The illiterate 17 year old brick layer was excited
The
famous preacher was coming to town
He
listened to him say he was made in the image and likeness of god
Gen 1:26-28 CJB
26
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, in the likeness of
ourselves; and let them rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air,
the animals, and over all the earth, and over every crawling creature that
crawls on the earth.”
27
So God created humankind in his own image;
In
the image of God he created him:
Male
and female he created them.
28
God blessed them: God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and
subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living
creature that crawls on the earth.”
Strange
he thought, he was always told
He
was mentally deficient
And
coming from a broken home didn't help much
He
was out of school at the age of ten
Laying
bricks for a living
When
he looked around at other kids
It
was always with awe they were the heavenly beings
He
was this low inferior mortal
That
day something in him changed when he came to know he was created in the image of
God almighty
He
had the wisdom of god, the creativity of god
And
the character of God and God wanted man to be fruitful.
Fruitful he will be he decided.
He pulled out an old dictionary he had bought and slowly tried to learn word to
word
He
used to see a young girl from Pastor John’s family watering the plants every
evening
He
felt she looked kind enough to teach him to read
She
agreed and everyday he used to go to her to learn
She
laughed when he told her his dream to become a millionaire in ten years
"How
will you do that you barely know how to read”, she laughed and said
"I
am going to study the lives of great men who lived
I
am sure many of them came from broken and poor homes like me",
"Good
luck to you, please do visit me when you do”, she said laughing out loud.
The
Johns moved out of the neighborhood,
Poverty
had struck them ever since the Pastor died.
Elizabeth
the young girl had grown up to be a beautiful young woman
She
was taking care of her sick mother with her small salary.
One
day a rich young man came to see them.
He
went straight to her mother said
"Would
you be interested to give your daughter to this humble brick layer?
"Daniel!,
Elizabeth screeched you made it to a millionaire
…I see,"
"Thanks
to you, I leant not only to read but to establish a worldwide business as well
Yes...now
I have come to ask you to marry me!!!!
Proverbs
27:17 CJB
Just
as Iron sharpens Iron
A
person sharpens the character of his friend.
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