When summer came there was no time for
leisure. John returned to work in the sawmill.
One day he was
assigned to put dressing on the long conveyor belt to keep it from
slipping around the pulley. He had never before done this operation. In
his inexperience, he applied the dressing to the ingoing side of the
belt instead of the returning side. The belt grabbed his arm with such
force that he was thrown off his feet. The operator slammed the stop
lever and rushed to John's side, expecting to see a mangled arm still
caught between the drum and the belt. Instead, John's arm was free and
uninjured, and John had only belt burns and bruises on his hand.
"I can't believe it! It's impossible!" the operator kept repeating as he
looked first at John's arm and then at John. "Your whole arm was
caught in there-I saw it!"
To demonstrate what should have
happened, the superintendent, who had quickly arrived on the scene,
placed a one-by-three board where John's arm had been and started up the
conveyor belt. The board splintered like a matchstick.
Others who
were present said they had seen John's arm drawn into the belt. "It's a
miracle!" they said.
"Did God save my arm-maybe even my life?" John
was filled with awe. "Lord, last year You brought me through the truck
accident and now through this. You must have something special for me to
do. Maybe You can use me in spite of myself."
To John, it was a definite
sign that God had work for him to do.
Dekker, John (with Lois
Neely). Torches of Joy. Seattle: YWAM Publishing, 1985, 1999 p.
30.
A Definite Sign
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