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A number of years ago a seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and they had stopped to eat breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white haired gentleman moving from table to table visiting with other guests. The professor leaned over and whispered to his wife, "I hope he doesn't come over here", but in a few minutes the man made his way over to their table. "Where are you folks from?" he asked with a smile and a friendly voice. "Oklahoma I answered". "Great to have you here in Tennessee", the strange man said. "What do you do for a living?...."I teach at a seminary, "he replied. "Oh you teach preachers how to preach? Well I got a great story for you, only take a few minutes of your time, and with that the man pulled up a chair and sat at the end of the table with the couple. When the man got settled in, he said, "See that mountain over there (pointing out the restaurant window). Not far from the base of that mountain, there was a boy born to an unwed mother. He had a hard time growing up, because every place he went, he was always being asked the same question, "Who's your daddy, boy". Hey boy who's your daddy, why ain't he with you. He would avoid going into stores because this question caught on all over the area and people did it just for the fun of it. No matter where he went it was always the same, word gets around when people got something to fool with someone about. What they were ignorant of was this type of fun was hurtful. When he was about twelve years old, a new preacher came to town, and not even knowing a thing about him, put his hand on his shoulder one Sunday morning and said, "Son who's your daddy, so? The whole church got quiet, he could feel every eye looking at him. This new preacher sensed the situation around him and using discernment that only the Holy Spirit could give at that moment, said the following to that scared little boy... "Wait a minute! he said, "I know who you are", I see the family resemblance now.....You are a child of God, with that he patted that little boy on his shoulder again and said, "Boy you've got a great inheritance, Go forth and claim it". With that for the first time in his childhood that little boy smiled and walked out the door of that church a changed person. He was never the same again. When ever someone would asks him that ponderous question, "Who's your daddy" he would grin and say, " I'm a child of God". At that point the distinguished gentleman got up from the table and said, "Isn't that a great story". "You know if that new preacher hadn't told me that I was one of God's children, I probably would not have amounted to anything". The professor and his wife was stunned. He called the waitress over and asked her, "Do you know who that man was who was sitting at our table telling that story". The waitress grinned real big and said, "Of course, everybody knows him, very fine gentleman". That's Ben Hooper. former governor of Tennessee. The new preacher didn't know it at that moment but he set the wheels in motion to change the life of Ben Hooper. Words spoken can be funny to us when we are not on the receiving in so be careful what is spoken and how it is spoken.......once a word leaves the tongue it can never return.
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Little girl seven years jealous boy who is very good at dancing. He politely refused her. They say he's still dancing alone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHf5fQVNeIg
