Barney's 100Th Birthday

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The old man was sitting on his front porch, and Mr. Gray stopped for a visit.
"How old are you, Barney?" " I'll be one hundred years old next Sunday."
"One hundred years old! Say, would you like to take a ride with me to go hear the gospel on that special day of yours?" Mr. Gray asked.
It took some persuasion and planning, but Barney finally said he would go.
Mr. Gray spoke to the gospel speaker about that special night.
And Barney was there!
The message that night was about the prodigal son who said to his father, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son." Luke 15:2121And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. (Luke 15:21). Then the words of Jesus, "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37).
Barney knew for the first time that Jesus was calling him, and he believed.
Barney lived a little over a year after that, and he faithfully told visitors over and over, "I was a sinner, but He told me if I came to Him He would not cast me out. And I came. How I wish I'd done that long ago!"
Have you ever done that, friend?