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you ever had to share something with someone? You had something special that
you always played with but now had to share? Maybe you had to share a special
day with someone? In today's story I'm going to tell you the story of a boy
named William who had to share something and how Lord Jesus helped him.
William was a little boy who loved playing as much as he
could, but best of all he loved playing with friends. The one thing that made
him very sad was when he would have to leave his friends behind and go home.
He did not have any brothers or sisters so he would have to play alone. He so
wished he had somebody to play with at home. He would often think of what it
would be like to have a brother or sister to play with him, of how they would
ride bicycles or play with his favorite toys.
One day after school his mommy told them some good news.
Can you imagine what it could be? Well, let me tell you! William's mommy had
gone to the doctor to see if everything was okay with her and while at the
doctor she found out that she was going to have a baby! William was going to
be a big brother! His dreams were coming true, he always wanted to be a big
brother and with his mommy having the baby he would be just that.
From that day he on, everything seemed to be about the
baby. If they were not buying clothes for the baby, they were getting the room
ready for the new baby. At first it was very exciting and William did his very
best to help but before long there was not much he could do and he would have
to leave it to his mommy and daddy to do the work. This would make him very
upset inside because all he wanted to do was to make everything ready for the
new baby.
As the time went on, William’s mommy's tummy grew bigger
and bigger then one day it was time for her to go to the hospital to have the
baby. William watched as his mommy and Daddy packed a suitcase for his mommy
and the baby. He was very excited as they all started to head to the car, but
his joy soon stopped when he found out he could not go with to the Hospital.
He would have to stay at his granny’s house. He loved his granny, but he did
not want to be away form his mommy and he sure did not want to miss the birth
of the baby. As they dropped his mommy off at the hospital, he was given a
very important job to do. He was to think of a name for the little baby. This
helped to make him feel a little better, but he was even happier when his
daddy promised to phone him the minute the baby was born.
Straight away William started thinking of names. This was
not an easy job! If finding a name was not hard enough, he had to find two
names! One for a boy if it was a boy and one for a girl if it was a girl. So
with a piece of paper and a pen William started to write down names and waited
for the phone call from his daddy.
Well it was the longest time William had ever had to wait.
As he lay in the bed he would watch the clock and it 'ticked, tocked' the
night away and just when he thought he could not keep awake another minute the
phone rang. He waited for his granny to pick it up and sure enough it was his
daddy. His daddy told him that he was a big brother to a beautiful little girl
and asked if he had come up with a name for her? He had so much time waiting
for the phone call that he had thought of the best name! The name he had
picked was Beth. His daddy liked the name and said he would tell his mommy for
him.
For the next few days, William's mommy still had to say in
the hospital, but that was okay because everyday they would go to the Hospital
and even though William would wait in the car. His Mommy always made sure to
stand by the window and show William his new little sister.
Then the day arrived! William knew that he would finally
get to see his little sister up close. She was coming home with his mommy and
they would all be together again. They arrived at the hospital and William's
daddy went inside. After quite some time of looking at the entrance of the
hospital watching the people come and go like he had so often in the past few
days, there came out a very familiar site. It was his mommy and in her arms
was a bundle of blankets. William knew that inside there somewhere was his
little sister and he could not wait to see her. His heart wanted to burst he
was so happy.
As they got to the car his mommy made him sit very still in
the backseat of the car and she then put his baby sister in his arms. He
pulled back the blankets and there he saw the smallest little person he had
ever seen. She was all wrinkly and had her eyes closed. The whole way home he
sat and looked at her sleeping in his arms.
Well from that time on, things got really crazy and it
seemed his mommy and daddy were always busy with the baby. They were either
making a bottle to feed her or they were bathing her or they where changing
dirty diapers or they were making sure that there was not too much noise in
the house so that Beth could sleep.
William started to think that a baby wasn't such a good
idea. In fact he started to wonder if this being a big brother was such a good
thing. He never got to play with his sister because she was too small and all
she ever did was sleep. She could not do all the fun stuff he dreamt of doing
with his sister, like the time he tried to show Beth his favorite toy and his
mommy told him he couldn’t because there where too many small pieces on it
that she could swallow.
One night as William was getting ready for bed he opened
his Bible to a very interesting story. Would you like to know what that story
it was? Okay well it was the story of baby Moses and his big sister Miriam.
You see Moses was born in a very bad time and was in
trouble right away. The Israelites where slaves to the Egyptians and the king
of the Egyptians had ordered all the boy babies of the Israelites to be killed
at birth.
Moses' mommy had to do something fast. So what she did was
make a basket that was water proof and hide baby Moses in it and let it float
down the Nile river where the Egyptian soldiers would not find him. The only
problem was that there were lots of other dangers to think about. What was she
to do? If She kept Moses, he would die and if she put him in the river he
could die to!
Well fortunately, Moses had a big sister and she promised
their mommy that she would follow the baby as he floated in the river and make
sure nothing happened to him and that is exactly what she did. She looked
after her little brother the whole time as he floated down the river.
And do you know what? God saved Moses because he was
special and he was to help the Children of Israel when he grew up. Well, God
let Moses float right into the palace where the Princess was having a bath.
And when she saw Moses she fell in love with him and decided to be his Mommy
seeing that he was alone.
Miriam had done her job! Moses was safe and would not die.
Then she did something else that was very brave and special. She knew that the
Princess could not look after him properly so she went to the Princess and
told her she knew a lady that would look after Moses for her. The Princess was
so happy that she told Miriam to go and call the lady. So Miriam called the
Lady and do you know who the Lady was? It was Moses' mommy! That is right,
Miriam not only made sure that Moses was safe, but she also got Moses and his
mommy back together.
It was then that William knew he had a every important job
to do. He felt bad for all the ugly things he had thought about his little
sister. He knew that he had a very important job just like Miriam. Even though
things were not as bad as they where for baby Moses, he knew it would not be
easy. So right there he prayed a little pray to Lord Jesus to help him and it
went like this:
"Lord Jesus - Thank you
for my little sister!
Please forgive me for thinking bad things about her
Please help me to be the best big brother I can be!
Help me to be like Miriam and always do my best for my sister - no matter
what.
In Jesus Name,
Amen"
He was so happy in his heart that he just had to see if his
little Beth was okay and safe. Well as he got to her room, he heard his mommy
telling Beth that she had a brave and proud big brother. She also told Beth
that she was very proud of William and knew he was the best brother Lord Jesus
could have ever given her. She also said that she loved both Beth and William
the same. With a big smile he gave his Mommy and little sister a big kiss and
went to bed with the happiest heart he could ever have.
So are you like William and have to share your house with
someone else? Or do you have to share your special toy with your younger
brother or sister? Well, why not be Like Miriam and William and Let Lord Jesus
show you How special you are and what a big job you have to do. I will tell
you now, it might be hard work, but you are going to have lots of fun doing
it. Jesus gave you that special person and that is why you are the BIG BROTHER
or BIG SISTER.
The End.
