Rick volunteers with prison ministries, and in his work has become
friends with a pastor of a store front church. The pastor's church
is called Almighty God Tabernacle.
On a Saturday night several weeks ago, this pastor was working
late, and decided to call his wife before he left for home. It was
about 10:00 PM, but his wife didn't answer the phone. The pastor
let it ring many times. He thought it was odd that she didn't
answer, but decided to wrap up a few things and try again in a few
minutes. When he tried again she answered right away. He asked her
why she hadn't answered before, and she said that it hadn't rung at
their house.
They brushed it off as a fluke and went on their merry ways. The
following Monday, the pastor received a call at the church office,
which was the phone that he'd used that Saturday night. The man
that he spoke with wanted to know why he'd called on Saturday
night.
The pastor couldn't figure out what the guy was talking about. Then
the guy said, "It rang and rang, but I didn't answer." The pastor
remembered the mishap and apologized for disturbing him, explaining
that he'd intended to call his wife. The man said, "That's OK. Let
me tell you my story. You see, I was planning to commit suicide on
Saturday night, but before I did, I prayed, "God if you're there,
and you don't want me to do this, give me a sign now." At that
point my phone started to ring.
I looked at the caller ID, and it said, 'Almighty God'. I just got
the courage today to call back.
- Author Unknown