Good Morning,
One of my daily devotionals is the book 'Blessings and Battlefields'. On Day 300, is the description of Patriot General Nathaniel Greene retreating his southern army from British General Cornwallis. What stuck me was that in this retreat Greene had to cross two different rivers, the Yadkin and the Dan.
The rivers were more than a week's march from each other. At the first river, the Yadkin, Greene was able to get most of his troops and supplies across the river by the time Cornwallis arrived. He lost some baggage carts, but no men.
Cornwallis was going to ford the river in the morning and bring the battle to Greene, but during the night, it rained. Rained hard and the Yadkin swelled and was unpassable for short while, giving Greene and his army a chance to make some distance between him and Cornwallis.
Weeks later as Greene and his army crossed the Dan river, Cornwallis had caught up to him again and was going to ford the river the following morning. Once again it rained hard, and once again, the river became unpassable for a short bit.
What is the likelihood that these two rivers on these two days could both be saturated by heaving rains causing each to swell enough to make them impassable allowing Greene to avoid a costly battle?
If God is with you, then it is a 100% likelihood.
I like those odds!
Enjoy!
Sanford
Sanford@Berenberg.net
www.berenberg.net
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Today's Walk With the Lord - The Hiding Place
Good Morning,
As I am resting at home after my leg surgery, I have had some additional time to really dive into some reading. One of the books I recently heard about was Corrie ten Boom’s ‘The Hiding Place’. I was not very familiar with it other than people making vague references of a Christian themed version of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’.
In reading this book, I was dragged in fast. I simply could not put it down. I read about the ten Boom family and what happened to them during World War I, and then II, and the prison camps, etc. And seeing this all laced with Christ’s love and direction to make something wonderful out of these horrific events just sang to my soul.
I have often touted the book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ by Viktor Frankl as a Psychologist finds the positive to survive in a concentration camp. This is a very powerful book.
With the Hiding Place, I found that Christ is the Victor in the concentration camps. That His love can do so much more than help one survive.
In life, I know I can change my attitude to survive better in any environment, but I also know that by relying on God, handing those things too big for me over to God to handle, that I can thrive while fulfilling God’s plan for my life.
Lord thank you for allowing me to read this wonderful book, and if you have never read it, please do so.
Praise the Lord!
Sanford
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
