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Dear GOD,
 
Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There
is nothing good in there now.
 
 Ginny
  
 Dear GOD,
 
Thank you for the baby brother but what I asked for was a puppy.I
never asked for anything before. You can look it up.
 
 Joyce
 
 Dear Mr. GOD,
 
I wish you would not make it so easy for people to come apart. I had to have 3 stitches and a shot.
 
 Janet
 
 Dear - GOD
 
If we come back as something, please don't let me be Jennifer
Horton-because I hate her.
 
 Denise
 
 Dear GOD,
 
It rained for our whole vacation and is my father mad! He said some things about you that people are not supposed to say, but I hope you will not hurt him anyway.
 
 Your friend (I am not going to tell you who I am).
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 I read the Bible. What does begat mean? Nobody will tell me.

Love, Alison
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 How did you know you were GOD?
 
 Charlene
 
 Dear GOD,
 
Is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?
 
 Anita
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 I bet it's very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.
 
 Nan
 
 Dear GOD:
 
Did you really mean Do Unto Others As They Do Unto You, because if you did then I'm going to fix my brother.
 
 Depa
 
 Dear GOD,
 
I like the story about Chanuka the best of all of them. You really made up some good ones.
 
 Glenn
 
 Dear GOD,
 
My Grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go?
 
 Love, Dennis
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 Who draws the lines around the countries?
 
 Nan
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 It's O.K. that you made different religions but don't you get mixed up sometimes?
 
 Arnold
  
 Dear GOD,
 
 Did you mean for giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?
 
 Norma
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 In Bible times did they really talk that fancy?
 
 Jennifer
 
 Dear GOD,
 
What does it mean you are a jealous GOD? I thought you had
everything.
 
 Jane
 
 Dear GOD,
 
How come you did all those miracles in the old days and don't do
any now?
 
 Seymour
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 Please send Dennis Clark to a different camp this year.
 
 Peter
 
 Dear GOD,
 
Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they
had their own rooms. It works with my brother.
 
 Larry

 Dear GOD,
 
 I keep waiting for spring but it never did come yet. Don't forget.
 
 Mark
  
 Dear GOD,
 
 You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways.
 
 Dean
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 My brother told me about being born but it doesn't sound right.
 
 Marsha
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 If you watch in Church on Sunday I will show you my new shoes.
 
 Mickey D.

 Dear GOD,
 
 Is Reverend Coe a friend of yours, or do you just know him through business?
 
 Donny
 
 Dear GOD,
 
In Sunday School they told us what you do. Who does it when you are on Vacation?
 
 Jane
 
 Dear GOD,
 
We read Thomas Edison made light. But in Sunday School they said you do it.   So I bet he stoled your idea.
 
 Sincerely, Donna
 
 Dear GOD,
 
I do not think anybody could be a better GOD. Well, I just want you to know, but I am not just saying that because you are GOD.
 
 Charles
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 It is great the way you always get the Stars in the right places.
 
 Jeff
 
 Dear GOD,
 
 I am doing the best I can.
 
 Frank
 
 Dear GOD,
 
I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday. That was Cool.
 
 Eugene
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   "WHY?"

At a fundraising dinner for a school
that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the
school's students delivered a speech that would never be
forgotten by all who attended.  After extolling the school and
its dedicated staff, he offered a question.  "Everything GOD
does is done with perfection. Yet, my son, Shay, cannot learn    
things as other children do. He cannot understand things as
other children do. Where is GOD'S plan reflected in my son?"    

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. "I believe," the father answered, "that
when GOD brings a child like Shay into the world, an opportunity
to realize the Divine Plan presents itself. And it comes in the way people treat that child." 

Then, he told the following story: 

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys
Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they will let me play?" Shay's father knew that most boys would not want him on their team. But the father understood that if his son were allowed to play it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging.  Shay's father approached one of the boys on the
field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters
into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs, and
the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team
and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.  At the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield.  Although no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base. Shay was scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance
to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the
ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to
right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone
started yelling, "Shay, run to first.  Run to first."

Never in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled "Run to second, run to second!" By the time Shay was rounding first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman for a tag. But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions had been, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head.  Shay ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards home.

As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming, "Shay! Run home!" Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and was cheered as the hero, for hitting a "grand slam" and winning the game for his team.

"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world."
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