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Posted by: Jerry Gaffney on Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - 06:53 PM

A story about a little boy named Orley, your children will love this one....

Once there was a little boy, named Orley. Orley never had a home. He slept anywhere he could. No one ever knew who Orley's parents were. Orley never had a bath, his hair was matted and you could almost peel the dirt off of him. Orley's clothes was a sight to be seen, they weren't even fit for a rag bag. And no one wanted to be within ten feet of him because of the smell.
One day a man came and told Orley that his father wanted Orley for his own child. Orley couldn't believe it, because everyone told him he was too dirty to ever be worthy. But the man gave him a place to live forever. This man washed Orley clean, and gave him new clothes, and told him all of his needs would be met if he kept clean.
Orley danced around, jumping for joy, singing and telling everyone he saw, what the man and his father had done. Orley even brought other dirty children to the man to be washed.
But the little boy soon forgot what the man had said about keeping clean. The man had told Orley, that he must take a bath every day. Because if he didn't, he soon would be dirty again. Orley wouldn't lose his place to live. But he wouldn't be shiny bright, and some of his needs may not be met. And this man would be watching him.
So Orley didn't wash every day, maybe once a week, or a month. Only when he thought the man was looking, or when Orley needed a special favor from the man. Then he would scrub and scrub.
But Orley found out that it was so much easier to get rid of the dirt daily than try to wash a months worth at a time. It didn't take nearly as much scrubbing. In fact it was fun

SOAP AND WATER CLEANSES OUR OUTSIDE
BUT GOD SEES WHATS INSIDE
PRAYER KEEPS OUR INSIDE CLEAN BEFORE GOD