God and the Geese

There was once a man who didn't believe in God and he didn't hesitate to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays.

His wife, however, did believe and she raised their children to also have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.
One snowy Eve, his wife was taking their children to service in the farm community in which they lived. They were to talk about Jesus' birth. She asked him to come along but he refused. "That story is nonsense!"
he said, "Why would God lower Himself to come to Earth as a man? That's ridiculous!"
So she and the children left and he stayed home. A while later, the wind grew stronger and the snow turned into a blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then he heard a loud thump. Something had hit the window. He looked out but couldn't see more than a few feet.

When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could have been beating on his window. In the field near his house, he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the snowstorm and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had flown into his window.

The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It's safe and warm. Surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm.

So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them. The man tried to get their attention but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away.

He went into the house, came with some bread, broke it up and made a bread crumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.

Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo them toward the barn but they only got more scared and scattered in every direction except toward the barn. Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be safe and warm.

"Why don't they follow me?!" he exclaimed, "Can't they see this is the only place where they can survive the storm?"

He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them." he said out loud.

Then he had an idea. He went into the barn, got one of his own geese and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild geese. He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight into the barn ........... and one-by-one, the other geese followed it to safety.

He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind:

If only I were a goose, then I could save them.

Then he thought about what he had said to his wife earlier: Why would God want to be like us? That's ridiculous!

Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese -- blind, lost and perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could show us the way and save us.

As the wind and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and pondered this wonderful thought. Suddenly he understood why Christ had come. Years of doubt and disbelief vanished with the passing storm. He fell to his knees in the snow and prayed his first prayer:

Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the storm.

God is faithful thru and thru!

remember the rainbow in the sky during Noah's time?
Gensis 9:16 "The rainbow is in the cloud, and I will look on it and remember the everlasting convenant between God and every living
creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

juz wanna proclaim dat God is faithful in all His words spoken in the
Bible or rhema word He spoken to us in our lives...He will not forget
and turn all things beautiful in HIs timing...realli appreciate God who knew exactly what & how much 2 reveal to us at dat particular point of our lives, we are able 2 receive from Him...& trusting Him wif all the faith dat He puts in us,

i've realized i'm veri impatient person though most pple said being a teacher got 2 b patient cos u r handling young children..i personally feel yes...to a certain extend this statement is true but more than dat is how a grown-up looking at these children thru their perspectives , of course we tend 2 judge on the outside ; the way they do and talk imitating like adults...but i thank you dat we have a God dat does looks on the inside of us & still so love us still even though how much we had failed Him...

lately, was asking God 4 direction in my "dream" job, cos keep meeting into jobs to do wif autistic children ...so i'm seeking God's will for tis specific calling into special needs which had tot b4 during the course...after dat i'm no longer thinking about this anymore...my "dream job" is 2 go into PAP kindergarten & make a difference in the lives of neighbourhood children (where i used 2 be like them too) am still seeking, praying & asking...if possible i convet your prayers too!
thank you! God bless u...