Anything That Can Be Broken?
StoryIllustrationAnalogy★★★★★A college student discovered that he needed a Bible for a
course and wrote home asking that his Bible be sent to him. His
father wrapped it carefully and took it to the post office and mailed
it to his son.
The postal clerk took the package and shook it. “Anything in
here that can be broken?” he asked. “Only the Ten Commandments,”
the father replied.
Albert P. Stauderman, Let Me Illustrate, 154.
The point
A seminary student's father sends him a Bible while imprisoned, which the son initially rejects; only after his release does the son discover hundred-dollar bills hidden in each major biblical section, learning that God's Word contains unexpected provision.
Scripture
Psalm 119:105Matthew 6:11
Audience
Adults
Tone
Redemptive · Powerful · Inspirational
To tell aloud
under a minute · 66 words