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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 farmhand?" 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: 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, as believers in Christ, 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 midst of the
storms.
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