| A man who was very distraught, and had given up on | | | | fixing to pull this trigger. At that very second his phone |
| life, was sitting on his couch with a 38 in his hand, he | | | | rang. Not wanting to speak to anyone at that moment |
| had already placed the gun to his head once, but did | | | | he looked at his caller I.D. and it read. "THE LORD." |
| not pull the trigger. | | | | Needless to say, he did NOT answer it, and he took it |
| Meanwhile, there was a preacher who was at his | | | | as a sign from the LORD as he had asked for one. |
| church, who had decided to work late so he called his | | | | He put the gun down, said thanks to the LORD, and |
| wife to let her know that he would be a little late | | | | gave his life to Christ and was transformed into a God |
| getting in. The phone rang and rang, but no-one | | | | loving, happy person. A few weeks went by and he |
| answered so he hung up. The name of the church | | | | decided to call the number that had showed up on his |
| where he was pastor was "The LORD IS MY | | | | caller I.D. "Hello" came the ministers voice from the |
| SHEPARD" so he called back about thirty minutes | | | | above mentioned church, what can I do for you, the |
| later, his wife answered, and he asked her why did | | | | preacher asked? You have already DONE IT said the |
| you not answer the phone when I called a few | | | | man, and he gave him the testimony of what had |
| minutes ago? She answered "I have been sitting here | | | | taken place the night that he was going to end it all. |
| for the last hour, and the phone has not rang once." So | | | | The pastor said, you have found the LORD in your life |
| the pastor thought to himself, I must have dialed the | | | | and things are going much better now. Yes said the |
| wrong number. He dismissed it. | | | | man, for the LORD made you dial a wrong number |
| Meanwhile the man on the couch with his gun, had | | | | that night, just so I would get HIS MESSAGE. I DID. |
| raised the gun a second time and was fixing to end it | | | | Well the pastor said "THE LORD WORKS IN |
| all, in a split second, so he said aloud "LORD, IF YOU | | | | MYSTERIOUS WAYS! |
| ARE THERE -- PLEASE GIVE ME A SIGN", for I am | | | | |