Vinnie,
That is a very nice story!  I think we all miss opportunities to pray once 
in a while.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: Causes to Pray


>O My! Vicki,
> What an impressive story.
>    Here is what happened to me a few weeks ago.
>    I had completed tuning two pianos and was tired and late to my third 
> tuning.  When I got to my third job I was really  tired.  This piano I had 
> tuned before and had had great difficulty each time.  In fact, I thought 
> this lady was going to have someone else do it, because it didn't turn out 
> so well last time.
>    Well, as I was unpacking, this lady offered me a cup of coffee, which 
> is something  that almost no one offers when I go to their houses.
> I said that that would be wonderful.  She started to fret because she 
> didn't have any milk in the house for the coffee.  I told her not to 
> worry, no big deal-I was just grateful that someone had even offered me 
> some coffee.
> Anyway, as I began to work, the lady told me she had to go to the bank and 
> would get the coffee when she got back.
> When she came back, she handed me a large cup of my favorite coffee--Tim 
> Hortons, which she had gone out and bought for me.  She had no idea that 
> it was my favorite kind of coffee.  I was so grateful, that I relaxed and 
> was able to do the best tuning on that piano that I had ever done.
>    Ok Vicki, you convicted me.  I should have been praying for that lady, 
> and this happened three weeks ago.
> Vinny.----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vicki and the Rors" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 10:08 PM
> Subject: Causes to Pray
>
>
>> Saturday I went to a water aerobics class.  I took our local Para transit
>>
>> Service to get there.  I was pretty convinced by the tone of the 
>> conversation in the van
>>
>> That my driver wasn't a professing Christian.  He was nice enough, but if 
>> I could
>>
>> Describe him with one word just based on casual observation, I would have 
>> labeled
>>
>> Him as hard-shelled.  Of course, we run in to people in our daily paths 
>> each
>>
>> Day who aren't Christians, so nothing new about that.  I didn't speak 
>> with
>>
>> Him about the Lord as I didn't feel led to do so.  Quite frankly, it 
>> never crossed
>>
>> my mind.  I don't happen to have the gift of evangelism, though that 
>> isn't
>>
>> an excuse for any of us.  But as I said, it didn't cross my mind and I
>>
>> didn't feel led in that direction.  We talked about the Cinco de Mayo
>>
>> traffic, the weather and a few others pass the time type topics.  We 
>> rounded
>>
>> the corner taking sharp turns in to the parking lot, and he began to
>>
>> maneuver that vehicle in to a parking spot to drop me off near the gym
>>
>> entrance.  When I reached down and grabbed my gym bag I noticed I had
>>
>> forgotten my bottle of water. I casually commented about it, with a hint 
>> of laughter
>>
>> in my voice.  He asked me what I was going to do
>>
>> about forgetting it.  I responded that there was a whole pool of water in 
>> there should I
>>
>> need some.  I told him there was always the drinking fountain too if I 
>> was
>>
>> really seriously interested, and that it just wasn't a big deal.  In my 
>> mind,
>>
>> I thought, "I never drink out of drinking fountains."  "And that 
>> disgusting
>>
>> pool water certainly doesn't count for drinking substance, unless of 
>> course
>>
>> by accident, one gets a mouth full of the nasty tasting stuff."  I 
>> obviously didn't voice my thoughts.
>>
>> As I reached for the handrail to descend the steps of the van, instead of
>>
>> Finding the hand rail, there was a bottle of cold water firmly placed in 
>> my hand.  I
>>
>> explained that it really wasn't necessary for me to have it, and for him 
>> to keep it.  He
>>
>> replied that he had three other bottles.  Nothing would do but that I 
>> should take it.  He
>>
>> told me it was unopened and that it was Kroger's brand.  Feeling quite
>>
>> embarrassed, I offered to pay him for it which he didn't accept.  So I 
>> thanked him and hurriedly left the van.  I showed my id at the counter 
>> and headed toward the women's locker room hardly giving a thought to the 
>> cold water given to me by the stranger.
>>
>> I was just inside the locker room door when a voice thundered in my head 
>> the words, "And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least 
>> of my
>>
>> followers, you will surely be rewarded." (Matthew 10 verse 42, NLT) WHILE 
>> A CAREFUL STUDY OF THIS VERSE AND SURROUNDING VERSES WILL MORE FULLY 
>> EXPAND THE full MEANING AND APPLICATION< I was abruptly reminded of the 
>> act of kindness done to me by the van driver, and how Jesus views 
>> seemingly small actions. In that moment I asked the Lord to bless him for 
>> his kindness and prayed for his salvation.  Had this not happened as it 
>> did, I most likely would not have prayed for this person's salvation at 
>> all.
>>
>>
>>
>> Wonder what God incidents have happened to others of you that have caused 
>> you to specifically pray.
>>
>>
>>
>> And by the way, don't ask me if my water aerobics cause me pain and agony 
>> the next day.
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>> Vicki
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