The Weight of a Prayer
There is a story of a grocery store owner who tried to
weigh a prayer. A tired-looking woman came into the store
and asked for enough food to make a dinner for her children.
The grocer asked her how much she could spend. The frail
woman answered, "I have nothing to offer but a little
prayer."
The storekeeper was not very sentimental nor religious, so
he said, half-mockingly, "Write it on paper, and I'll weigh
it." So she did. The grocer placed the prayer on the weight
side of his old-fashioned scales. Then he began piling food
on the other side; but to his amazement, the scale would not
go down. He finally became flustered and gave the woman a
large bag of food.
The grocer never saw the woman again, but he treasures the
slip of paper upon which the woman's prayer had been
written; "Please, Lord, give us this day our daily bread."
Author unknown. If anyone has a proprietary interest in this
story please authenticate and I will be happy to credit, or
remove, as the circumstances dictate.
WIT & WISDOM - January 25, 1999