Que M.C. Hammer: We Have To Pray Just To Make It Today

A Long Island man’s faith in God has been restored after he prayed for his mother to win the lottery and, the next day, she did.

Sal Bentivegna jokingly issued a prayer for his mother, Gloria, to win the lottery after she lost money playing slots in Atlantic City.

“He said ‘I’ll tell you what Ma, if there’s a God or Jesus up there, I’m asking him, please let my mother win,'” Gloria Bentivegna said.

The next day, Gloria Bentivegna attended a charity benefit at a local Lutheran church and bought several unscratched lottery tickets. One of them was a $1 million winner.

Now the single mother on disability will receive $33,000 a year after taxes for the next 20 years – a miracle enough to revive her son’s spirituality.

“I sat back and thought about it and realized the odds against this are astronomical,” Sal Bentivegna told the New York Post. “I can’t shrug off that Jesus had a hand in it. No pun intended. It was a Godsend.”

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This story reminds me of a chat I had with a friend who is the lead pastor of a church associated with the SBC.  He said if someone in the church won the lottery and then tried to tithe 10% of his or her winnings, the church could not accept those funds because it wouldn’t be moral.  To be honest, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with gambling.  If a person earns an income and gives to God and to Caesar what is theirs, then why is it immoral for one to spend their earned income on what they wish, whether it be gambling, season tickets, luxury cars, or bacon?

 

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Teen’s dad spends school year waving at bus, embarrassing son

No matter how cool a teenager’s mom and dad might be, few teens get through high school without feeling their parents embarrassed them.

And one teen has his dad to thank for embarrassing him the entire school year — well, 170 days of it.

When the high school’s bus routes changed this year, 16-year-old Rain Price soon found out he’d be going right past his house every single morning. Much to his chagrin, he also found out his dad would be standing outside, waving.

“When he did it the first day, I was in shock,” Rain said. “It’s my first day of my sophomore year.”

The embarrassment was a thrill for his father.

The second day of school, there he was again, only this time Price was wearing a San Diego Chargers helmet and jersey. Day three, it was an Anakin Skywalker helmet, and the next day, swim trunks and a snorkel mask.

Other kids started to take note.

“Most of them like it, and we roll down our windows and wave. It’s fun,” Rain said.

His dad admits it took a lot of effort to keep it up, but said it was “a way of letting him know that we really care about him, but do something a little different.” He described it as “a father’s way” of saying I love you.

It ended up being a daily tradition for him, with a new costume each and every day.

“No recycling costumes, that’s the rule,” Price said. “I managed to adhere to that, and for better or for worse … we have some interesting costumes.”

 

How much does the son treasure the actions of his father?

Interesting, “or embarrassing,” according to Rain. He doesn’t plan on thanking his dad at all.

“I’m not going to reward him for this; his reward is seeing my embarrassment,” Rain said.

I like the photo above, the pirate outfit is fitting since the father only has one leg.  Read the full article here and see some more of the pics.  This one certainly stood out.



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