Sunday, June 27, 2010

Mr. Jones goes to heaven.

There's a little fable about a Mr.Jones who dies and goes to heaven. Peter is waiting at the gates to give him a tour. Amid the splendor of golden trees, beautiful mansions, and choirs of angels that Peter shows him, Mr. Jones notices an odd-looking building. He thinks it looks like an enormous warehouse-it has no windows and only one door. But when he asks to see inside, Peter hesitates. "You really don't want to see what's in there," he tells the new arrival. Why would there be any secrets in heaven? Jones wonders. What incredible surprises could be waiting for me in there? When the official tour is over he"s still wondering,so he ask again to see inside the structure.

Finally,Peter relents. When the apostle opens the door,Mr.Jones almost knocks him over in his haste to enter. It turns out that the enormous building is filled with row after row of shelves, floor to ceiling, each stacked neatly with white boxes tied in red ribbons.

"These boxes all have names on them," Mr. Jones muses aloud. Then turning to Peter he asks, "Do I have one?"

"Yes,you do" Peter tries to guide Mr. Jones back outside. "Frankly Peter says, "if I were you...." But Mr. Jones is already dashing toward the "J" aisle to find his box.

Peter follows, shaking his head. He catches up with Mr.Jones just as he is slipping the red ribbon off his box and popping the lid. Looking inside, Jones has a moment of instant recognition, and he lets out a deep sigh like the ones Peter has heard so many times bbefore.

Because there in Mr. Jones's white box are all the blessings that God wanted to give to him while he was on earth...but, Mr. Jones had never asked. From The Prayer of Jabez

Question: What blessings are in your box? Know this God has many blessings for you..All you have to do is ask..I pray that you will do that today...

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