ave
you ever wanted some thing so badly that it almost hurt not being able to have
it? Well today I want to tell you a story about a little girl called Denise.
She had the same problem as you, and it tells how she got the very thing she
wanted.
There was once a little girl named Denise, who loved to
help her mommy shop. Her mommy would tell her what to get and so she would run
over and fetch it and put it in the shopping cart. This was a lot of fun and
at the end of their shopping, her mommy would take her to the toy section
where they would spend lots of time looking at all the toys.
One day as Denise and her mommy were looking at the toys,
she saw the most beautiful princess doll she had ever seen! The doll had a
beautiful purple dress and shoes, with of course a crown to go with it -
otherwise she would not have been a princess – hey?
Denise got so excited she jumped up and down and shouted
for her mommy to come over and see. Her mommy rushed over to see and took the
doll down off the shelf for Denise to have a closer look at it. The doll was
even more beautiful up close, and it reminded Denise of all the princesses she
had heard about in all the fairy tale stories. It was at this point, Denise
knew she just had to have this doll.
She asked her mommy if she could get it but the doll was
too expensive and there was no way her mommy could afford to get it for her.
They didn’t have a lot of money and they just had enough money for food.
What would you do if that happened to you, and what do you think Denise did?
Nope she didn’t fall to the floor and start crying for it, although she was
sad and really wanted to cry. Instead she asked her mommy to pray with her.
Yup - right there in the shop Denise and her mommy prayed
to Lord Jesus and asked Him for the doll. Denise had learnt in Sunday school
that if you really want something and you ask Lord Jesus for it, He will give
it to you.
And this is how her prayer went:
"Lord Jesus thank you
for everything.
Thank you Lord Jesus that you always hear me no matter what.
Now, Lord Jesus I really love this doll and really would like it more than
anything!
Please Lord Jesus can I have it?
Thank you.
In Jesus Name,
Amen"
Now, I am sad to say that the money didn’t fall from the
sky or anything like that! But what Denise did do from that day on, was every
night before going to sleep, she said the same prayer and never stopped
thinking about that doll. She even started to make special places where she
could put the doll so that she would be safe when she finally got her. And
every time Denise and her mommy went to the shop they would go and check to
see if the doll was still there.
One day as they checked it was gone! Nowhere to be seen!
Someone else had bought the doll! Now what was she going to do? She had a
special box where it was going to sleep at night and a special box to put all
the extra pieces in so that she wouldn’t lose anything. Well, it was hard
for her to pray that night, but she knew that Lord Jesus would give her the
doll because He loved her. He had said in the bible that if we asked Him for
anything when we pray and believe He has given it to us – we would get it.
Well time went on and one of those special times came
around. It was Denise’s Birthday and she just loved birthdays! She got to
blow out candles on her birthday cake and play with balloons. She even got to
eat as much candy and cake as she could. But best of all were the presents she
would get. One of them she was looking forward to opening the most was from
her granny!
You see, Denise’s granny lived far away in another
country over the sea and didn’t get to see her much, but every Christmas and
birthday she would send Denise a present. Now as her mommy brought in the
presents she started to think of what it could be, but there were just so many
things to try and imagine, it made her head hurt! So she decided to just wait
and see.
She opened the present from her granny last. She started to
take the wrapping off slowly. Can you guess what was in the present? That’s
right, I think you guessed it. As the last piece of paper fell Denise could
not believe her eyes! In the box was the beautiful princess doll all dressed
in her beautiful purple dress! In fact it was the very same one she had asked
for. But there was more to this story. With it was the prince that went with
the princess too, which Denise had not seen in the store, and the two dolls
made a beautiful fairy tale come true.
You see, Lord Jesus had not forgotten what Denise had
prayed for and He kept His promise to her. He used Denise’s granny to bless
her with the very thing she was praying for. But not only that, He also gave
her the prince because he loved her so much.
Is there something you would really like today? Then do
like Denise did and pray to Lord Jesus right now! Lord Jesus loves you so much
and loves to give you those things that will make you happy inside, so don’t
give up. And when He answers your prayer you will see like Denise did, that
nothing is impossible for a little girl or boy who believes!
The End.
