Inspirational Short Stories. Donald Ray "Butch" Smith

the Bible says in Romans 10:13, ‘For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

      “Coach, what do I say to God to be saved whenever I’m praying?”

      “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

      “Coach, since you are into Jesus. How about allowing me to be on the team?”

      “No, Ricky, I can’t do that. It wouldn’t be fair to the other players. Ricky, you have to earn it, most of the time in life, you have to give up something to get something. Jesus had to give his life that we could be saved. Ricky, faith without works is dead. Ricky, do you have a basketball goal at your house so that you can practice?”

      “No, sir coach, I don’t. My parents can’t afford to buy me a goal.”

      “Ricky, I’m going to buy you a goal.”

      “Thank you, coach,” he said smiling.

      Every day, Ricky would practice hard three hours a day. He also had given his life to Jesus and started coming to church, as well as his parents.

      The following year, while in the ninth grade, Ricky not only started on the freshman team. He also started on the varsity team, scoring an average of forty points a game while playing on the varsity squad. On twenty different occasions, Ricky scored the game winning shot.

      Ricky was a high school all-American for all four years as he became one of the most sought-after high school player in the United States.

      chapter 10

      SUE

      Sue was a reprobated girl who never listened to her parents. Sue was a girl who had gotten into drugs and prostitution at an early age in her life. Sue dropped out of school at the age of fourteen. She ran away from home at the age of sixteen because she was tired of listening to her parents telling her how to live her life.

      Finding her way living on the street with no food and no job, she began going into stores stealing merchandise and selling it on the street to make money to buy herself food to eat.