LISTENING TO GOD

This is spiritual Sunday and our hosts are Charlotte and Ginger at, Spiritual Sunday, for todays inspiration for God's Word go there            

DO YOU LISTEN TO GOD?

Before refrigerators were invented, icehouses were used to preserve foods.  These icehouses had thick walls, no windows, and a tightly fitted door.   Large blocks of ice were obtained during the winter and covered with sawdust to prevent melting.   This would allow the ice to last well into summer.  One day a man lost his valuable watch while working in the icehouse.  He and his fellow workers diligently searched for the valued time piece without success.  A small boy heard of the problem and slipped into the icehouse.  He soon emerged from the cold with the man's watch.  The men were amazed and asked the boy how he found it.  He said, "I closed thr door, laid down in the sawdust, and kept very still.  Soon I heard the watch ticking."  From the cool darkness of this dated icehouse comes the timeless reminder of...

 Psalm 46:10:  Be still and know that I am God.

A good lesson taken from a book entitled...

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
By, Raymond McHenry

Blessings and love

Jeanne

Comments

[Beverly]

Good morning, dear Jeanne. Listen to the quiet, and you will find peace of heart.

[Sally]

Good thought, Jeanne. I often need to hold still and listen. Thanks for sharing. Happy Spiritual Sunday.

[Charlotte]

This post brought back memories. We had an ice box when I was in grade school. I remember it very well and the truck that came by delivering ice. I enjoyed watching the men grab a big chunk of ice with pick tongs, throw it on their shoulder and bring it in the house. There were always little pieces of ice that kids could get off of the trucks. I remember going to an ice house and buying ice there to bring home to make homemade ice cream. Ah, the good old days. However, I'd much rather have a refrigerator and freezer.
I like the illustration for listening for God. Thank you for sharing.
Have a blessed day.
Charlotte

[Lisa]

Beautiful story!

[Cathy]

What a wonderful story!

[Clif]

Great story. Great lesson. Thanks for posting.

[Judi]

Hi Jeanne
I enjoyed your story. It was very interesting and very inspirational too. I missed out on purchasing ice this way but its ok... :o)
have a lovely day
Judi

[Sheila]

Hi, Jeanne... just checking in from my break. Lots is going on right now. You know how life gets crazy, well ours is. LOL! I'm so far behind I'm wondering if I can ever catch up.

Love to you...

XO,

Sheila :-)

[Molly]

What an awesome message Jeanne!! As always.

I thought of you yesterday, check my blog post from today to see why, you won't be sorry!!

Molly

[Becky]

Hi Gal!! Cute story and great analogy!! It is so hard sometimes to just sit and listen. I need to do more of it myself that is for sure!!

Hope you have a wonderful week!!
Love and hugs,
Becky

[bj]

When I was a little girl living in Dallas, I can remember Mom putting the ice card in the window that had how many lbs she wanted. (I have one..gotta blog about that sometime!!). We didn't have air conditioning back then, and she would get 2 blocks...one for the old wooden icebox that sit on our screened in back porch ...and one to put in a large wash tub and sit the fan behind the ice..we would sit in front of it until the ice melted. It felt so so good.
Hope your Sunday was a good one!
xo bj