Take the time to read this story to the
end.
It will truly touch your heart--and give you pause for thought.
It will truly touch your heart--and give you pause for thought.
A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?" After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.
It
was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his
car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still speak to people speak to me.
I will listen. I will do my best to obey." As he drove down the main
street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of
milk. He shook his head and said out loud, God is that you?" He didn't get
a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of
milk. The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice
of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. "Okay, God, in case that is you,
I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience.
He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in semi commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either the businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street." The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
"Lord,
this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going
to be mad and I will look stupid." Again, he felt like he should go and
give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is you, I
will go to the door and I will give them the milk If you want me to look like a
crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for
something but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here. "He
walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A
man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What do you want?" Then the door
opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his
jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look
on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his
doorstep.
"What
is it?" The young man thrust out the gallon of milk , "Here, I
brought this to you. "The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway
speaking loudly in Spanish. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the
milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was
crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and
half crying, "We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and
we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying
and asking God to show me how to get some milk." His wife in the kitchen
yelled out, "I asked Him to send an Angel with some. Are you an
Angel?"
The
young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him
and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the
tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still answers prayers.
Did this story touch your heart?
Pass this beautiful story on to your friends.
Pass this beautiful story on to your friends.
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