"Walk With The King" Program, From the "Angered And Hurt" Series, titled "Building Projects"

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"Walk With The King" Program, Practical & Encouraging Messages From The Ministry of Dr. Robert A. Cook.
From the "Angered And Hurt" Series, titled: "Building Projects" (Broadcast #7470)
Scripture References: Romans 14:20-21

Learn about Dr. Cook's ministry at https://www.walkwiththeking.org/

Transcript

Alright. Thank you very much and hello again, dear radio friend. How in the world are you? Well yes this is your friend, Dr. Cook, and I’m speaking with you as usual from the little room at the end of the hall on the second floor of the big white house. Campus is lovely just now. The trees have put on their new clothing and the flowers are out and the birds are singing and it’s just beautiful. I’m grateful for the privilege of living in a nice beautiful setting. Although I have lived in places where if you looked out the window you’d see a brick wall 12 inches away from you and you had to create the scenery that you needed in your own mind. You’re going to have peace and contentment no matter whether you’re looking at a beautiful tree or at a brick wall. You’re going to have peace and contentment in your heart. Many of you know that truth. I don’t have to tell you because the Lord Jesus makes all the difference doesn’t He? Oh yes He does. Yes He does.

I can remember looking out a grimy, smoke begrimed window of the little basement flat that we lived in in Cleveland, Ohio. As a boy of I would suppose maybe five or six around in there I’d look out at that kitchen window. My job was to do the dishes. Everybody had to work at our house and I had to do the dishes. I was too short at that time to reach the sink so I had a little box that I can stand upon and then I’d stand on that box and put the water in the sink and wash the dishes and scrub the pots and pans. The one job I hated was to scrub the oatmeal pan. It always stuck on the bottom and I just hated that with all my soul. Still do as a matter of fact but I remember looking out the window and seeing a tree. We call it the sumac tree. I don’t know if that’s the right name for it. It’s a tree that puts out tiny little fronds of branches with leaves on them and it turns bright red in the fall. Is that the right name for it?

In any case it’s a hardy tree that will grow anywhere and there was one such little tree that grew in the hard, gravelly, tin can-filled soil of the parking lot next door. There it had sprouted and it grew up just inches away from the window and I would look out and I’d see those leaves. I’d see that brave little tree and to my boy mind that was the prettiest thing in the world. I remember just pausing and looking out there and thinking to myself isn’t that pretty the way that little tree is there, the way those leaves are waving in the breeze and to me that was a pretty sight. Well it was an ugly sight actually. It was a city parking lot full of junk and there was a garage next door and all of their spare parts had been dumped out on the ground there and were lying about. As a matter of fact I’d played among them and got my liking for things mechanical, I suppose, at that point.

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