Words Of Faith: Just Jim, Checking In

K.J.V.: The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Holy Spirit. He wipers as a still small voice from your inner heart. Take time and hear the voice of the Holy One and obey.

A minister passing through his church in the middle of the day, decided to look in at the altar and see if anyone had come to pray. Just then the back door opened and a man came down the aisle. The minister frowned as he saw that the man hadn't shaved in a while.

His shirt was kind of shabby and his coat was worn and frayed. The man knelt, he bowed his head, then rose and walked away. In the days that followed, each noon time came and so did this man, Jim. Each time he knelt just for a moment, with a lunch pail in his lap. Well, the minister's suspicions grew, with robbery as his main fear. He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What are you doing here?"

The old man said, he worked down the road."I stay only moments, see, because the factory is so far away; Lunch time was his prayer time, for finding strength and power.

I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,

Lunch time was his prayer time, for finding strength and power. The old man said, he worked down the road. "I stay only moments, see, because the factory is so far away; As I kneel here talking to the LORD, this is kinda what I say:

"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK MY SIN, AWAY.

DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.

SO, JESUS, THIS IS JUST JIM, CHECKING IN."


The minister feeling foolish, told Jim, that was fine. He told him that he was welcome to come and pray just anytime. Time to go, Jim smiled, and said "Thanks. He hurried to the door. The minister knelt at the altar, he'd never done that before. His heart melted, warmed with love. As the tears flowed from his heart onto his face, he repeated old Jim's prayer:

"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN,

SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.

SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME, JUST JIM CHECKING IN."


Past noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim hadn't come. As more days passed without Jim, he began to worry some. At the factory, he asked about Jim, learning he was ill. The hospital staff was worried, but he'd given them a thrill. The week that Jim was with them, he brought changes in the ward with
his smiles, and contagious joy. Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse could not understand why Jim was so glad, When no flowers, no calls, and no cards came for him. He had not one visitor. The minister stayed by his bed, he voiced the nurse's concern: No friends came to show they cared He had nowhere to turn.


With a winsome smile; looking surprised, old Jim spoke up,

"The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know. She just couldn't know and understand.

Everyday at noon, He's here, a dear friend of mine, you see. He sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me:

"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM, HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY, I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS, JUST CHECKING IN."

JESUS says, that we can meet Him in prayer, everyday, so be aware of HIM and pray. No RSVP IS NEEDED, just come as you are, and WHEN YOU COME TO PRAY, JUST BRING YOUR HEART.

The Church Jesus Christ
shared by JESUS, Just Jim, and Suzin