I once heard the story about a
little fellow who spent his summers with his sister on his grandparent’s
farm. They would go to the farm in the
summertime and spend the summer riding horses, playing with the cows, and
running in the woods. They just had a
real big time.
One day the little boy decided he
would make a slingshot. He got to where
he was quite an expert at hitting things with it. So, he looked out and there was his
grandmother’s prize goose.
Sure enough he hit that goose
right on the head and he killed it and he knew he was in trouble. So he said to himself, “I’d better dig a hole
and bury it before anyone finds out.”
So he dug a hole and put the goose
into it and he was covering the goose over when he heard his sister say, “I
caught you, I caught you, I caught you!
I saw what you did. I saw you
kill grandmother’s goose and I’m going to tell on you!”
She really had him. I mean she really had that poor fellow and
she made life miserable for him. When it
was her turn to get the water, he had to go get it because he was being blackmailed. When it was her time to bring in some wood
for the stove, he had to do it because he feared she would tell on him.
She just made life miserable for
him. He was guilty and he knew he was
guilty. He was under condemnation and
the guilt of what he had done. It began to
eat away at him and finally he just couldn’t stand it anymore. It was just eating him alive and tearing his
little heart up.
Finally, one day he went running
into grandma’s room. He threw himself
into her arms and said, “Oh, grandmother.
I killed your goose. I did
it. I didn’t think the rock would kill
it. I buried the goose and I have been
so afraid that sister was going to tell you that I just can’t stand it! Would you please forgive me for killing your
goose?”
His grandmother said, “Why son, I was looking out the window and I saw you kill that goose. I have known you did it all this time. I just wanted you to come and ask me to forgive you for it.”
It is true – God is watching!!
✞ Live your life every moment of every day as if God is watching – because He is!
