A POOR woman, whose husband was a drunkard, bought a Bible. In her sorrow she found comfort in reading its sacred pages and came to love the blessed One she learned about there.
One night her husband came home drunk as usual and found her reading the Bible. Snatching it from her hand, he threw it into the fire. Then he shouted angrily, “Now we will see what will be left of your new religion.”
When he went to start the fire the next morning he found among the ashes a half-burned page of the Bible. As he took it out he read the words, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away.” By now he was sober again and he was filled with sorrow to think that he had tried to destroy the holy Word of God.
He told his wife to buy another Bible, which she did. Then later he began to read it too and soon he turned to the Lord from his sins, received forgiveness and lived a happy useful Christian life from then on.
ML-11/03/1974