Come Out Of The Basement

The story is told of an old woman living in Ireland who delighted in the sermons of a certain Irish preacher. She had resided in an inexpensive basement apartment until she heard this man preach several times. Then she moved out of the dark, basement apartment and into a sunny “upstairs” apartment. Because she had to sacrifice many things in order to live in the more expensive housing, a friend asked her why she had made the move. She replied “Oh, you can’t hear that holy man preach and go on living in a basement!” It wasn’t the preacher, of course, it was the good Lord — shining through that preacher and into her life.

Sometimes we find it…