"In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried
to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came
before him, into his ears." (Psalms 18:6, NIV)
"Honey, can you
come help me?"
What could I do but come out right away and help
her?
She led me straight out into the front of our yard where I
noticed that our lawn tractor had become deeply attached to the ditch...
"Euh--I
am flattered that you believe I am Superman, but I have temporarily lost
my powers..."
It's then that I made a
mistake. I looked into her sorrowful brown eyes.
"Maybe I feel my
powers returning. Watch out!"
Amazingly, I moved the tractor! An
entire centimetre! "There you go!"
She looked at me with
bewildered eyes: "It's still stuck!"
I quickly began to pray.
That's the only super power I could truly rely on! My own power was
fading away too rapidly! I turned my eyes, and there was my neighbor
from two houses down, coming to our rescue. Still, that wouldn't do the
trick. The last time I was stuck in a ditch, it took two angels and a
truck to get us out (See
The Attractive Mud)!
No sooner I had this thought crossed my
mind, when a white truck stopped behind me, and a guy I never met came
to our rescue: "I see you are stuck!" He said.
I am glad he was
quite observant.
"No problem. We will have this out in 1-2-3."
And he went into the ditch. I sure was happy he was wearing rubber
boots. The neighbor took the other side, and the tractor came
effortlessly out of the ditch. The attraction spell had been broken.
We couldn't thank these two men enough. Only too late did I realize
that the trucker came prepared for this event. Who would travel with
rubber boots on such a warm day? Possibly, if I had taken the time to
see him drive off, I would have noticed him disappear into thin air,
just like the last time. Who knows!
One thing I do know is that
our Heavenly Dad came to our rescue. It's not every day that two people
will stop to help a tractor in distress! After all, as Kingdom subjects,
we are assured of real living, which includes the help of our Heavenly
Dad. No way would He ever ignore His own children!
"Which of you,
if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a
fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:9-11, NIV)
"Stuck again! Grrrr, who do you think I am?"
This is the
response you will never hear from our Abba Father!
"According to
your faith will it be done to you." (Matthew 9:29, NIV)
Rob
Chaffart
Written on August 19, 2014
