The Miracle in the Bush

Bobbi Jacobs lived with his mother and father out in the country.  Bobbi's daddy was out of work and it was very hard to find work.  All their savings were nearly gone.  His mother was a very thrifty woman.  In the summer she canned vegetables from the garden.  There  were tomatoes for spaghetti sauce, beets, beans, peas, cucumbers for pickles and apples for apple sauce.  They were fully prepared for the long cold winters.

One morning Bobbi woke up very ill.  His mom and dad didn't know what they were going to do.  His fever was getting higher and higher.  They had just enough gas in the car to get into town to see the doctor.

Old Dr.Smith took one look at Bobbi and knew immediately what was the matter. Bobbi had contracted a disease that only eggs could cure.  He told his mother that for the next six weeks he was to have a least one egg a day. Bobbi's mother was very discouraged because there was no way she was going to be able to provide an egg for her sick little boy for the next six weeks.  That would be impossible.  She had hardly enough money to pay the doctor, never mind paying for eggs.

That night when they got home Bobbi, his mother and father knelt down on their knees and prayed for God to provide the eggs they needed  for Bobbie's illness. Prayer was the only solution to their problem.

In the morning, Bobbi's mother looked out her kitchen window and noticed a red hen walking out of a bush. She wondered, "whatever was a hen doing in our yard?"  Her curiosity couldn't wait.  She went outside only to discover an egg in a nest in the bushes.  What a surprise it was.  The Lord had answered their prayer.  She took the egg and cooked it for her son. 

That night, again they prayed, for an egg.  Sure enough, in the morning was another egg in the same nest and again the next morning another egg.  This went on for the six weeks until  Bobbi was once again strong and healthy.  Then on the morning of the sixth week, Bobbi went out to collect an egg, but the little red hen wasn't there. She had laid her last egg for Bobbi.  She was gone. They never saw her again. Where do you  think she came from and who do you think sent her?

The little red hen is a story about the faithfulness of God and how He provided  for a sick little boy.  Bobbi is grown up now with a family of his own, but he still remembers the little red hen and how her eggs were provided for him when he was very sick and his father was out of work. 

Boys and girls, never underestimate the Lord's mysterious ways. Bobbi's parents  didn't have enough money to pay for medicine they needed for their son and when they prayed the Lord answered their prayers.  Look how the Lord provided for Bobbi and his parents. The Lord Jesus loves to take care of His children.  He is watching over you while you play with your friends or when you are sick.  He will always take care of you, my little friends.