Inspirational Short Stories. Donald Ray "Butch" Smith

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      Inspirational Short Stories

      Donald Ray "Butch" Smith

      Copyright © 2020 Donald Ray “Butch” Smith

      All rights reserved

      First Edition

      Fulton Books, Inc.

      Meadville, PA

      Published by Fulton Books 2020

      ISBN 978-1-64654-289-5 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-64654-290-1 (digital)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

       GEORGE

       JOHNNY

       JOHN BLUFF AND TED

       MARY, LEXUS, AND TOBY

       BE THANKFUL

       GIANTS IN PEOPLE LIVES

       NEGATIVE PEOPLE

       SAM AND LINDSAY

       RICKY

       SUE

       DAN AND DAVE

       OLD MAN TROUBLE AND MR. JAMES

       THREE TEENAGE BOYS

       TROY AND THE GANG MEMBERS

       CHURCH PEOPLE

       MOTHER’S DAY

       NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND HER FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BROTHER

       FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL

       MARK AND TOM

       BRAD AND HIS TEACHER

       THE EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MAN AND THE ROBBER

       NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE

       JILL

       THE NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY NAMED TIM

       THE BRAGGING MAN AND THE OLD MAN

       THE EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD COUNTRY BOY

       THE BOY WHO BEAT THE ODDS

       MONEY ATTRACTS PEOPLE

       WHO ARE WE?

       BOB

       THE UNSATISFIED WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND

       JESUS CHRIST, THE BEST INSURANCE POLICY

       THE HUNGRY LITTLE BOY AND HIS FAMILY

       THE ALMIGHTY GOD

       THE NINETY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND THE YOUNG ROBBER

       WHAT HAPPENED TO TRUE LOVE?

       GOD GIVES US ALL GIFTS

      Acknowledgement

      I’d like to thank, Sam Spears, Eddie Jackson, Elbert Garder, Moses Savage, Batasi Longmire, Diane Smith, Brenda Smith, Curling Todd, and the Trout Creek Baptist Church for all their great help during my time of illness. And thank you to, Darla Cornelison and Brook Smith at the LaSalle Parish Library for all their help.

      chapter 1

      GEORGE

      This is a story about an eleven-year-old boy named George who was reared by his grandmother after his parents had abandoned him.

      George was a slow student who made Ds and Fs in school. One day, George’s teacher told him in front of the entire class he needed to make an A to be promoted to the next grade.

      After hearing this, the entire class started making fun of George. George became embarrassed and laid his head down on his desk.

      When George got home, he told his grandmother that he had to make an A on his test to go to the next grade. His grandmother, being uneducated, told him, “Get the Bible and read Philippians 4 and 13.” She also told George, “Go into your closet and get down on your knees and pray to the Father in secret, and he shall reward thee openly.”

      George also remembered a verse in the Bible that the preacher had read. “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23).

      When going back to school the next day, George’s classmates were teasing him. George told them out loud, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

      George declared, “In the name of Jesus, I’m going to make an A on my test and promote to the next grade.”

      That same day, George was the only student who made 100 on his exam.

      chapter 2

      JOHNNY

      This is a story about a man named Johnny. On three different occasions, Johnny had been arrested for selling drugs. Faced with the “three strikes and you out” conviction, Johnny was given life in prison.