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Eyestwo22 
7:06am Saturday
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I am reading Mitch Albom’s "have a little faith"... Albom’s prose offers readers an elegantly simple perspective on faith, tolerance, service and love while maintaining the complex reality of his characters’ true life stories. I would like to share with you a Sermon from the Jewish Rabbi :
A man seeks employment on a farm.He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. It reads simply, ‘He sleeps in a storm’
"The owner is desperate for help, so he hires the man.
"Several weeks pass,and suddenly, in the middle of the night, a powerful storm rips through the valley.
"Awakened by the swirling rain and howling wind, the owner leaps out of bed. He calls for his new hired hand, but the man is sleeping soundly.
"So he dashed off to the barn. He sees, to his amazement, that the animals are secure with plenty of feed.
"He runs out to the field. He sees the bales of wheat have been bound and are wrapped in tarpaulins.
"He races to the silo.The doors are latched, and the grain is dry.
"And then he understands...’He sleeps in a storm'.
" My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never
wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have.’ We can sleep in a storm.
"And when it’s time, our good-byes will be complete.
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I love this story. Thank you for sharing it.
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The part of the story that really spoke to me about the hired hand’s faith was that his faith was not based on empty hopes or shallow wishes. His faith was grounded and founded in his knowledge of what he had already done. He knew when he went to sleep that if a storm hit that he had already prepared the feed, bound the tarps and latched the doors. He knew that he had done all that he could and that emboldened his faith and gave him great peace.
Eyestwo22
As always Fred, I thank you for sharing these priceless lessons with us here at DS. xx
nectar
Amen!!! Some how you are droped from my friends list, would love to have you back. I'm not on as often as I used to be. Last winter and spring was a very difficult time for me and I just limited my activities. I hope all is well with you Fred. This is a very wise story. xoxo Sandra
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