{"id":6261,"date":"2020-11-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2020-11-09T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T18:11:50","slug":"ice-cream-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/ice-cream-for-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Ice Cream for the Soul 11\/09\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/8ikpe-f1afdf?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A&nbsp;Mom took her children to&nbsp;a&nbsp;crowded restaurant one day. Her six-year-old son asked if he could say the grace. He prayed: \u201cGod is great and God is good, let us thank God for the food, and God I would thank you even more if&nbsp;Mom&nbsp;gets us ice cream for dessert. Amen.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Along with the&nbsp;laughter&nbsp;from the other diners sitting nearby, the woman at the very next table growled loudly: \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s wrong with this country. Kids today don\u2019t even know how to pray. The very idea\u2026 asking God for ice cream! Why I never\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hearing this, the little six-year-old boy burst into tears and he asked his mother: \u201cDid I do it wrong? I\u2019m sorry. Is God mad at me?\u201d The little boy\u2019s mother pulled him over into her lap. She hugged him tightly and assured him that he had done&nbsp;a&nbsp;terrific job with his prayer and God was certainly not mad at him.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Just then an elderly gentleman walked over to the table. He winked at the little boy and he said: \u201cI know God really well. We visit every day and I happen to know that God loved your prayer. It may have been the best one God has heard all day.\u201d \u201cReally?\u201d the little boy asked.. \u201cCross my heart,\u201d said the man.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Then he leaned over and whispered into the little boy\u2019s ear. Pointing at the woman at the next table who had made the remark that started the whole thing, he said: \u201cToo bad she never asks God for ice cream.&nbsp;A&nbsp;little ice cream is good for the soul sometimes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, the&nbsp;Mom&nbsp;ordered ice cream for her kids at the end of the meal. The little six-year-old boy stared at his for&nbsp;a&nbsp;moment and then he did something that no one in that restaurant that day will ever forget. He picked up his sundae and without&nbsp;a&nbsp;word walked over and placed it in front of the woman at the next table.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>With&nbsp;a&nbsp;big smile he said to her: \u201cHere, this is for you. Ice cream is good for the soul sometimes and my soul is good already!\u2019 The people in the restaurant applauded and somewhere in heaven Jesus was smiling\u2026 because that little boy had already learned how to look at others with the eyes of sacrificial love. Sight (true sight) is always&nbsp;a&nbsp;matter of the heart\u2026 not the eyes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The little boy was teaching you and me a lesson that day we so sorely need after such a tumultuous election week and during the terrible, ongoing&nbsp;&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think of a time when YOU have done something like the little boy did in the restaurant.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEAR GOD, THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERY DAY WHO PRAY FOR ALL THE THINGS I TAKE FOR GRANTED.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_sgdGaXn88AipEh&#038;asin=B08BDSDQ5L&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;Mom took her children to&nbsp;a&nbsp;crowded restaurant one day. Her six-year-old son asked if he could say the grace. He prayed: \u201cGod is great and God is good, let us thank God for the food, and God I would thank you even more if&nbsp;Mom&nbsp;gets us ice cream for dessert. 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Her six-year-old son asked if he could say the grace. He prayed: \u201cGod is great and God is good, let us thank God for the food, and God I would thank you even more if&nbsp;Mom&nbsp;gets us ice cream for dessert. 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