When General Lee came up the road toward Gettysburg, there was a German
lady named Hannah, who tried to protect her town. She grabbed a broom
and stood in the middle of the road to block the Southern Army. With
smiles the Confederates gently moved her to the side.
Years
later, Hannah explained, "I didn't think I could do anything, but I
wanted them to know what side I was on."
Last month, up around
Anchorage, Alaska, an 85-year-old lady, Dorothea Murphy showed the world
whose side she was on.
Taking his golden retrievers with him, her
husband, a retired bush pilot, had gone out for a walk. He hadn't gone
far before the dogs alerted, and he spotted a moose. At the same time
the moose spotted him.
The husband, George, dove into a snow bank
for protection. It didn't help much. The moose started to stomp him.
That's when 97-pound, 5-foot-tall Dorothea went into action. She
grabbed a grain shovel and started to hit the moose. She hit the moose
in the body and in the head, and the moose beat a retreat.
Understand, hitting a moose with a shovel is not a recommended practice
in Alaska -- or anywhere else. Even so, Dorothea felt she had to show
whose side she was on.
It was sort of like Moses at Pharaoh's
court, King David standing before the giant Goliath or the apostles
taking their first steps to bring the story of the Savior's salvation to
the Roman world.
Each of these had to show whose side they were
on.
I guess anyone who has really seen the commitment and
compassion, the surrender and the sacrifice of the Savior cannot remain
unmoved. That's why when the chips are down and a challenge presents
itself, the Holy Spirit empowers us to action -- to do what is necessary
so we might show whose side we are on.
THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, You
have told us to take a stand for the Saviors who gave His life, so we
might be forgiven and saved. There are times when taking that stand can
be mighty intimidating. At such moments, replace our fear with a desire
to show the world whose side we are on. This I pray in my Savior's Name.
Amen.
Pastor Ken Klaus
Lutheran Hour Ministries, All rights
reserved; not to be duplicated without permission.
My Weakness
Today's Bible Verse:
"But He (Christ) said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My
power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
(2 Corinthians 12:9)
My Weakness
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