In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, God is our keeper.

Well, it was December 1970, and I was exhausted, tired, weary, worn, discouraged, and a little bit fearful.

And I was taking some time off, in fact, about three months, not because I wanted to, but because

I was forced to.

I was up in West Virginia, and this particular place, I was staying, and on this particular

morning I woke up and decided I'd take a walk, and it was snowing, and I thought, well,

I'm going to walk anyway.

I was hurting deep down inside, and I just began to walk, and before I left left I put a little Bible I had in my pocket

and my jacket and took off and so I'd walked about a mile or so and I'd pray a little bit

and cry a little bit and wonder what in the world was going on and wondering if I'd ever get

back to preaching the gospel again and having myself a real difficult time

and telling God what I thought and how I thought

and asking him what in the world was going on

while this was happening to me.

And I stopped and I pulled out that Bible

and opened it up and when I did,

I just opened it up and said, Lord, I need

you to speak to my heart. Now, I'm not one to just say, open your Bible and say, aha, this is what

you're saying, God. Because you can turn the book of Revelation and talk about the beast,

and then you'll be in real trouble. So that's not the way to read the Bible, but on that

particular day, God knew that I wasn't

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