“In a thunderstorm far out to sea, I was struck by lightning and taken up for dead. As they were carrying me along the deck, I heard the mate say, ‘Poor fellow; he’s gone.’ But I was conscious, and knew all that was said and done. I said to myself, ‘Where will I go to?’ In a moment it seemed as if all the acts of my sinful life passed before my eyes. It was an awful sight. I thought hell was not far off; then I must go there. They revived me; but I had been too near eternity to be any longer indifferent. I fled for refuge to Christ. He saved me. That was five years ago. I have sought to stand for Jesus ever since, both on land and on sea.”
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform,” so wrote the poet.
The Bible tells us that it is God who makes “a way for the lightning of the thunder.”
And unto man He says, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” Job 28:26, 28.
ML-09/11/1977