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by **LdyinChrist** » 17 Dec 2009, 18:48

This was sent to me via email and I thought it was sooooo good!!

God and the Geese

There was once a man who didn't believe in God, and he didn't hesitate
to let others know how he felt about religion and religious holidays.
His wife, however, did believe, and she raised their children to also
have faith in God and Jesus, despite his disparaging comments.

One snowy Eve, his wife was taking their children to service in the
farm community in which they lived.

They were to talk about Jesus’ birth. She asked him to come, but he
refused.

“That story is nonsense!” he said. “Why would God lower Himself
to come to Earth as a man?

That’s ridiculous!”

So she and the children left, and he stayed home.

A while later, the winds grew stronger and the snow turned into a
blizzard. As the man looked out the window, all he saw was a blinding
snowstorm. He sat down to relax before the fire for the evening. Then
he heard a loud thump.

Something had hit the window. He looked out, but couldn't see more
than a few feet.

When the snow let up a little, he ventured outside to see what could
have been beating on his window.

In the field near his house he saw a flock of wild geese. Apparently
they had been flying south for the winter when they got caught in the
snowstorm and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm,
with no food or shelter. They just flapped their wings and flew around
the field in low circles, blindly and aimlessly. A couple of them had
flown into his window, it seemed.

The man felt sorry for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn
would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It’s warm and
safe; surely they could spend the night and wait out the storm.

So he walked over to the barn and opened the doors wide, then watched
and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and go inside. But
the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the
barn or realize that it could mean for them.

The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare
them, and they moved further away.

He went into the house and came with some bread, broke it up, and made
a bread crumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on.

Now he was getting frustrated. He got behind them and tried to shoo
them toward the barn, but they only got more scared and scattered in
every direction except toward the barn.

Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be
warm and safe.

“Why don’t they follow me?!” he exclaimed.

“Can’t they see this is the only place where they can survive the
storm?”

He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a
human “If only I were a goose, then I could save them,” he said out
loud.

Then he had an idea. He went into barn, got one of his own geese, and
carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the flock of wild
geese.

He then released it. His goose flew through the flock and straight
into the barn -and one-by-one, the other geese followed it to safety.

He stood silently for a moment as the words he had spoken a few
minutes earlier replayed in his mind: “If only I were a goose, then I
could save them!” Then he thought about what he had said to his wife
earlier. “Why would God want to be like us? That’s ridiculous!”

Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like
the geese-blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He
could show us the way and save us.

As the winds and blinding snow died down, his soul became quiet and
pondered this wonderful thought. Suddenly he understood why Christ had
come.

Years of doubt and disbelief vanished with the passing s
torm. He fell
to his knees in the snow, and prayed his first prayer:

“Thank You, God, for coming in human form to get me out of the
storm!”

Read more at
http://www.turnbacktogod.com/story-god- ... z0ZI6dQHef

by **open door** » 17 Dec 2009, 18:53

Very good - I like that

by **Remnant** » 17 Dec 2009, 21:48

Thank you Libby for sharing that wonderful story!

:amer

by **Jeani** » 18 Dec 2009, 08:57

What a great story to think about....

God used 'parables' to reach the lost,and I guess, this writer was similar...

Love ya, Libby....

by **His Child** » 31 Jan 2010, 21:22

This is the most wonderful moment...I just read this and knew I was suppose to share it with a young, single mother who had been coming to the depression/anxiety group I facilitated ...she literally packed up and moved from Kanasa City almost to the OK border becasue she is running from God. She said she
could not trust him. I was just on the phone last night with a mutual friend and seeking God's direction on how to re-establish contact with her...her oldest son.(9th grader) just tried to take his life...he is a good kid and is not saved but yet he stands up to his peers defending God.
Pray that this is truly of Father and it speaks to them just what he knows they need to hear.
Thank you again for posting it and God bless you,
Pat

by **Carmela** » 01 Feb 2010, 08:00

I will be praying, Pat. . .keep us posted.

by **Jannie** » 01 Feb 2010, 14:01

Wow...that was a beautiful story.
Thanks for sharing. :swe

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