Got a moment for a short story? Try having a go at this -– works for me!

I was much taken recently with the story of an old Chinaman who left his village for a few months to visit his children in a far off city. They had become Christians since leaving home and so, through much discussion and prayer, the old man gave his life to Christ and began to enjoy a new life.

 

At the end of his life-changing holiday he returned to his village, the only Christian to be found there. Every single day he climbed the hill that overlooked the village and its fields and spent each morning in prayer over them.

 

"Thank you, Lord, that you have placed me in authority over this village. Your kingdom come. This is your village and you have appointed me to watch over it. Your kingdom come, your will be done, here in this village as it is in heaven."

 

Over the following few years the rice harvest surprised everyone  with its excessive abundance. The farm animals gave more milk and more babies each year. Sickness and disease all but vanished from the village and the people who died first were the eldest, in itself a remarkable change.

 

Ten years later the old man died and went to Glory, leaving the hillside empty every morning. Slowly the harvest yields began to drop back to their original levels and disease and sickness returned to the people. The village elders met to discuss these unhappy circumstances, this change for the worse, and could only conclude, without knowing why, that the good years must have had something to do with the old man who kept faithful watch on the hill above them. Be blessed - Mike

Revd Mike Endicott
Director: Order of Jacob's Well

 

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