隱形眼鏡

這是電郵收到的網路故事，寄件者特別註明是真實的故事。

有人邀請年青的貝蒂去攀岩。心里雖有點膽怯，最終她還是接受了邀請去爬那又陡又峭的岩崖。

雖然害怕，她緊緊抓住繩索，全副武裝，勇敢面對那岩崖。
攀到一處崖架，吊在那想要喘一口氣，卻“啪”一聲，身上的安全套索拍到眼睛，糟糕，隱形眼鏡給拍出來了。

往崖下看下去，離地幾百尺，往上看，離山頂也是幾百尺，希望眼鏡只是掉在附近崖架，環顧四周，希望是那麼的渺茫。此時，視線糢糊，心里七上八下，很沮喪，這時感覺好像離開家好遠，好遠......她禱告神盼能幫助她。

終於抵達了山頂，隊友們興高采烈地玩耍著，她卻垂頭喪氣，頹廢地坐在那里，眺望遠方，看著那一巒接著一巒，連綿不斷的丘陵，山岳，想到經文有句話“耶和華的眼目遍察全地”

她馬上喊道：“神啊！你可以看到這些山巒，你知道這里每顆石頭，每片樹葉，你一定知道我的隱形眼鏡掉在那里？請你幫助我。”

最後，在回程時，另有一批攀岩隊上來，其中一位向他們喊道：“嘿！有誰掉了隱形眼鏡嗎？”這太惊愕了吧！你知道這位攀岩者看到什麼嗎？他看到一隻螞蟻扛著它徐徐地走在岩石上。

貝蒂把她的禱告和螞蟻那不可思議的故事告訴擅長畫卡通的父親聽，她父親畫了隻螞蟻扛著那笨重的眼鏡，腦袋處有個話匣子寫著：“神！我不知道為什麼你要我扛這鬼東西，又不能吃，又笨重

得要死，但我知道如果是你要我扛的，我願意為你扛。”

干冒著被指摘為宿命論的危險，我想當生命中遭遇一些不知道為什麼的重擔，而且看起來是那麼的負荷不來，讓我們相信父神一定有祂的旨意，相信凡事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處，是按著祂旨意被召的人得到好處，或許當時我們不明白，以後也不一定明白，但我們相信神背後一定有祂的美意。

讓我們能向神說：“神！我不明白，雖然我看不到它的好處，但如果是你要我做的，我願意！”

因神不只是呼召那些有能力，有恩賜，合資格的，祂是把所呼召的變合格。

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

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 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.

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 slee