CAN YOU SLEEP WHEN THE WIND BLOWS?

I read a story once about a farmer who owned some land along the Atlantic seacoast. He was constantly advertising for hired help. Many people were reluctant to work on farms around and along the Atlantic coastline because they dreaded the awful storms that came across wreaking havoc on the homes, barns and crops.

As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals once they found out where the job would be located. Finally, a short, thin middle aged man, 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 his answer, the farmer desperate for help hired him.

The little man did a fine job working around the farm. He was always busy from dawn to dusk and the farmer was very satisfied with his work. One night the wind picked up and howled loudly as it passed over the farmer’s home and land. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and ran to the hired man’s room where he was sleeping.

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 to the farmer, "No sir. It’s like 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 and 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 when he said that he could sleep when the winds blow.

Oh sweet friend, let us too learn how to sleep when the wind is blowing around us because we know that we have done what needs to be done….we are prepared for whatever may come our way. …

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair…”
2 Corinthians 4:8

Praying peace in the midst of your storm today….and loving you right where you are!
Bren