The Sneeze
67They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium. With their rich maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt. Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears. This class would not pray during the commencements. Not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it. The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families. The speeches were nice, but they were routine. Until the final speech received a standing ovation. A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a moment, and then, it happened. All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED! The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said, "GOD BLESS YOU". And he walked off stage. The audience exploded into applause. This graduating class had found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval. Marvelous. This is a true story.
GOD BLESS YOU
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Thanks SEO IT! I can use all the blessings I get. :-)
Make Money, Wonderful story! Brilliant! I hope they will forever remember the importance of including the Lord in all they do... Thank you for sharing, Peace & Blessings!
Yeah for sure DeBorrah. Your welcome. You might also want to read my hub about the Manhattan Declaration. It's an interfaith agreement between different Christian flavors that are coming together in support of civil society and family values. I'm urging anyone that reads it to sign the declaration. It's the closest that I've seen to the One Body in Christ that we are called to be.
That was awesome! Love it!!!
Yeah isn't that cool Sandra. It took some cooperation between all 92 of them.
Indeed! Good for him. One can never be suppressed what one wants to express from deep within. It comes out naturally, most especially when it is a common expression done unconsciously at all times; at home, with interaction to all, and within the heart. We should never be ashamed of our faith. Great guy - graduate.
That's for sure Teresa.
LOL. That's great stuff. :)
AMEN!!!!!!!
Creative and totally awesome! Blessings!
Springboard, Tom and Smireles, like the graduate said, GOD BLESS YOU
God is Good Make Money.....All THE TIME.
Praise God.
Awesome.
Nice story. Visited your forum, I will look into it a little later. Thanks.
That's for sure terced ojos. Your welcome mquee. I'm in the process of making some changes to my forum so members can post their Hubs and other articles for backlinks, more visitors and discussions about them. I'll be adding more categories when I'm finished doing the modifications to the forum.
Love it...Love It...LOVE IT!!!
Cute little story, but a shame that the students had to resort to such actions. If someone feels so strongly that they don't want to use the word "God" or pray then just don't do it. :) Thanks for sharing :)
Exactly Money Glitch. Glad you loved it slock62.
A brilliant story-love it:)
Glad you loved it itakins. I had to visit a couple of your hubs. 'The Silence of the Complicit' definitely needs to be told and '10 Pretty Useless Facts about Ireland' was fun.
What a brilliant story! Well told, too. Thank you for this witty bit of wisdom.
You are very welcomed James.
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:) :) :) Happy story of the day! I'm passing it on! And God bless you, too!