Salvation Comes in Such Simple Ways!
The text for today is our Old Testament lesson, 2 Kings 5:1-14, which has already been read. Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! There was once a boat that sank in a storm in the ocean. Another boat saw the accident and went to help. Only one man was in the boat that sank. Luckily, he got out in time and was swimming pretty well, but he definitely needed help getting out of the water. The rescue boat pulled up about twenty feet from the man. Someone quickly grabbed a blue life preserver and threw it out to him. The man in the water caught it, but then he did something odd: he threw it back. The person in the rescue boat was confused, so he hurried up and threw the blue life preserver back out to the man. This time it landed right around his head—it was a perfect throw! The man in the ocean grabbed the blue life preserver with both hands, picked it up...