Bangkok Fellowship Church

A CARPET FOR GOD

 

G.D. James

 

 

   A young housewife tells the story of how God used a carpet to teach her the meaning of true giving.

She and her husband had invested in a beautiful new carpet from Brussels which occupied pride of place in their living room. 

    Soon after the carpet was bought, her husband decided to conduct a Bible study for some of his friends in his home. And the wife watched helplessly as dozens of pairs of rough, dirty workshoes trampled her cherished carpet and ruined it.

 

Her heart grew hard with resentment. She knew that this was dishonouring to God, but she couldn’t help herself. Then she remembered a friend telling her that the Bible had the answer to every problem. 

     “Surely the Bible had nothing to say about carpets!” she thought, when suddenly a verse flashed across her mind. “ Take joyfully the spoiling of our goods.”

      Very soon, she actually began to enjoy seeing the beautiful flowers in her carpet being erased by careless feet!

 





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