Sally was only eight years old when she heard Mommy and Daddy talking
about her little brother, Georgi. He was very sick and they had done
everything they could afford to save his life. Only a very expensive
surgery could help him now . . . and that was out of the financial
question. She heard Daddy say it with a whispered desperation, "Only a miracle can save him now."
Sally went to her bedroom and pulled her piggy bank from its hiding
place in the closet. She shook all the change out on the floor and
counted it carefully. Three times. The total had to be exactly perfect.
No chance here for mistakes. Tying the coins up in a
cold-weather-kerchief, she slipped out of the apartment and made her way
to the corner drug store.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her attention . . but he
was too busy talking to another man to be bothered by an eight-year-old.
Sally twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. She cleared her throat.
No good. Finally she took a quarter from its hiding place and banged it
on the glass counter. That did it!
"And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice.
"Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Sally answered back in
the same annoyed tone. "He's sick . . . and I want to buy a miracle."
"I beg your pardon," said the pharmacist.
"My Daddy says only a miracle can save him now . . . so how much does a
miracle cost?"
"We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I can't help you."
"Listen, I have the money to pay for it. Just tell me how much it
costs."
The well-dressed man stooped down and asked, "What kind of a miracle
does you brother need?"
"I don't know," Sally answered. A tear started down her cheek. "I just
know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my folks
can't pay for it . . . so I have my money.
"How much do you have?" asked the well-dressed man.
"A dollar and eleven cents," Sally answered proudly. "And it's all the
money I have in the world."
"Well, what a coincidence," smiled the well-dressed man. A dollar and
eleven cents . . . the exact price of a miracle to save a little
brother. He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he
grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see
your brother and meet your parents."
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, renowned surgeon,
specializing in solving Georgi's malady. The operation was completed
without charge and it wasn't long until Georgi was home again and doing
well. Mommy and Daddy were happily talking about the chain of
events that had led them to this place.
"That surgery," Mommy whispered. "It's like a miracle. I wonder how much
it would have cost?
Sally smiled to herself. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost... one
dollar and eleven cents... plus the faith of a little child.
Sorrow looks back,
Worry looks around,
Faith looks up.
When in sorrow, call JOHN 14
When people fail you, call PSALM 27
If you want to be fruitful, call JOHN 15
When you have sinned, call PSALM 51
When you worry, call MATTHEW 6:19-34
When you are in danger, call PSALM 91
When God seems far away, call PSALM 139
When your faith needs stirring, call HEBREWS 11
When you are lonely and fearful, call PSALM 23
When you grow bitter and critical, call 1 COR.13
For Paul's secret to happiness, call COL. 3:12-17
For idea of Christianity, call 1 COR. 5:15-19
When you feel down and out, call ROMANS 8:31-39
When you want peace and rest, call MATTHEW 11:25-30
When the world seems bigger than God, call PSALM 90
When you want Christian assurance, call ROMANS 8:1-30
When you leave home for labor or travel, call PSALM 121
When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, call PSALM 67
For a great inventino/opportunity, call ISAIAH 55
When you want courage for a task, call JOSHUA 1
How to get along with fellow men, call ROMANS 12
When you think of investments/returns, call MARK 10
If you are depressed, call PSALM 27
If your pocketbook is empty, call PSALM 37
If you are loosing confidence in people, call 1 COR.13
If people seem unkind, call JOHN 15
If discouraged about your work, call PSALM 126
If you find the world growing small, and yourself greater, call PSALM 19
Emergency numbers may be dialed direct. No operator assistance is necessary. All lines are open to Heaven 24 hours a day. Feed your faith, and doubt will starve to death.