Parable 28 by Robert Dean Steel

Parable Twenty Seven

     A young woman who lived on a farm was late for church one Sunday.  Her family had already left but her father had left her one of the farm trucks to use.  She finally was ready and strolled out to the old truck.  She put the keys in the ignition, turned the key and nothing happened.  She tried several times with the same results.  This was before cell phones so see was literally stuck.  The next farm was two miles away and she thought to herself, "what I am I going to do."  She had promised to teach Sunday and she did not want to break her commitment.
   She said to herself, "I need divine help," so she closed her eyes and prayed.  She prayed, "Lord send someone to help, an angel would be nice, one who can fix trucks."  No sooner had the words left her mouth when she heard a rap on the window beside her.  It made her jump with a start.  There standing beside the truck was a young man.  He said, "Do you need help?"  She replied, "The truck won't start and I have to get to town to teach Sunday School at my church?"    The young man said, "Well let's see what we can do?"  He went around to the front of the truck and said, "pop the hood."  She grabbed the hood release, the hood opened up, he lift the hood up and peered under the it.  He said, "there' your problem, loose and dirty battery cables.   Can I use your dad' tools to fix them?"  She said, "Sure they are in the garage."
   So the young man went into the barn and came back with a wire brush, screwdriver and an adjustable wrench.  He cleaned and tightened the cables.  Then he said, "Turn on the ignition."  The truck started right away.  He close the hood and said, "I will return these to the garage."  He went into the garage but did come out.  The young woman wanted to thank him so she got out of the truck went into the garage and he was not there.  There was no sign of him anywhere.  The young woman got into the truck and drove to town and to church.  As she drove she wondered if she had just had an angelic visit or not.