how much does prayer weigh??


Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children, and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store. Visualizing her family's needs, she begged, "Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can." John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store. Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told John that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family. John said, in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?" Louise replied, "Yes, sir." "O.K.", he said, "put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries." Louise hesitated a moment with a bowed head. She then reached into her purse, took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed. The eyes of the grocerman and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down. John, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer smiled and John started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales. The scale did not balance, so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no more. John stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list at all. It was a prayer which said, "Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands." John gave her the groceries that he had gathered and placed on the scales and stood in stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store. The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to John as he said, "It was worth every penny." It was sometime later that John Longhouse discovered that the scales were broken; therefore, only God knows how much a prayer weighs.

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