God CallingA man by the name of 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. The Pastor told Rick this story.
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, she replied, that the phone 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 same phone that he'd used that previous Saturday night. The
man on the other end of the call wanted to know why he'd (the pastor) 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 then remembered the mishap
and apologized for disturbing him, explaining that he'd intended to call his wife. The man
said, "Oh! I understand what you are saying, that sort of thing happens, but yet, I
need to 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,' " and ... I was afraid to answer! "