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Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« on: May 29, 2009, 09:01:48 PM »
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Can You Sleep while 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 havocon 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.

Lesson

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.

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 07:52:33 PM »
Amen.

Even in the roughest of storms, the Word of God secures our mind and keeps it strong against doubt, nefarious attacks form unseen corrupters, and apostasy.

The Word of God is power unassailable. It leads to one's rightful Justification in Jesus Christ. Who has ALL the authority on things seen and unseen. It is our Justification.

For all things were made for Him, Through Him and In Him. All Things.

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

--John 1:1-5

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God,  who is at the Father's side,  he has made him known.
--John 1: 14-18

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 09:49:04 PM »
kun lig-on ug gamhanan ang imong saliganan nganong dili!

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2009, 10:36:37 AM »
that is a nice story with a good lesson to learn. thanks for sharing it.

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 12:48:03 PM »
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.


Mao ni nidot kaayo nga atong timan-an ug mao jud ni ako gi praktis.securing ourselves so that when storm comes,we still have peace and is able to think well.Nice Nice,thank you for posting.

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2010, 03:44:15 PM »
When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, you have nothing to fear.

Boy scout jud ta permi...

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2010, 04:30:43 PM »
Boy scout jud ta permi...

hasta mi, girl scout pod kanunay.

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2010, 06:56:18 PM »
hasta mi, girl scout pod kanunay.

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2010, 06:50:54 AM »
Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A weary land
A weary land
Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A shelter in the time of storm

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Re: Can You Sleep while the Wind Blows?
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2010, 06:08:01 PM »
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