My Mother's father worked as a carpenter.

On this particular day, he was building

some crates for the clothes his church was

sending to some orphanage in China.

On his way home,

he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses,

but they were gone.

When he mentally replayed his earlier actions,

he realized what happened; the glasses

had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and

fallen into one of the crates, which 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

for those glasses that very morning. He was

upset by the thought of having to buy

another pair.



"It's not fair, " he told God as he drove home

in frustration. "I've been very faithful in giving

of my time and money to your work, and now this."

Several months later, the director

of the orphanage was on furlough in the United States.

He wanted to visit all the churches that

supported him in China, so he came

to speak one Sunday at my grandfather's

small church in Chicago.

The missionary began by thanking the people

for their faithfulness in supporting the orphanage.

"But most of all, " he said, "I must thank you

for the glasses you sent last year."

"You see, the Communists had just swept through

the orphanage, destroying everything,

including my glasses. I was desperate."

"Even if I had the money, there was

simply no way of replacing those glasses.

Along with not being able to see well,

I experienced headaches every day,

so my coworkers and I were much in prayer about this.



Then your crate arrived.

When my staff removed the covers,

they found a pair of glasses lying on top."

The missionary paused long enough

to let his words sink in.

Then, still gripped with the wonder of it all,

he continued:

"Folks, when I tried on the glasses,

it was though they had been custom-made just for me!

I want to thank you for being a part of that."

The people listened, happy for the miraculous glasses.

But the missionary surely must have

confused their church with another, they thought.

*****

"Father, we look at your plan and see a

plan based on your love, not on our performance.

Help us to be captivated by your love".

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Prayer quote taken from

GOD'S INSPIRATIONAL PROMISE BOOK

By - Max Lucado

Story : The Glasses - Author Unknown

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