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Ashleyd
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I love this story. Thank you for sharing!  On that note I have kind of an embarrassing/funny little story. When I was about 13 or 14 my cousin and I were on our way to church. Not lds. I wasn't lds at the time. But I craved spiritual knowledge and so did my cousin so I started going to church with her. On the way her car overheated due to a hole in the radiator hose. We had to pull over. My brother just happened to come with us that time. We found help at a small local car repair place in this little in the middle of nowhere town. At some point during this excursion we stopped at a bathroom that had a drink vending machine. I watched as this little girl who looked poor and was alone try to get a drink from the machine. Her clothes looked worn and dirty and I think she might have been bare foot too. Anyway, the machine wasn't working right and it took her money but wouldn't give her the drink. She seemed upset by it so I came over to try and help. More money didn't seem to help. I don't remember all the details of the story but I remember the thought came to me to command the machine to release a drink. So I put my hand on the machine and commanded in the name of Jesus Christ for it to work and no sooner than I said the words then out popped the drink. The little girl just looked wide eyed at me and said thank you and left.
Later as I was reflecting on what happened and I excitedly told my big brother about it. And I remember my joy was kind of squashed because he said that it was silly to pray over something so insignificant and that Christ wouldn't care about something like that. And that Christ wouldn't want us to pray over something like that. Then I felt dumb for having done it and wished I didn't tell him about it.
Over the years the memory of that experience still comes to my mind. Since then I have learned that my brother though good intentioned perhaps is very wrong about what he said. Christ does care about all aspects of our lives. And if we are told if we have the faith of a mustard seed we can move mountains. Why can't we command a broken vending machine to work? lol Its kind of funny I'll admitt but I have learned that Christ does care and that no matter is too small to take to the Lord. I had a very child-like faith and its something I shouldn't have been ashamed of no matter what someone said.
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