Have you ever done something, heard something or said something that reminded you about a promise you had made and had forgotten? In Nov. '05 my wife was diagnosed with kidney failure. Dialysis followed and our lives were changed to say the least. Well, I had myself tested and our blood types matched and pills have taken care of the rest to prevent rejection of the kidney I gave her on May 31, 2007. Anyway I had promised to make a mini pilgrimage to a historic church in Chimayo, New Mexico to give thanks for the success of the operation. Needless to say, I had forgotten about the promise. Well, a couple of months ago my detecting buddy and I were working an old stagecoach stop from the l870's or so. I got a nice hit and proceeded to dig it up. It was a half-dollar size religious medal of the,"Santo Nino De Atocha" in perfect condition, except for some slight oxidation. We looked at it and I put it in my pocket. Here is where it gets interesting. I was working the area that had been the corral, an area about, 20' X 40'. I kept detecting and then thought to myself that I should have checked the surrounding area of the hole just in case the chain may have been there also. I went back to where I had found the medal and I could not fine the hole I had dug for it. I searched for almost 10 minutes and never found where I had dug!!! I went back and forth, circled and even followed my footprints back. Nothing. Didn't give it any thought at the time. Later that night as I sat at my bench cleaning the medal it suddenly hit me. The, "Santo Nino De Atocha" ( Baby Jesus) is the patron saint of the church at Chimayo!!!! We have had a pretty hard winter, (For New Mexico anyway) and as soon as the snow melts I will be keeping my promise. The above is a true story about how finding the medal reminded me of my promise. It's an old saying but, the Lord sure moves in mysterious ways.
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Great story! Hope we see you more!
God bless!
God bless!
Well about twelve years ago. a Christian friend of my mine was talking in the office to a man and I stop by for a visit and he said I wouldn't be interested because they were talking about the lord. ( wasn't a believer at the time and fought him on the issue for years ) Well a voice inside of me kept remaining me of a promised I made years before that I would read the Bible end to end. So on my next break and a trip to the store for a bible . I now have full filled my promised. I later Thanked my friend for listening to his heart and Thanked Jesus for not forgetting Me---. Graw 