GOODNESS AND MERCY
Added on: 13th Aug 2016
A MUM WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER
KINDERGARTEN SON WALKING TO SCHOOL.
HE DIDN'T WANT HIS MOTHER TO
WALK WITH HIM.
SHE WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE FEELING
THAT HE HAD SOME INDEPENDENCE,
BUT YET KNOW THAT HE WAS SAFE.
SO, SHE HAD AN IDEA
OF HOW TO HANDLE IT.
SHE ASKED A NEIGHBOUR
IF SHE WOULD PLEASE FOLLOW HIM TO
SCHOOL IN THE MORNINGS,
STAYING AT A DISTANCE,
SO HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T NOTICE HER.
SHE SAID THAT SINCE SHE WAS UP
EARLY WITH HER TODDLER ANYWAY,
IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY FOR THEM
TO GET SOME EXERCISE AS WELL,
SO SHE AGREED.
THE NEXT SCHOOL DAY, THE NEIGHBOUR
AND HER LITTLE GIRL SET OUT
FOLLOWING BEHIND TIMMY
AS HE WALKED TO SCHOOL
WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBOUR BOY HE KNEW.
SHE DID THIS FOR THE WHOLE WEEK.
AS THE BOYS WALKED AND CHATTED,
KICKING STONES AND TWIGS,
TIMMY'S LITTLE FRIEND NOTICED
THE SAME LADY WAS FOLLOWING THEM
AS SHE SEEMED TO DO EVERY DAY ALL WEEK.
FINALLY, HE SAID TO TIMMY,
"HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT LADY
FOLLOWING US TO SCHOOL ALL WEEK?
DO YOU KNOW HER"?
TIMMY NONCHALANTLY REPLIED,
"YEAH, I KNOW WHO SHE IS."
THE FRIEND SAID,
"WELL, WHO IS SHE"?
"THAT'S JUST SHIRLEY GOODNEST,"
TIMMY REPLIED.
"AND HER DAUGHTER MARCY."
"SHIRLEY GOODNEST?
WHO THE HECK IS SHE AND
WHY IS SHE FOLLOWING US"?
"WELL," TIMMY EXPLAINED.
"EVERY NIGHT, MY MUM MAKES ME SAY
THE 23RD PSALM WITH MY PRAYERS,
BECAUSE SHE WORRIES ABOUT ME SO MUCH.
AND IN THE PSALM, IT SAYS,
'SHIRLEY GOODNEST AND MARCY SHALL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,'
SO I GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO IT!"
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