The Wicker Basket..

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The story is told oa an old man who lived in a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning , Granpa was up early sitting in the kitchen table reading from his old worn-out Bible. His grandson who wanted to be just like him tried to imitate him in any way hecould. One day, the grandson asked, "Papa, I tried to read the Bible just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bible do?." The Grandfather quietly turned from putting the coal in the stove and said, "Take this old wicker basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water". The boy did as he was told, even though all the water leaked out before he could get back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You will have to move a little faster next time and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the old wicker basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead. The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water, I want a basket of water. You can do this. You're not just trying hard enough, and he went out the door to watch th eboy try again. All this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got far at all. The boy scooped the water and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was empty again. Out of th ebreath, he said, "See Papa, it's useless!". "So you think its useless?", the old man said, "Look at the basket." The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket looke different. Instead of a dirty old wicker coal basket, it was clean. "Son, that's what happens when you read a Bible. you might not understand or remember anythin, but when you read it, it will change you from the inside out." Moral of the wicker basket story: Take time to read a portion of God's word each day, it will affect you for good even if you don't retain a word. I hope my lotters here like and get moral from this story. I really like it because I don't retain things too well anymore...I reckon my brain just got overloaded! But God isn't concerned about our brains anyway, He's more concerned about our heart, what's inside in it...