One Sunday morning I spoke in a chapel for a brother pastor. When the
service was over he came to me and in a very tired tone, he said, "Did you
mean me this morning?" I answered, "Dear Brother, I surely did not mean
you." He said, "Well," and walked away still tired. I did not go for lunch
but remained in the chapel and wept and prayed that I might not be a trial
to my dear brethren. I said, "I will not go into the pulpit again until you
give me more wisdom," but when the afternoon meeting time came, no one else
had a message, and I had to go into the pulpit again. The Lord blessed in a
wonderful way, and a number of souls got saved. After the service the good
pastor came to me and said, "Will you forgive me? You did not mean me this
morning."
* * * * *
HOW THE LORD LEADS
Once on my way to Platte, South Dakota, I got lost. I was driving slowly
trying to think of where I had gotten off my route--when suddenly a man in
a field on a tractor waved me to stop. He climbed over the fence, and here
it was Brother Walter Ratzlaf. He said, "How come you are here?" I
answered, "I'm lost." "Turn around," he answered, "and we will drive down
to the house."
Going to the house, there was a young lady I had known in North Dakota. He
introduced her to me as his wife. The last time I had seen them, they were
in North Dakota. Both of them were now members of the committee for the
young people's convention of North Dakota, which was to convene the
following Friday, Saturday and Sunday. George W. Green of Bertha, Minnesota
was to have been the guest speaker, but they had just gotten a telegram
from him saying that he could not be there. Brother Ratzlaf said, "The Lord
must have sent you here. Could you be our guest speaker?" I answered, "Yes,
if you want me. I am on my way home, and Brother Green was expecting to
meet me at my place, and I was planning on taking him from my home on to
the convention." Again, I could see how the Lord directed many times,
unbeknowns to me.
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