Can you sleep when the wind blows?

[HokeyReligions]

This was sent to me - I thought some of the religious folk out here in LS land might like it.

 

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Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.

 

He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were

 

reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the

 

awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops.

 

As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received

 

A steady stream of refusals.

 

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached

 

the farmer. "Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him.

 

"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.

 

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help,

 

Hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from

 

dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

 

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore.

 

Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed

 

next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He shook the

 

little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming!

 

Tie things down before they blow away!"

 

The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No

sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

 

Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on

 

the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm.

 

To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had

 

been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred.

 

The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down.

 

 

Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his

 

hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while

 

the wind blew.

 

 

 

When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically,

 

you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the

 

wind blows through your life?

 

The hired hand in the story was able to sleep because he

 

had secured the farm against the storm.

 

We secure ourselves against the storms of life by

grounding ourselves in the Word of God.

 

We don't need to understand, we just need to hold

 

His hand to have peace in the middle of storms.

[obsession]

I am not deeply religious, but I really like the story. It was really comforting, for some reason.

 

Thank you.

[the_alchemyst]

I'm not religious at all, yet I was able to enjoy this story.

 

If you exclude reference to god, you'll see that the message is deep and meanigful by itself.

 

Very nice, Hokey. Thanks for sharing.

 

And btw: No, I can't sleep when the wind blow because it catches me offguard many times, blowing me further and further into the eye of the story.