The following is an excerpt from my book God Is Closer Than You Think....
A young boy was running amuck in a small town. He stole from the local drug store, performed malicious pranks against unsuspecting folk, and did anything possible to disturb the community. His parents had tried just about everything to control the boy’s behavior. Desperate for help, his parents looked to one last resort. They forced him to attend confession before the local priest.
The priest sat behind the confession booth, peeking at the young delinquent from his little portal. He knew full well this boy and his problems. He also knew that what this boy needed was a fearful encounter with God. The priest started the conversation: “Young man, where is God in all your troublesome behavior?” The young boy sat silent, staring off in the distance. The priest, assuming the boy was ignoring him, repeated again, “Young man, where is God in all of this?” Again, the boy said nothing. The priest, now somewhat irritated by the boy’s defiance, blurted out with a raised voice, “Young man, where is God?”
The boy immediately darted from the confession booth and fled for the chapel door. He raced down the town’s main street straight for home. He arrived at his house, burst through the front door, found his mother and cried, “Mom! They’ve lost God and they think I took Him!”
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