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Did You Hear
That?
I heard this
from the pastor who had a church in the Hebrides.
One evening,
he went with his elder, to preach in another church. After the service,
the two men were asked to supper, by a crofter, before setting out for
home. It was already raining, but they happily accepted.
After they
had eaten around the glowing peat fire, the elder asked their host to take
down his violin and play. The wind was now blowing fiercely and rain
beating against the tiny windows of the croft - but the their gusty hymn
singing all but drowned the noise of the storm, outside.
Did you
hear that? asked the
crofter, laying down his violin.
Aye, it's a
fair hurricane replied the pastor. No, but did you hear it?
Pulling on
boots and a waterproof coat and bonnet, the crofter set out into the
storm, saying he'd be about twenty minutes. An hour and a half later he
returned, dripping streams of water as he closed the door behind him. With
coat and hat and boots removed he came to the fire and unbuttoned his
jacket. Taking out a muddy lamb, he laid it in the heat.
Above the
singing and the furious storm the crofter heard the cries of this
poor creature abandoned by its mother to die in a bog.
So our
Lord hears our cries to Him;
Jeremiah was
told to declare: (chap.
33 vs.3) Call to me & I
will answer you
And Jesus
said (John 14:14):
You may ask
me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
What
about it? Have you ever asked?
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