Three Bullets

[Judy Harder]

THREE  BULLETS

There once  was a man who had nothing for his family to  eat.

He had an old  rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would  go out hunting  and kill some wild game for dinner.

As he went  down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed  it.

The rabbit  ran away.

Then he saw a  squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and missed  it.

The squirrel  disappeared into a hole in a cottonwood  tree.

As he went  further, he saw a large wild 'Tom' turkey in the tree,  but he had only  one bullet remaining.

A voice spoke  to him and said, 'Pray first, aim high and stay  focused'.

However, at  the same time, he saw a deer which was a better kill.

He brought  the gun down and aimed at the deer. But, then he saw a rattlesnake  between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally brought the  gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake.

Still, the  voice said again to him, 'I said 'Pray, Aim high and Stay  focused?

So, the man  decided to listen to God's voice.

He  prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the wild  turkey.

The bullet  bounced off the turkey and killed the deer.

The handle  fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and killed  it.

And, when the  gun had gone off, it knocked him into a  pond.

When he stood  up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets,  a dead deer and  a turkey to eat for his family.

The snake  (Satan) was dead simply because the man listened to  God.

Moral of the  story:

Pray first  before you do anything, Aim and shoot high in your  goals, and stay  focused on God.

Never let  others discourage you concerning your past. The past is exactly that,  the past ..

Live every  day one day at a time and remember that only God knows  our future and  that He will not put you through any more than you  can bear.

Do not look  to man for your blessings, but look to the doors that  only He has  prepared in advance for you in your favor.

Wait, be  still and patient: keep God first and everything else will  follow.