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This story
is true, but the names of the people have been changed, and the country
cannot be revealed due to sensitivity. |
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“Oh, no, I
forgot to bring a basket,” Omar muttered as he walked down the dusty street.
“How will I ever be able to carry my fish back home?” |
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Omar’s
mother had sent him to the market to buy fish. In the Middle Eastern village where
Omar lives, people take baskets with them to the marketplace. Then they can
carry their food home easily. But Omar forgot his basket. How could he carry
several large, slippery fish home without dropping them? |
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The man at
the fish market didn’t have a basket either. But he did have an idea.
Carefully he wrapped the fish in some papers someone had given him. Now Omar
could carry the fish without a problem. |
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Omar
reached his house, handed the fish to his mother, and went on to do other
things. Soon he forgot about the problem at the market. |
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But God
had just begun to work in Omar’s home. The man at the market had used gospel
tracts to wrap the fish. As his mother began to prepare the fish, she read
the words printed on the tracts. They told about God and how much He loves
everyone. Omar’s mother thought the words were beautiful. She was curious to
know more. |
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Later she
showed the tracts to her husband. He too liked what he read. He shared them with
his friends. They all agreed that they had never heard such sweet words. |
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The people
in Omar’s village are Muslim. They do not know that Jesus is God’s Son or
that He died to save from our sins and give us eternal life. They follow the
teaching of a man named Muhammad. |
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But Omar’s
family could not forget the words on the tracts. Omar’s father wrote a letter
asking to know more about God’s Son. He sent it to the address printed on one
of the tracts. Soon he received a New Testament in a language he could read
and understand. Eagerly he began to read more about Jesus. |
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A few days
later, someone came to Omar’s house. He was the man who sent the New
Testament to Omar’s father. He talked to the family and answered many of
their questions about Jesus. Today a group of Christians meets in Omar’s
village. |
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When Jesus
was on the earth, He once used a young boy’s fish to feed 5,000 men, plus
women and children. Jesus used the fish Omar bought to share the gospel with
Omar’s mother and father. It was no accident that Omar forgot to take a
basket to the market that day! |
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Information
for this story was supplied by Missionary Del Kingsriter. |
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From: http://4kids.ag.org/ |