God's Ford On The Go - Media Sabda Org

I wanted to please my brother, but I knew I had to mind God and fast that night. I felt God's
presence very close to me as we drove to town.
He had a certain eating place where he wanted to get a spaghetti dinner. Seated at a table, he
ordered the spaghetti dinner for himself and asked what I wanted.
Again I told him, "I'm not eating." This wasn't easy.
Finally, he ordered a fried chicken dinner for me. I insisted that he not order it, but he said, "You
have to eat." While we waited for the orders, he said, "We have to have a glass of wine."
Again, I said, "Not for me. I am not drinking and definitely not wine."
The waitress finally brought the two dinners: the spaghetti was placed before my brother; the fried
chicken dinner for me. I was hungry and the aroma was tantalizing, but I did not give in to my
appetite or to my brother who was trying to be nice to me. I had to mind God, regardless of a relative.
(So do you.)
He had devoured his order and then said, "I'll eat yours also." And that he did.
Humanly, I felt terrible about it, but was happy I hadn't yielded to temptation. He had come up
from his home in another city in the state to see me after hearing about Fred's being gone.
As he expressed his feelings, he said, "This is terrible for Fred to be away from home. Couldn't
you be a Christian and go to the theater and other places he would want to go, once in a while?"
"I could not go to the theater and keep what I have in my heart," was my answer.
That evening he told me that he had sold the tavern business.
In total agreement I said, "I'm glad you did." Then knowing he had made plenty of money in the
business, I asked, "Why?"
He thrilled me with the answer, "My conscience was bothering me. I had to get rid of it."
He has been in the antique and museum business for a number of years at Long Beach,
Washington. He, Wellington and his wife, Harriet, have been kind to me.
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