"You bet I do. It means I get 'ta eat with you again and get some of your mom's apple pie," replied Little John.
"Yea, but 'member what else 'at means? 'At means more of 'em sliced apples Mom puts out to dry 'ats what it means. Yum....yum!"
Big Howie's mom was a wonderful cook. Big Howie's dad would drive to
Texas and bring back a truck load of apples to sell the locals. Big
Howie's mom always got some of the fruit for their own use.
"Hey, you let me know when your mom gets 'ta 'em apples sliced, okay?"
"You betcha I will and we'll have full tummies 'fer shore," said Big Howie.
Big Howie's mom would spend the better part of the day slicing apples to dry. Then, she would climb up to the roof of the well house; lay the apple slices out; cover them with a clean sheet and wait for a few days until they were just the right consistency to put away.
About three days later, Big Howie came running over to Little John's home.
"Hey, Little John, she put 'em apples up on the roof 'dis yesterday. I think they're a 'bout right 'fer us 'ta eat."
So, Little John and Big Howie snuck past the house, quickly hid behind the well house and made their way to the well house roof. They pulled back the sheet and began to devour mom's sliced apples.
Of course, when Big Howie's mom climbed the ladder to claim the dried apples in a couple of days, to her surprise, the rooftop was almost devoid of apples. Do you think Big Howie's mom knew what happened to her apples? Of course, she did. Do you think Little John and Big Howie owned up to stealing them? Of course they didn't.
How many of us think we are getting by with things? How many of us think God either doesn't see or doesn't care when we steal? Oh, it may be just a pen or some paper from work. It may be we steal time when we should be doing the work we are getting paid to do? Is anyone guilty of stealing another's spouse? Do we steal from God by not giving Him our tithe?
Anyone who thinks, like Little John and Big Howie, that they are fooling God is very wrong.
What are you stealing? What are you trying to hide from God?
"Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all of heaven and earth? Jeremiah 23:24-25 Living Bible
"Hey, you let me know when your mom gets 'ta 'em apples sliced, okay?"
"You betcha I will and we'll have full tummies 'fer shore," said Big Howie.
Big Howie's mom would spend the better part of the day slicing apples to dry. Then, she would climb up to the roof of the well house; lay the apple slices out; cover them with a clean sheet and wait for a few days until they were just the right consistency to put away.
About three days later, Big Howie came running over to Little John's home.
"Hey, Little John, she put 'em apples up on the roof 'dis yesterday. I think they're a 'bout right 'fer us 'ta eat."
So, Little John and Big Howie snuck past the house, quickly hid behind the well house and made their way to the well house roof. They pulled back the sheet and began to devour mom's sliced apples.
Of course, when Big Howie's mom climbed the ladder to claim the dried apples in a couple of days, to her surprise, the rooftop was almost devoid of apples. Do you think Big Howie's mom knew what happened to her apples? Of course, she did. Do you think Little John and Big Howie owned up to stealing them? Of course they didn't.
How many of us think we are getting by with things? How many of us think God either doesn't see or doesn't care when we steal? Oh, it may be just a pen or some paper from work. It may be we steal time when we should be doing the work we are getting paid to do? Is anyone guilty of stealing another's spouse? Do we steal from God by not giving Him our tithe?
Anyone who thinks, like Little John and Big Howie, that they are fooling God is very wrong.
What are you stealing? What are you trying to hide from God?
"Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all of heaven and earth? Jeremiah 23:24-25 Living Bible
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