“Unless
the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain.” – Psalm 127:1
Few months back my
father got severe fever and cold. At that time my mom was with me taking care
of my daughter and my father was in another city with my elder brother. Both my
brother and sister in law were working and they leave home at 9 and return back
around 5 in the evening.
As my father could not
able to go to work on that day because of his health, he stayed back in home.
Around 1:30 in the afternoon he called my mother and said that he is going to
have some hot water.
My father switched the
gas cylinder to the ON position and he ignited the stove. As he was about to
complete his work, my mom told him to keep the gas to the minimum position and
then take the vessel from the stove.
My father did the same
and then he went to take rest in another room. The actual thing that happened
was he kept the gas position to minimum but he forgot to switch off the stove.
He slept for few hours
and because of his old age he never remembered to put off the flame. My elder
brother returned home around 5 in the evening and as he went to the kitchen to
fetch some water he found that the flame was glowing in the minimum position.
He then immediately switched off the gas.
When we heard about
that incident our heart filled with a great fear as we imagined what would have
happened if that flame went off automatically. There is a greater chance of
that since the gas knob was in a minimum position. If it might have happened
the gas would have spread through the entire house and my dad would have surely
failed to sense the smell as he was having severe cold.
And we know that my
elder brother has the habit of switching ON the light immediately when he
enters the house. If these things happened we know it would have caused greater
damage to the lives of my dad and my elder brother’s family.
On the other side our
heart was filled with a great thanksgiving as God protected our family on that
day. He didn’t let the flame to go off for more than 3 hours. His hands
protected us on that day.
As I look back, I
thank Jesus Christ for protecting the lives of my dad, my elder brother and my
sister in law. We are alive only because of the grace and protection of Jesus
Christ.
My dear young friends,
surrender your family members into the precious hands of Jesus Christ. He will
protect everyone of your family member. You will not perish.
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