Can You
Sleep When The Wind Blows?
Years
ago, a farmer owned land
along the Atlantic
seacoast.
He
constantly advertised for hired hands.
Most
people were
reluctant
to work
on farms along the Atlantic.
They dreaded the
awful
storms that raged across the
Atlantic,
wreaking
havoc
on
the buildings and
crops.
As
the farmer interviewed applicants for the job,
he received
A
steady stream of refusals.
Finally, a
short, thin man, well past middle age,
approached
the
farmer.
"Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer
asked him.
"Well,
I can sleep when the wind blows,"
answered the
little man.
Although puzzled by this
answer,
the farmer, desperate for
help, hired
him.
The little man worked well around the farm,
busy from
dawn
to dusk, and the farmer felt
satisfied
with the man's work.
Then
one night the wind howled
loudly in from
offshore.
Jumping
out of bed, the farmer grabbed
a lantern and
rushed
next
door to the
hired hand's sleeping quarters.
He
shook the
little
man and yelled,
"Get up! A storm is
coming!
Tie
things down before they blow
away!"
The
little man rolled over in bed and said firmly,
"No
sir.
I told you, I can sleep when the wind
blows."
Enraged by the response, the
farmer was tempted
to fire him
on
the
spot. Instead, he hurried
outside to prepare for
the storm.
To
his amazement, he discovered that all of
the
haystacks had
been
covered with tarpaulins.
The cows were in the
barn, the chickens
were
in the coops, and the doors were
barred.
The
shutters were tightly secured.
Everything
was tied down.
Nothing
could blow away.
The farmer then understood what
his
hired
hand meant, so he returned to his bed
to also
sleep while
the
wind blew.
MORAL OF THIS
STORY
When
you're prepared, spiritually, mentally,
and
physically,
you
have nothing to fear.
Can you sleep when
the wind
blows through your
life?
The
hired hand in the story was able to sleep
because he
had
secured the farm against the
storm.
We
secure ourselves against the storms of life
by
grounding
ourselves in the Word of
God.
We
don't need to understand, we just need to
hold
His
hand to have peace in the middle of
storms.
A
friend of mine sent this to me
today,
and
I enjoyed it so much,
that I wanted to send it
to you.
I
hope you enjoy your day and you sleep
well.
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Author Unknown
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2Timothy 2:21
If a man therefore purge himself from these,
he shall be a
vessel unto honour, sanctified, and
meet for the master's use,
and
prepared
unto every good work.
Hebrews
4:12
For
the word of God is
quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any two edged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit,
and of
the joints and marrow, and is
a discerner
of
the thoughts and intents of the
heart
Have a blessed
day!
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