Article September 30, 1972 Issue

It didn't happen to GOD

DELI HOFFMAN

How many times today did you have to choose between a good thought and a bad one? Do you know about the time when Christ Jesus had to choose which thoughts he would listen to?

Well, this is another true story—about a little boy who found out about thoughts. He learned to choose between God's thoughts, which are good, and evil thoughts, which bring trouble by tempting one to do wrong.

Ricky lived in a house that had very slippery floors. The kind of floors that are great fun to slide on. And oh, could he slide when he took his shoes off! Mom and Dad didn't think much of his zooming down the hall. They would remind him that it wasn't safe. He shouldn't let himself be tempted to do foolish things, they said.

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