Jesus and the Fishing Pole

[papasage]

> > >
> > >
> > > This is awesome!
> > > County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing call one
> > > Saturday afternoon a
> > > fewmonths ago.. His 6-year-old grandson Mikey had
> > > been hit by a car while
> > > fishing in Greentown with his dad. The father and
> > > son were near a bridge
> > > bythe Kokomo Reservoir when a woman lost control of
> > > her car, slid off the
> > > bridge and hit Mikey at a rate of about 50 mph.
> > > Sheriff Marr had seen the
> > > results of accidents like this and feared the worst.
> > > When he got to Saint
> > > Joseph Hospital , he rushed through the emergency
> > > room to find Mikey
> > > conscious and in fairly good spirits. "Mikey, what
> > > happened?" Sheriff Marr
> > > asked. Mikey replied, "Well, Papaw, I was fishin'
> > > with Dad, and some lady
> > > runned me over, I flew into a mud puddle, and broke
> > > my fishin' pole and I
> > > didn't get to catch no fish!" As it turned out, the
> > > impact propelled Mikey
> > > about 500 feet, over a few trees and an embankment
> > > and in the middle of a
> > > mud puddle. His only injuries were to his right
> > > femur bone which had broken
> > > in two places. Mikey had surgery to place pins in
> > > his leg. Otherwise the
> > > boyis fine. Since all the boy could talk about was
> > > that his fishing pole was
> > > broken, the Sheriff went out to Wal-mart and bought
> > > him a new one while he
> > > was in surgery so he could have it when he came out.
> > > The next day the
> > > Sheriff sat with Mikey to keep him company in the
> > > hospital. Mikey was
> > > enjoying his new fishing pole and talked about when
> > > he could go fishing
> > > again as he cast into the trash can. When they
> > > were alone, Mikey, just as
> > > matter-of-factly, said, "Papaw, did you know Jesus
> > > is real? Well," the
> > > Sheriff replied, a little startled. "Yes, Jesus is
> > > real to all who believe
> > > in him and love him in their hearts." "No," said
> > > Mikey. "I mean Jesus is
> > > REALLY real." "What do you mean?" asked the
> > > Sheriff. "I know he's real
> > > cause I saw him." said Mikey, still casting into
> > > the trash can. "You did?"
> > > said the Sheriff. Yep," said Mikey. "When that lady
> > > runned me over and
> > > brokemy fishing pole, Jesus caught me in his arms
> > > and laid me down in the mud
> > > puddle."
> > >
> > > GIVES YOU GLORY BUMPS DOESN'T IT!
> > >

[CrappieFisher]

Amen to that!!

[father of 4]

WOW thats a great story

[Bruce Carp]

excellent

[jlaughlin72]

Great post, thanks.

[treepotato]

Thanks for sharing this Papasage, When I started reading this I was amazed because I only live about 20 minutes from the bridge your talking about! I had never heard of this story, where did you here of it? Thanks again........treepotato

[heater]

WOW. Praise His name.

[ShilohRed]

Thanks for posting.
I hope he is there if I need him like that also. But then again I think he was there last night on the water. Way to perfect of a night. Only God could make up.
Pete

[crappiequeennc]

Love the story....Thanks for posting it....

[joejv4]

Out of the mouths of babes!!!!

You realize, don't you, that Jesus has a special place in his heart children, If I remember correctly he once said "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these"

Children and grandchildren are true blessings that are bestowed upon us. We all need to cherish every minute we get to spend with them.

Thank you for posting that inspirational story!!!!

Joe