When our son, Clay, was about eight years old, we were driving down the parkway and passed a sign for a local fortune teller named Madam Day. From the back seat, I heard a heated conversation between Clay and his sister. Here is what they said…
Clay: “Stop it, Amy.”
Amy: “You did it Clay. I’m telling.”
Clay: “You better not.”
Amy: Laughs a villainous laugh.
At that point, I intervened asking what Amy needed to tell me that Clay so desperately wanted to keep to themselves.
Now, in Clay’s defense we had been out of town and left them in the care of a college student in our church who became their best friend and yet a responsible caregiver. However, she sometimes taught them some tricks. For instance, she taught them how to prank call people. Clay took to it like a pro.
Good question
So back to the Madam Day story…
I said, “Amy, what did Clay do?”
She had no problem throwing him under the bus. She said, “Clay prank called Madam Day!”
I said, “Clay DID WHAT?”
She repeated, “Clay prank called Madam Day!”
I said, “Clay, why in the world would you do that? What did you say?”
Clay paused and then admitted, “When she answered I said, ‘Did you know I was gonna call you?’”
I really should have disciplined him strongly, but I couldn’t stop laughing. It really was a good question! And it made me think of the possibilities of actually being able to discover the future.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could just pick up a phone, dial a number, and ask God what our future holds? But I think we have something even better. We have His promise that He will provide abundantly and eternally. In fact, our eyes haven’t seen and we can’t even imagine what He has in store for us
We don’t need a fortune teller when we have the promises of God.
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