He can’t fool me with those magic tricks, George thought wondering why he was wasting his time watching a guy pull rabbits out of an empty hat. He yelled at the magician, “Hey, you with that rabbit in your hand, pitch the hat and pop another bunny out of thin air!” The magician didn’t know how to convince George to shut up, but neither could George convince God to toast the magician like Zeus would have done with a lightning bolt.
Admittedly, George didn’t believe in God (nor Zeus, for that matter) so he wasn’t seriously asking for assistance. Since the magician couldn’t make George vanish with a wave of his wand—try as he might—he finally phoned the security team to escort George out.
Decades later, when the magician was too old to bewitch even toddlers, George winced as he recalled his own truth-without-love rudeness and begged God to pull some kindness out of his now empty heart which the merciful Lord was only too happy to do.
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Denise offers the prompt word “toast” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Acts 8:9-11
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Amen! We can always count on God’s kindness.
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Thank you and blessings, Michael! The kindness of God is amazing.
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That’s the true magic in life.
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Yes, kindness is the true magic in life. Thank you, Dan!
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Magical … I love how you weave in the bible messages 🙂
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Thank you, and blessings to you, Hope!
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Speaking the truth in love goes with every situation. I’m glad George found that out before it was too late.
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He did. Thank you and blessings, Mimi!
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Love, and forgiveness. A great little tale, Frank.
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Thank you, Keith! Love and forgiveness pulls kindness out of the empty heart.
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“The magician didn’t know how to convince George to shut up, but neither could George convince God to toast the magician like Zeus would have done with a lightning bolt.” I love this description of their stalemate.
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They were definitely in a stalemate (at least till security arrived). Thank you, Nicole!
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Nice!
(the best of flash-fiction/Sixes) are a short little trail in the life of someone we’ve come to know.
cool
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Thank you, clark! Our tales are like little trails into the lives of others.
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Who doesn’t believe in miracles? It’s just takes being the little kid at a magic show.
Good Six, Frank.
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Much of what we think is ordinary is the miraculous in disguise. Thinking back on the story, I don’t know why George got so upset with that magician. But if he didn’t I wouldn’t have a tale to tell. Thank you, Denise!
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Wished more repented like him!
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Me, too. Thank you and blessings, Jim!
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YW
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