"After a storm, comes a calm" - Matthew Henry
A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for
his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep through a storm." This
puzzled the farmer; he liked the young man. So he hired him. A few
weeks later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a
violent storm ripping through the valley. He leapt out of bed and called
for his new hired hand, but the young man was sleeping soundly. So they
quickly began to check things to see if all was secure. They found that
the shutters of the farmhouse had been securely fastened. A good supply
of logs had been set next to the fireplace. The farmer and his wife
then inspected their property. They found that the farm tools had been
placed in the storage shed, safe. Even the bales of wheat had been bound
and wrapped in tarpaulins. The tractor had been moved into its garage.
The barn was properly locked tight. Even the animals were calm and had
plenty of feed; all was well. The farmer then understood the meaning of
the young man's words, "I can sleep through a storm."
