A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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This morning I was thinking about who we are and what we mean to our community as individual people. There are many who work everyday to make their community a better place to live. There are those who are care givers and visit the sick and shut in's and there are those who give to their community through their work. I wonder sometimes if any get discouraged to the point of wanting to quit. Maybe you feel you are wasting your time and efforts.
Let me remind you of a story about a mother who packed a lunch one morning for her son to take with him on a journey to hear a man speak. It was only a small lunch, not much to brag about, just five loaves of bread and two fish. When she packed the lunch for her son she never dreamed the miracle that would happen that day just because she was faithful in her duties in providing a meal for her child.
Perhaps if she had known she would have made a large lunch and perhaps put more into it. But that is not the lesson to be learned from this remarkable story. There were five thousand that gathered that day to hear a Carpenter speak and when it was evening the people were tired and hungry and there wasn’t any food. The Carpenter’s helpers asked about supplying food for the people and told him the only food that was available was the lunch that a small brought from home which was five loaves of bread and two fish. The Carpenter asked that the boy’s lunch be brought to Him. Once the bread and fish had been broken into fragments the Carpenter blessed the food and the five thousand were fed with some left over.
I have often felt inadequate facing the challenges that lay before me. But then I think of the small boy, his mother and the feeding of the multitude and say, “Not by my might, but by your will.” And then continue on life’s journey. Old Fella is a good example of this story. What could one old black mangy dog and one old man accomplish in the face of such a gigantic task of rescuing so many homeless animals that roam our country side and city streets? The answer is nothing if you want to do it by yourself. The Old Fella legacy is alive and well today because so many felt compassion for this lonesome old black dog and his life’s struggles and gave from your heart a service. Miracles still happen for those who have the faith to wait and the courage to endure. Old Fella had his turn at a better life just because people looked beyond the obstacles and saw a vision and then dare to dream that it could come true.
Let me remind you of a story about a mother who packed a lunch one morning for her son to take with him on a journey to hear a man speak. It was only a small lunch, not much to brag about, just five loaves of bread and two fish. When she packed the lunch for her son she never dreamed the miracle that would happen that day just because she was faithful in her duties in providing a meal for her child.
Perhaps if she had known she would have made a large lunch and perhaps put more into it. But that is not the lesson to be learned from this remarkable story. There were five thousand that gathered that day to hear a Carpenter speak and when it was evening the people were tired and hungry and there wasn’t any food. The Carpenter’s helpers asked about supplying food for the people and told him the only food that was available was the lunch that a small brought from home which was five loaves of bread and two fish. The Carpenter asked that the boy’s lunch be brought to Him. Once the bread and fish had been broken into fragments the Carpenter blessed the food and the five thousand were fed with some left over.
I have often felt inadequate facing the challenges that lay before me. But then I think of the small boy, his mother and the feeding of the multitude and say, “Not by my might, but by your will.” And then continue on life’s journey. Old Fella is a good example of this story. What could one old black mangy dog and one old man accomplish in the face of such a gigantic task of rescuing so many homeless animals that roam our country side and city streets? The answer is nothing if you want to do it by yourself. The Old Fella legacy is alive and well today because so many felt compassion for this lonesome old black dog and his life’s struggles and gave from your heart a service. Miracles still happen for those who have the faith to wait and the courage to endure. Old Fella had his turn at a better life just because people looked beyond the obstacles and saw a vision and then dare to dream that it could come true.
