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
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- Sanford Berenberg
- My name is Sanford Berenberg, I am a 20 year veteran of the service industry, over 10 years in management. Six years ago I became a life long learner after going through nine months of unemployment. It started with going back to college and and expanded to reading books and listening to books on CD. For the last four years I have spent over an hour a day learning in the field of self-help, success and leadership. Last year I started using what I have learned to help others. Out of this grew this blog.