Monday, February 3, 2014

"The Man From the Bench" (Men need strong God-Fearing Women)


The Prelude….
The beginning…. “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him” (Genesis 2:18)

There are certain things that we as men just need a woman for.  There are certain voids in our life that can only be filled by a god-fearing woman.  A touch that only a wife can provide that is forever comforting.  A security that our children are in the best of hands.

This story tells the story of a man that performs Godly miracles through our Father, but doesn't acknowledge him for all his blessings that he has received.  He has finally come to a crossroad where money cannot buy him happiness or fix the problem and he is finally wondering why.

The Story…

There was a doctor that had just about everything that he wanted.  He was the best in the land for what he did when it came to saving lives and delivering babies, he was loved by many.  But when that doctor would get to his house, he often noticed that it was not a home.  He had someone that he was dating, but the relationship featured so many ups and downs that he often found himself simply wanting to give up.  Or he actually found himself by himself more than often.  He really wished and hoped for his significant other to realize what he wanted to form with her.  But for some odd reasons, she never could see eye to eye with him when it came to certain things.

Well one day the doctor was on his way to work.  As his stepped outside of S-Class Mercedes, he noticed a guy sitting on a bench outside of the hospital.  For some odd reason he approached the guy and spoke to him.  The man spoke back, but as the doctor turned and walked away, the man utter these words to him, “seek him first, that he will provided your empty space with the blessings in which you’re heart so much desires.”  The doctor turned in shock and continued to walk inside of the hospital.

After a crazy shift, the doctor checks-out and prepares himself for departure.  Once he got outside of the building, he noticed the man was still sitting on the bench.  The doctor approached him and asked him, “What did you mean by your statement in which you spoke of earlier?”  The guy on the bench replied, “Nothing is free doc, you have to pay the piper.”  The doctor then responded by saying, “Well I have no cash on me, I’d have to go to a nearby bank to get some.”  The guy says, “Doc for what I am about to tell you, no money can buy.  But if you promise me one thing after I tell you what it is that I have been lead to, that I can pray with and for you, I will share this information with you.”  The doctor looked in amazement and nods his head yes.

The guy on the bench stands up in front of the doctor and tells him that you relationship is null and void because you lack the key thing that will bring it to life; you lack Christ.  The same God that guides your hands on the operation table; blesses you with the knowledge to perform in the manner that you do; keeps you financially stable the way that you are so that your mind and heart is always clear, you must let him into your life.

You go to your house after work to a woman that doesn't even want to spend time with you.  Doesn't seem to ease the pain and void that you have by attempting to be a life partner.  You search for all the qualities of a wife in a girlfriend that doesn't even know how to be a woman.  She must first too allow God to be the head of her life in order for you-alls union to be blessed.  One thing that you must remember is that God has placed everyone in our lives for a particular reason.  For everything that you sow into people lives in the hospital as a doctor, I’m talking the grief for those that have lost someone; the happiness for those that have brought new life into the world, the joy that a disease has been removed from one’s body.  Doc you need a woman, a wife, at home that understands the man in which she has, your worth, your now ongoing relationship with God and she understands it is her duty to pour back into you what it is that you put out every day.

The doctor looks at the guy from the bench as his eyes begin to water.  He asks him, “So I am not selfish for wanting to spend more time or want to be with in her more than what I am now?”  The guy looks upon the doctor as says, “God wants for us to all have someone, especially someone that performs his miracles right here on earth. “

Finally the guy from the bench tells the doctor, “that emptiness in which you face in your relationship must be filled first and foremost with a relationship with God.  Once he sees that you’ve accepted him, he will work on everything else for you.  But you also need to allow for him to send you a woman that understands both how you feel and how you operate, so that your relationship is not hardship, but something that is prosperous for the both of you.”

The doctor had his head down and he felt the guy from the bench place his hands on his head and he began to pray.  The doctor begins to weep more because of were his faith and belief lied with Jesus Christ.  How his relationship was nowhere near what he wanted it to be.  As the guy continues to pray harder and harder, the doctor begins to speak, “father I repent for not accepting you into my life.  Father I just ask for forgiveness right now.  Father I just ask for a relationship that you will bond through your strength that no man can break.  Father I just ask for you to send me someone that understands the importance of time, sacrifice, and communication.  Father I want to know more of you, I want a partner that is just as eager for your love as I am.”

While the doctor continues to pray, he feels the guy from the bench hands leave his head.  As he dries his tears and wipes his face, so that he can stand and walk to his car, he feels a slight breeze.  When he stands up, his significant other is standing in front of him and she asks him, “Who were you talking to?”  He responds, “Did you not see a man standing over me?”  She responds, “No.”  And then she tells him that, “I've been standing here for a second now and I heard your prayer.  I want you to know that I want to be your better half. I want to work on everything that we lack and do it in the name of Jesus.”  The doctor’s heart trembled as he started to weep again.  He grabs his significant other to give her a huge and begins to walk to his car.  But right before he got in the car, he looked back over to see the bench was still empty, however, a shadow was bending the corner.  The doctor then looked up to the sky and said thank you Lord, for you know best and I thank you for that angel in which you sent to speak over me.

The Conclusion...

Men that doctor represents the duties in which we have to God, our family and our love ones; we have work to do.  Ladies we as men need a woman that backs us and supports us so that we can continue to do the things in which God has called us to be.  No matter if it’s a Doctor, Writer, Lawyer, Preacher, or whatever.  This story does not represent struggle and taking our women for granted.  But it does represent that we are at our best when our support system consist of you.

-Minister LaCheston T. Moore