There was a woman who really wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart and amost all sort of good things,but she was very frustted. The world seemed to be falling apart. She would read the papers and get depressed.
One day she decided go to shopping,and she went into a mall and picked a store at random. She walked in and was surprised to see Jesus behind the counter... She knew it was Jesus,bcause he looked just like the pictures she'd seen on holy cards,and devotional pictures. She looked again and again at him,and finally she got up her nerve an asked:
" Excuse me,are you Jesus?"
" I am."
" Do you work here?"
" No," Jesus said, " i own the store."
" Oh,what do you sell here?"
" Oh,just about anything !"
" Anything?"
" Yeah,anything you want. What do you want?"
She said: " I don't know."
" Well," Jesus said, "feel free,walk up and down the aisles,make a list,see what it is that you want,and then come back and we'll see what we can do for you."
She did just that,walking up and down the aisles. There was peace on earth,no more war,no hunger or poverty,peace in families,no more drugs,harmony,clean air,careful use resources. She wrote furiously. By the time she got back to the counter,she had a long list. Jesus took the list,skimmed through it,looked up at her and smiled.
" No problem," He said.
Then bending down behind the counter,Jesus picked out all sort of things,stood up,and laid out the packages.
She asked: " What are these?"
Jesus replied: " Seed packets. This is catalog store."
She said: " You mean I don't get the finished products?"
" No,this is a place of dreams. You come and see what it looks like,and I give you the seeds. You go home and grow and someone else reaps the benefits."
" Oh," she said.
And she left the store without buying anything.
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