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A Little Boy & His Fishing Pole 

 Howard County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a disturbing
call one Saturday afternoon a few months ago.
His 6-year-old grandson Mikey had been hit by a car

while fishing with his dad. The father
and son were near a bridge by the Kokomo
Reservoir when a woman lost control of  her car,

slid off the bridge and hit Mikey at a rate
of about 50 mph. Sheriff Marr had seen the
results of accidents like this and feared the worst.

When he got to Saint Joseph Hospital, he rushed
through the emergency room to find Mikey
conscious and in fairly good spirits.

" Mikey, what happened?" Sheriff  Marr asked.

Mikey replied, "Well, Papaw, I was  fishin' with Dad, and some
lady runned me over, I  flew into a mud puddle,
and broke my fishin' pole  and I didn't get to catch no  fish!"

As it turned out, the impact propelled  Mikey
about 500 feet, over a few trees and  an
embankment and in the middle of a mud  puddle.
His only injuries were to his right femur bone
which had broken in two places.

Mikey had surgery to place pins in his leg
otherwise the boy is fine.
Since all the boy could talk about was that his
fishing pole was broken, the Sheriff went out to
Wal-mart and bought him a new one. The Sheriff did this while Mikey was in surgery so he could have it when he came out.

 The next day the Sheriff sat with Mikey to
keep him company in the hospital. Mikey was
enjoying his new fishing pole and talked about
when he could go fishing again as he cast  into the trash can.
When they were alone, Mikey, matter-of-factly,
said, "Papaw, did you know Jesus is real?"
"Well," the Sheriff replied, a little startled.

"Yes, Jesus is real to all
who believe in him and love him in their hearts."
"No," said Mikey. "I mean Jesus is REALLY real."
"What do you mean?" asked the Sheriff.
"I know he's real 'cause I saw him," said Mikey,
still casting it into the trash can.
"You did?" said the Sheriff.
"Yep," said Mikey. "When that lady runned me
over and broke my fishing  pole, Jesus caught me
in his arms and laid me down in the mud puddle."
 

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Now, doesn't that give you cold chills!

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