WHO ARE YOU?

JOYPEACE

In New York City one cold December day, a ten-year-old boy was standing before a shoe store on Broadway. He was barefoot, peering through the window and shivering with cold. A lady approached him and questioned him as to why he was standing there. “I’m asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” was the boy’s reply. The lady decided to help God out and took the boy into the store with her. She asked the clerk to get her a half dozen pairs of socks for the child. Then she asked the clerk to bring her a basin of water and a towel. This gracious woman took the little fellow to the rear of the store and proceeded to wash his feet and dry them. Afterwards she put the socks on him and then purchased a pair of shoes. Finally, she tied all the remaining pairs of socks together and gave them to the boy, saying—“I’m sure you’ll feel more comfortable now.” As she turned to leave, the astonished lad caught her by the --29-- hand and, looking at her with tears in his eyes, asked, “Are you God’s wife?”