Think About It…

    During World War II a famous author was in trouble with the  

Nazis.  Accordingly, he and his wife fled southward through Germany  

and into France, hoping to make the Spanish border.

    The Gestapo was one step behind them, and capture meant a  

concentration camp or worse.  Traveling by night along deserted back  

roads and across unfamiliar farmland, they finally achieved their  

destination.

    Spanish officials at the border, however, would not let them  

cross.  Bribes and pleading alike failed they were turned back.

    Unwilling to give up, they took lodging for the night in the  

little town in the Pyrennees called Lourdes.  They would try again the  

next day.

    Before retiring for the night, the author took a walk and soon  

found himself in front of the famous shrine.  He paused for a moment,  

then knelt down and said: “I do not believe in you I must be honest  

and say so.  But my danger is great, and in my extremity, on the  

chance that you might after all be real, I ask your help.  See my wife  

and me safely across the border.”

    He paused, tears in his eyes, “Do this,” he said, “and when we  

reach the United States, I will write the story of this place for all  

the world to read.”

    Having finished his prayer, he returned to his hotel.  A strange  

feeling of peace had come over him.  ”We will make it,” he told his  

wife.  ”I don’t know how, but we will make it.”

    Within a week Franz Werfel and his wife did cross the border, and  

less than a month later landed in the United States.  The first thing  

he did, once safe in this country, was to write a book, The Song of  

Bernadette, the story of Lourdes.

    Your prayers can be a source of strength, but with faith in  

Christ, they are very powerful!

A VERSE TO REMEMBER

     Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not  

depend on your own understanding.  Seek his will in all you do, and he  

will direct your paths.

Presented by Jonmarc Morgan