Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Stolen Cow

Roseline lives in a village in northwestern Haiti. She felt rich, for she owned three cows. But she also felt grateful to God for her wealth and had dedicated one of her cows to God. Now the cow was about to give birth, and Roseline would give the calf to the Lord.
   One day after finishing her morning devotions, Roseline went to tend to her cows. But her dedicated cow was missing. She walked up and down the path, calling to the cow, but there was no response. she realized that the cow hadn't wandered off to find a lush stand of grass; it had been stolen.
  Roseline started out to town to report the theft to the mayor's office. on the way she stopped at her pastor's home and told him that her cow had been stolen. " I'm not afraid," she told the pastor, "because this cow and its calf are dedicated to God. Nothing will happen to them that God doesn't wish. But I pray that the thief will bring the cow back because she belongs to God."
   The pastor smiled at Roseline's faith and promised to pray for the cow and its calf. Then Roseline continued on to the mayor's office to report the missing cow and to ask that if someone returned a cow to let her know, for it was hers. Roseline never doubted that the cow would return home before her calf was born.
   The next day Roseline again walked down the path to the pastor's house. " God's cow has come home!" she said excitedly.
  " What happened?" the pastor asked, curious.
  " The thief himself brought back the cow," Roseline responded. " He told me that every time he looked at the cow he was troubled. He sensed that there was something about this cow, and that made him uncomfortable,but he didn't know what it was. Finally, he couldn't stand it any longer and brought the cow back to me! He even apologized for taking her." Then Roseline hurried on to town to report to the mayor that God had sent her cow home safely.
   Two months later, when the calf was born, Roseline gave it to God. She cared for it until it was old enough to leave its mother, and then she sold the calf and gave the money to the Investment offering.

   This was written by Jacque Thermil a Pastor in northwestern Haiti
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Spritual Communication 101

We may commune with God in our hearts; we may walk in companionship with Christ. When engaged in our daily labor, we may breathe out our heart's desire, inaudible to any human ear; but that word cannot die away into silence, nor can it be lost. Nothing can drown the soul's desire. It rises above the din of the street, above the noise of machinery. Talk with God as to a friend and experience that joy that supersedes all understanding.
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