UNKOWN AUTHOR
RICH IS A PRISON MINISTRIES VOLUNTEER, AND IN HIS WORK HAS BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE PASTOR OF A STORE FRONT CHURCH CALLED THE " ALMIGHTY GOD TABERNACLE."
ONE SATURDAY NIGHT, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THIS PASTOR WAS WORKING LATE, AND DECIDED TO CALL HIS WIFE, BEFORE HE LEFT FOR HOME. IT WAS ABOUT 10:00 PM, BUT HIS WIFE DIDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE. THE PASTOR LET IT RING MANY TIMES. HE THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT SHE DIDN'T ANSWER, BUT DECIDED TO WRAP UP A FEW THINGS AND TRY AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES. WHEN HE TRIED AGAIN SHE ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY. HE ASKED HER WHY SHE HADN'T ANSWERED BEFORE, AND SHE SAID THAT IT HADN'T RUNG AT THEIR HOUSE. THEY BRUSHED IT OFF AS A FLUKE AND WENT ON THEIR MERRY WAY.
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, THE PASTOR RECEIVED A CALL AT THE CHURCH OFFICE, ON THE SAME PHONE THAT HE'D USED ON THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MAN ON THE OTHER END WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE'D CALLED ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PASTOR WAS DUMBFOUNDED AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THEN THE CALLER SAID, "IT RANG AND RANG, BUT I DIDN'T ANSWER."
THE PASTOR REMEMBERED THE CALL HE HAD TRIED TO MAKE TO HIS WIFE AND APOLOGIZED FOR DISTURBING THE GENTLEMAN.
THE CALLER SAID," THAT'S OK, LET ME TELL YOU MY STORY. YOU SEE, I WAS PLANNING TO COMMIT SUICIDE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. BUT BEFORE I DID, I PRAYED, "GOD IF YOU'RE THERE, AND YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO THIS, GIVE ME A SIGN NOW." AT THAT POINT MY PHONE STARTED TO RING. I LOOKED AT THE CALLER ID, AND IT READ, 'ALMIGHTY GOD'. I WAS AFRAID TO ANSWER!
THE MAN WHO HAD INTENDED TO COMMIT SUICIDE IS NOW MEETING REGULARLY FOR COUNSELING WITH THE PASTOR OF ALMIGHT GOD TABERNACLE. |
