Still alive - by the grace of God!

I am still alive - by the grace of God; but because of the grace of God, even the most vicious attempts of the enemy to rob, kill, and destroy me are utterly futile. Last night, I knew there were three places I would not be staying - and they were the only three options I had, except one...

...Problem was, I thought at the time, it would be kind of nice for my cell phone BATTERY to be CHARGED so I could call my friend! My phone keeps dying, and I do not have the charger. Furthermore it is a very old phone, so most methods of charging do not work. Only "LG" shops seem to be able to do it - and I have been staying in unfamiliar places, so getting my phone charged just plain has not been happening.

I found my friend's number in my pocket, however, and called him from a payphone. It was late in the day, however, and - for all I knew - possibly too late. Praise the LORD, it was not. We agreed to meet somewhere "between 10 and 11 PM." As payphones do when I am calling someone's cellphone, it "schreeched " (no, wait, actually "BLARED") in my ear, and not too long after, "died". Oh well, I thought, I would just have to be there by 10 PM... Later, I arrived at the place at 10:15 PM. He was not there, so I went and called him from a payphone again. He had left, assuming I was not coming, and was already on the highway (he had been waiting there since at least 9 PM!)

I apologized for being late. He asked me where I would stay. I said I did not know, but knew God would provide. He said to go wait at the place, and he would "double back" to get me! I waited a very long time, and even had to resolve in my mind I would simply trust that he would come back, as he had said. Finally, he arrived. He said it had cost him about 150 KILOMETERS to double back like that! Again, welcome to Korea (where they bend over backwards for you when you need it)! I told my friend he had come to my rescue that night, because I simply had no other place to go. I was at the end of my rope - plain and simple. But he did come back - Hallelujah!

Revived!

Daniel Robbins

P.S. Here is a great John Newton hymn:

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/p/whpwgref.htm