Devotions
Voice Recognition
Fran and Dair Steinmetz were an amazing couple. He would sing an old Jewish lullaby to her every night. A routine she cherished. He would sing….
- Mountains high and valleys deep. Rivers run so wide. But no matter where you are – in my love abide.
This loving couple was separated during the Holocaust. Dair was tortured and blinded by flashes of light used in the concentration camp where she was kept. She survived but remained blind the rest of her life. Fran Steinmetz was tortured and suffered all kinds of physical abuse. But the most difficult thing he bore was being separated from his love. After the war they could not find each other.
They both returned to Poland but had no home and no family to return to. Seemed an impossible task to ever be reunited. Dair Steinmetz with the help of a friend because she could not see was walking on a summer night past a little mission chapel. She heard a voice from inside singing faintly. Mountains high and valleys deep. Rivers run so wide. But no matter where you are, in my love abide. No way!!!!! Her friend helped her inside and for the first time in 30 years Fran and Dair Steinmetz were together again – and the reason – she recognized his voice. I know often things can look bleak. And I’ve learned that’s when our eyes cannot be trusted. And when that happens – we need to listen – John said it this way.
- John 8:47 – Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear God is because you do not belong to God.
Do you know when God is speaking to you? Is his voice familiar to you? Do you have enough conversation with God that even when life’s issues and circumstances blind you from seeing his presence – you can still find him by the sound of his voice? If your having trouble hearing him – or if his voice is faint and your struggling – pick up the Word of God – open it and let him speak to you. I have a feeling He already is – the question is…..
- Do you recognize his voice?
