A life insurance leaflet contains the following:
A father & a girl of 10 yrs, both good swimmers, entered
the waters of the Atlantic at a New Jersey seashore resort a few summers ago.
When some distance from shore they became separated &
the father realized they were being carried out to sea by the tide. He called
out to his daughter: "Mary, I am going to shore for help. If you get
tired, turn on your back; you can float all day on your back. I'll come back
for you."
Before long many searchers in boats were scurrying over the
face of the water hunting for one small girl, while hundreds of people to whom
the news had spread waited anxiously on shore.
It was 4 hours before they found her, far from land. She was
calmly floating on her back & not at all frightened. Cheers & tears of
joy & relief greeted the rescuers with their precious burden as they came
to land.
The child took it calmly. She said, "He said he would
come for me & that I could float all day, so I swam & floated, because
I knew he would come."
May such faith in our Heavenly Father sustain us in those
hours in which we must swim & float & wait!
- Gospel Chimes. (moreillustrations.com)
Lord Jesus said: “After I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.”
(John 14:3 ERV)
“I will charge my soul to believe and wait for Him, and will
follow His providence, and not go before it, nor stay behind it.” - Samuel Rutherford.
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