Jesus and the Fishing Pole
> > >
> > >
> > > 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!
> > >
Jesus and the fishing pole
