In the fall of 1994...
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In the fall of 1994 a man was driving his pickup through the backwoods mountains of Oregon. But he ended up getting stuck in a snowbank. As he considered what to do, he decided to put his trust in God, that God would send someone to rescue him. And so day after day he sat in the cab of his truck, writing business letters and personal letters, waiting for the God-appointed person to come and save him. Nine weeks later, a passing motorist discovered him dead, having frozen to death. The most tragic part of that story is that if he would have gotten out of his truck and walked a few hundred yards, he would have come upon a clear road, where cars had been going past every day. From that Canaanite woman's example, we see that sometimes it takes initiative on our part to get God to act in our lives. What would have happened to her if she had just silently and passively waited? -- Bowen
