His Voice, My Hand

The Gift  Note    My wife,Lanie and I owned and operated a Bed and Breakfast in St. Ignace Michigan from 1992 - 2002 The Sunday after Thanksgiving we had a terrible storm here and the Mackinaw Bridge was closed . Winds hit 82 mph and thousands of people were stranded on this side of the bridge . There was a great demand for rooms so we decided to rent the few rooms we had open . As soon as people saw we were open we were flooded with travelers looking for a place to stay . With the weather the way it was and the power going on and off, we finally opened the third floor that had been drained for the winter and the beds were stripped . While I opened the rooms that I could Lanie handed out linen and told people to make their own bed and find a place to sleep . It got to be a kind of party atmosphere . We even had people sleeping in the lobby. Most people left us a donation when they left the next morning. It was almost Christmas 1994, Lanie and I were sent to the Bible to settle a question that had been posed to us by our next door neighbor, a Jehovah's Witness that we often have theological conversations with and we dearly love. She said to look in Heb. 13-20. However what we read didn't seem relevant to what we were talking about, so we decided to read the whole chapter to check the context. While reading Heb. 13-2 " be mindful to entertain strangers as thus many have entertained angels unaware". thinking this is a great verse for innkeepers, Lanie got a pen and paper to write the verse down. As she wrote the door bell rang. I answered the door and was given a package. Upon opening it, we found a nice gift and a card that read: "We are the couple with the baby that slept in your lobby......". With reading the verse and the present arriving at exactly the same time we were overcome. I went to the bathroom for some kleenex. I looked up and said, "You're really good". I heard a whisper say, "OF COURSE, I'M GOD". This Page Updated May 17, 2006 [Hit Counter]