A TOUCHING STORY FOR WORKING PARENTS

To My Dear Family, Loved Ones & Friends,

This afternoon, after taking an afternoon nap, I went to check my email. I clicked on an email forward by a christian from the Philippines which was sent to me July 20,2008. Being a father of three girls, I was curious because the subject was on parents. Begun to read and scroll down. I was amazingly touched, blessed,
encouraged and stirred in my heart. I was filled with gratitude and thanksgiving for the one who forwarded this email to me.

On the other hand, I for one must admit that I have failed many times to give the time to you my family, loved ones and friends. I say, forgive me. I will trust the LORD to make me more sensitive in those times that you need someone the most, that I will be there by the grace of God. I will endeavor to be physically present as
much as possible. If not, I will seek to communicate by other means (telephone call, email, text messages). Do please let me know though when such times of need arises so I can somehow "Be There".

Be blessed, be encouraged, be touched as I have been touched by this email.

To my dear wife Delia, my daughters Mynes, Aissa & Love and my son-in-law Levi: I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH and am ever grateful & thankful to our God & Saviour Jesus Christ for the gift of my "family";

To my loved ones: brothers Boy & Ray; sisters Ellen, Jean & Lynn: to my extended family: brothers-in-law & sisters-in-law; nephews, nieces, uncles and aunts, I say to you all today: I LOVE YOU ALL;

To my friends, and there are so many of them: Thank you for being a friend to me and I thank God for you all;

To my Christian Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I love you all with the love of our LORD Jesus Christ. Thank you for touching my life along the way in our sojourn to our eternal home in heaven.

Sent with love and gratitude in my heart to you all.

Emmanuel

Here now is the forward!


A Touching Story For Working Parents

Date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008, 12:35 PM
> A small touching story mainly for professionals. ..
>
> A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to
> find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

> SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

> DAD: 'Yeah sure, what is it?' replied the man.
> SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'
> DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you
> ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.

> SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much you make an hour?'
> DAD: 'If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour.'
> SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his
head down.

> SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $10.00?'
> The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior.
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often.

The man went to the door of the little boy's room and
opened the door. 'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.
'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy. 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man.
'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation
on you. Here's the $10.00 you asked for.' The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
'Why do you want more money if you already have
some?' the father grumbled. 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son and begged for his forgiveness.
It's just a short reminder to all of us working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Do remember to share that $20.00 worth of your time with someone you love. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
PLS READ WITH FAITH..
This is an awesome prayer.

Believe it and you shall be blessed.

The problem with many of us is that we don't believe that God will open a Window and pour out blessings that we won't have room to receive them.
I Dare anyone to try God. He is true to His word. God cannot lie and His Promises are sure.

Three things will happen to you this coming week:
(1) You will find favour with someone you don't expect;
(2) You will be too relevant to be ignored;
(3) You will encounter God and you will never remain the same again.

My prayer for you today:

The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil, the hands that will send this message to others shall not labour in vain, the mouth saying Amen To this prayer shall laugh forever.
Remain in God's love as you send this Prayer to everybody on your list. Have a lovely journey
of life! Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will never fail you because He is AWESOME!
If you truly need a blessing,
continue reading this email:

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray that you Abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a Family is more than just a mother, father, sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you. Father, I send up a prayer request for blessings not only for the person who sent this to me, but for me and all that I have forwarded this message to. And that the power of joined prayer of those who believe and trust in you is more powerful than anything..
I thank you in advance for your blessings. Father God, deliver the person reading this right now from debt and debt's burdens. Release your Godly wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You have given me Father,
for I know how wonderful and mighty you are and how if we just obey you and walk In your word and have the faith of a mustard seed, that you will pour out blessings. I thank you now Lord for the recent blessings I have received and for the blessings yet to come because I know you are not done with me yet.

In Jesus' most precious & powerful name, I pray. Amen !!!

TAKE 60 SECONDS and send this on quickly and within hours, you will have caused a multitude of people to pray to God for each other.
Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life for doing the thing that you know He loves. Remain
Blessed!!!

Have an awesome day