How often do we laugh and say, “Wow, God really had a special purpose for that shoebox!”
This story is no exception and yet in many ways it’s even more amusing as for many of us, this little box may not have passed inspection.
The shoebox was the smallest the distributors had ever seen and to add to that it was plain and grey, no colourful Christmas designs decorated its outside. The little grey shoebox arrived at an orphanage in Belarus and during the distribution was handed to a small boy on crutches.
Concerned that he would be disappointed with his meagre gift, one distributor stayed nearby to watch.
Opening the little shoebox, the boy gasped and pulled out a soft, cuddly grey mouse. Laughing, he hugged the mouse close to his cheek and began to look through the rest of the contents. Everything inside the shoebox was grey and yet the little boy’s smile grew wider and wider.
Intrigued, the distributor sat down on the boy’s bed and asked him if he liked his shoebox. With a huge smile on his face the little boy explained, “Grey is my most favourite colour and I had dreamed about getting a cuddly grey mouse. I want him to sleep on my pillow at night. Everything in this shoebox is grey; I know it was especially made for me!”