With the recent heavy snow/ice/sleet storms that have hit the nation in the last couple of weeks, especially the one last weekend, crippling or drastically limiting all vehicle traffic even on Sunday reminded me of a story told by The Rev. Wallace Chappell.
A horrible ice storm hit the community this particular weekend, but the preacher heated up the church just in case anyone showed up. Out of all the members only one hardy old farmer came to church that morning. He sat in his normal pew and the preacher decided to “hold forth with church” … he led the old farmer in everything – all the hymns, announcements, prayers, Apostles’ Creed … everything including the 30-minute sermon he had prepared for that morning. It was a “where two or three are gathered” kind of thing … so the preacher did his best even for only one old farmer. After the sermon the preacher asked the old farmer what he thought. The farmer scratched his head and said, “Well, preacher, if I goes out to feed my cows with a load of hay and only one shows up I don’t give him the whole load.”
Stay warm and stay safe!
Quote for today: “Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. By visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as a possible.” Ann Roulac
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