A Carpenter and His Glasses

from www.PositiveChristianity.net

 “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed… nothing will be impossible for you.”

— Matthew 17:20

A man once wrote a family story about a miracle from God.

My mother’s father worked as a carpenter. One particular day, he was building crates for clothing his church was sending to orphanages in China.

On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket for his glasses, but they were gone. As he replayed his actions in his mind, he realized what had happened: the glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the crates he had nailed shut.

His brand-new glasses were heading for China.

The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent $20 on those glasses that very morning. Upset at the thought of having to buy another pair, he said to God as he drove home in frustration, “It’s not fair. I’ve been faithful in giving my time and money to Your work, and now this.”

Months later, the director of the orphanage was on furlough in the United States. He visited the churches that supported the orphanage, and one Sunday he spoke at my grandfather’s small church in Chicago.

The missionary began by thanking the congregation for their faithful support. “But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. The Communists had swept through the orphanage, destroying everything — including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was no way to replace them. Because I couldn’t see well, I suffered daily headaches, and my coworkers and I prayed earnestly about it.

“Then your crates arrived. When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on top.”

He paused to let his words sink in. Then, still amazed, he continued, “When I tried them on, it was as though they had been custom made just for me. Thank you for being a part of that.”

The people listened with joy at the story of the miraculous glasses, but many assumed the missionary must have confused their church with another. There were no glasses listed among the donated items.

But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized that the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way.

There are times when we want to blame God instead of thanking God. 

Try to remember this in times of trial with your own family. May God bless your week — and look for the perfect mistakes.

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER: 

Thank You, God, for amaking my life richer, for blessings filling my life now. Thank You for loving me and being with me right where I am, and for Divine ideas that are helping me prosper in a continuous way in every area of my life, now, and in the future. 

Dear God, You have blessed me with peaceful, guiding, healing thoughts that remind me of how prosperous I truly am! I hold thoughts of abundance, and I praise You for answering all my needs. My heart is filled with thanks for the many gifts You have given me, and I praise You for continuing prosperity:

I praise You for the abundance that fills me! My needs are met. 

My journey has been filled with joy and satisfaction, and I am ready to face daily activities with renewed strength and enthusiasm.

I praise You for this special spiritual time together and look forward to future times of prayer.

Thank You, God, for blessing me and for creating abundant living in my life.

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

"It's all light, it's all good, it's all God" 

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE: 

“Each New Year, we have before us a brand-new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.” - Peggy Toney Horton