)
Have you given all to Jesus Christ? If you haven't,
do so today and he will
surprise you.
