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April 03, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: The faith of little children
If this doesn't thrill your
heart - there is something wrong with you!
Carlene
Howard
County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing
call one Saturday afternoon a few months ago.
His 6-year-old grandson
Mikey had been hit by a car while fishing in
Greentown with his dad.
The father and son were near a bridge by the
Kokomo Reservoir when a woman lost
control of her car, slid off the bridge and
hit Mikey at a rate of about 50 mph.
Sheriff Marr had seen the results of accidents like this
and feared the worst. When he got to Saint Joseph
Hospital, he rushed through the
emergency room to find Mikey conscious
and in fairly good spirits
"Mikey, what happened?" Sheriff Marr asked.
Mikey replied, "Well, Papaw, I was fishin' with Dad,
and some lady runned me over,
I flew into a mud puddle, and broke my fishin' pole
and I didn't get to catch no fish!"
As it turned out, the impact propelled Mikey about 500 feet,
over a few trees and an embankment and
in the middle of a mud puddle.
His only injuries were to his right femur bone which had
broken in two places. Mikey had surgery to place pins in his leg.
Otherwise the boy is fine. Since all the boy could talk
about was that his fishing pole was broken,
the Sheriff went out to Walmart and bought him a new one
while he was in surgery so he could have it when he came out.
The next day the Sheriff sat with Mikey to keep him company
in the hospital. Mikey was enjoying his new fishing pole and
talked about when he could go fishing again as he cast
into the trash can. When they were alone,
Mikey, just as matter-of-fact, said, "Papaw,
did you
know Jesus is real?"
"Well,"
the Sheriff replied, a little startled.
"Yes,
Jesus is real to all who believe in him and
love him in their hearts."
"No,"
said Mikey. "I
mean Jesus is REALLY real."
"What
do you mean?"
asked the Sheriff.
"I
know he's real 'cause I saw him."
said Mikey,
still casting into the trash can. "You
did?"
said the Sheriff.
"Yep,"
said Mikey. "When
that lady runned me over and broke my
fishing pole, Jesus
caught me in his arms and laid me down
in the mud puddle."
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