Book review - Have a little faith

by Mitch Albom

p. 93

This was a story that Reb gave in one of his sermons and Mitch recounted it. I really liked it alot.

Here it is:

"A man seeks employment on a farm. He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. It reads simply, 'He sleeps in a storm.' The owner is desperate for help, so he hires the man. Several weeks pass, and suddenly, in the middle of the night a powerful storm rips through the valley. Awakened by the swirling rain and howling wind, the owner leaps out of bed. He calls for his new hired hand, but the man is sleeping soundly. So he dashes off to the barn. He sees, to his amazement, that the animals are secure with plenty of feed. He runs out to the field. He sees bales of wheat have been bound and are wrapped with tarpaulins. He races to the silo. He doors are latched and the grain is dry.

And then he understands. 'He sleeps in a storm.'

My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm."

I pray that my husband and I are doing what we need to do so that when those storms of life come we can sleep in the storm. We will know that we are secure in God's hands and that we have done all we can. We will have left no unfinished business. How often though have we not said the things we should --- the I love yous, the I forgive you. Have thought that we will still have tomorrow and those things can be said then? Or maybe we are too afraid of what the other person will think that we never really feel comfortable saying what needs to be said. I know that I have several relatives that most likely don't know Christ and if they do know about Christ they are most likely not following him. I want to ask, I want to be a witness to them but haven't really felt comfortable. Not sure why - if I am afraid of their reaction or what is exactly holding me back. Unfinished business.