"Billy and Johnny Make the Right Choices"

“Billy and Johnny Make the Right Choices”

 

 

Johnny and Billy were friends, and they spent a lot of time together.  They played ball together, they rode their bikes together, they went fishing together, and they like to skate-board together. 

 

Billy went to church, and had just, recently accepted Jesus into his heart.  He had invited Johnny to go with him a couple of times, and Johnny went once, but wouldn’t go again.   But Billy didn’t give up on him. 

 

One day the bully at their school had seen Johnny and Billy skate-boarding so he grabbed Johnny around his arm and got right in his face, and said:  “Meet me at the hill on Main Street!”  Main Street was a street that all the skate-boarders liked, because it was a steep hill with a big dip and a small rise on the other side of the big dip:  “Meet me there at 4:30, today, me and you we’re going to have a race, if I win, I can beat you up.  If you win, I won’t beat you up, and you better be there!” 

 

Billy looked at Johnny, with fear in his eyes, he said:  “Johnny, what are you going to do?” 

 

“Well, I plan on winning the race and you’re going to help me!”  Johnny replied.

 

How will I help you?”  Billy asked.

 

“Well, first of all, when no one’s around the bike rack, you go loosen the wheels, on Jerrod’s skateboard, but not too loose, so he won’t notice, but just loose enough for him to lose the race.”  Johnny replied.

Now Billy knew that could get Jerrod hurt so he said:  “That might hurt him, can’t we find another way to win?”

“Look, he’ll hurt me if we don’t do this.”  Johnny said.

 

Billy looked at Johnny and said, “It’s the wrong thing to do and I can’t do it, it might hurt him bad.”   

 

“Oh go on, I’ll do it myself, but don’t you dare tell anyone, because if you do I’ll never be your friend.”  Johnny said.

 

Well, 4:30 came and a lot of kids gathered at the top of the steep hill to watch the race.  The boys took their skateboards and Johnny had his helmet and pads on, but Jerrod didn’t, he said that a helmet and pads were for sissies.

 

A freckled-face boy counted and blew a whistle, and off they flew at a very fast pace.  Billy watched as the skate-board flew out from under Jerrod and he landed on the pavement at the bottom of the steep hill.  He was holding his knee and screaming to the top of his lungs.

 

Billy looked at Johnny, Johnny shrugged his shoulders; “I didn’t do it!  I didn’t touch his board.  I thought about what you said and I couldn’t do it.”  Billy smiled and patted Johnny on the shoulder. 

 

It seemed that Jerrod had broken his leg just below his knee and would be out of school for the rest of the year.  Billy and Johnny was relieved that Jerrod would not be back at school, for a while anyway.

 

Billy told Johnny, “I prayed that you would not get beat up!”  Johnny smiled, “well, I guess I’ll just have to come to church with you sometime!” he said.

1 John 3:22 says:  “He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey Him and do what pleases Him.”