Have you read the Max Lucado children's book about the Wemmicks? See Wemmicks are these little wooden creatures that run around all day putting dot and star stickers on each other. If they think the other Wemmick is "bad," they put a dot sticker on them. And if they think the other Wemmick is "good," they put a star sticker on them. Well, there was one little Wemmick named Punchinello that had many, many dot stickers plastered all over him, so many you could hardly see his little wooden body. And it bummed Punchinello out to have so many dots...bummed him out so much that he just hid so the other Wemmicks wouldn't be able to put more dots on him for tripping, or dropping something, or saying the wrong thing... And there was another Wemmick who, Punchinello noticed, had no dots or stars. So he asked her why. Turns out, she was spending time everyday with the woodcarver and because she cared more about what he thought than what the other Wemmicks thought, their stars and dots just didn't stick. So our sweet Punchinello started spending time with the woodcarver, too. And as he did, one by one, his dots fell off.
So today, I'm thankful for the woodcarver, for spending time with Him and for each time a star or dot is unable to stick or falls off.
2 comments:
That's a great story. Thanks for sharing and reminding me of who really matters. God!
I love that story!
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