I have a silly story to tell you and it might sound stupid to some. But I had to do it so I did it.
The song "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" was running through my head. And since I only know two lines of it it was those two lines running through my head. Then I heard it on the radio. And it continued to play in my head.
The words are beautiful. It's based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Here are the words to the hymn:
I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along th’unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Till ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth, I said,
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.
Anyway, I was still considering reading it at our church's Christmas Program so I printed out the words and took them with me to Rapid City so I could try and memorize it. Rapid is about three hours from my home.
The day I set out was windy. I mean REALLY windy. It made transferring Hawk to and from his chair challenging. Our last stop was the worst. While getting him out the wind whipped through my Suburban and picked up the sheet with the hymn on it and blew it away before I could grab it.
And that was it.
After that happened the song left my mind. It hasn't been back.
So, did God send that song to someone? Did someone find it and pick it up and read it? And then did God use it in that person's life?
I'll never know.