GOD'S PROTECTION

GOD'S PROTECTION

"The British express train raced through the night, its powerful
headlamp spearing the black darkness ahead. The train was carrying Queen
Victoria.

Suddenly the engineer saw a startling sight. Revealed in the beam of the
engine's headlights was a weird figure in a black cloak standing in the
middle of the tracks and waving its arms. The engineer grabbed for the
brakes and brought the train to a grinding halt.

He and his fellow trainmen climbed out to see what had stopped them. But
they could find no trace of the strange figure. On a hunch, he walked a
few yards further up the tracks. Suddenly he stopped and stared into the
fog in horror. The bridge had been washed out in the middle and had
toppled into a swollen stream. If he had not heeded the ghostly figure,
the train would have plunged into the stream.

While the bridge and the tracks were being repaired, the crew made a
more intensive search for the strange flagman. But not until they got to
London, did they solve the mystery.

At the base of the engine's lamp, the engineer discovered a huge dead
moth. He looked at it a moment, then on impulse wet its wings and pasted
it to the glass of the lamp/

Climbing back into his cab, he switched on the lamp and saw the
'flagman' in the beam. He knew the answer now: the moth had flown into
the beam, seconds before the train was due to reach the washed-out
bridge. In the fog, it appeared to be a phantom figure waving its arms.

When Queen Victoria was told of the strange happening she said, 'I'm
sure it was no accident. It was God's way of protecting us.'" from THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA of 15,000 Illustrations.

"The Lord, He is the one who goes BEFORE you. He will be with you, He
will not leave you nor forsake you." (Deut. 31:8)

As you gather together to worship HIM this Lord's day, let's thank Him
and praise Him for His protective hand in our lives.