I've been reading President George W. Bush's book, "Decision Points", and ran across an interesting story this week.
President Bush had invited the Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, to his ranch in Crawford, TX, for some Middle East peace discussions. They were not going well at all. In fact, the Prince was about to abruptly leave for home. The President wisely asked him if he would like to see his ranch before he left, (knowing the Prince loved his own farm).
As they reached a remote part of the property, a lone hen turkey was standing in the road. They stopped the truck, but the bird stayed put...... and would NOT move. How frustrating and embarrassing.
"What is that?" the crown prince asked. The president told him it was a turkey, saying "Benjamin Franklin loved the turkey so much he wanted it to be America's national bird."
Suddenly the president felt the crown prince's hand grab his arm. "My brother", he said, "it is a sign from Allah. This is a good omen."............... The talks continued as planned, with any tensions melting away. For the rest of President Bush's presidency, his relationship with the crown prince was extremely close.
Let's keep an eye out for "turkey's" in our path today. We don't know if it's that stubborn person that frustrates us at work, the person that always seems to be a hinderance to what we see as progress, or just that embarrassing situation that we'd rather not have fallen into......
There could be a divine reason or purpose that God is creating to sharpen your character, slow you down to line up with HIS timing, or test your faith to show what He can do through an unlikely circumstance. Let's look for our "turkey's", thank God for them and embrace them today.
President Bush had invited the Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, to his ranch in Crawford, TX, for some Middle East peace discussions. They were not going well at all. In fact, the Prince was about to abruptly leave for home. The President wisely asked him if he would like to see his ranch before he left, (knowing the Prince loved his own farm).
As they reached a remote part of the property, a lone hen turkey was standing in the road. They stopped the truck, but the bird stayed put...... and would NOT move. How frustrating and embarrassing.
"What is that?" the crown prince asked. The president told him it was a turkey, saying "Benjamin Franklin loved the turkey so much he wanted it to be America's national bird."
Suddenly the president felt the crown prince's hand grab his arm. "My brother", he said, "it is a sign from Allah. This is a good omen."............... The talks continued as planned, with any tensions melting away. For the rest of President Bush's presidency, his relationship with the crown prince was extremely close.
Let's keep an eye out for "turkey's" in our path today. We don't know if it's that stubborn person that frustrates us at work, the person that always seems to be a hinderance to what we see as progress, or just that embarrassing situation that we'd rather not have fallen into......
There could be a divine reason or purpose that God is creating to sharpen your character, slow you down to line up with HIS timing, or test your faith to show what He can do through an unlikely circumstance. Let's look for our "turkey's", thank God for them and embrace them today.
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