David Bruce

250 Anecdotes About Religion David Bruce

This book contains 250 anecdotes, including this one: While staying in Scotland, Peg Bracken spoke with a woman who had once regularly received telephone calls from God. The first time it happened, she was going through a time of trouble-her husband had recently died, her son had broken a leg, she was worried about insurance, etc.-and a telephone call came for her in a place she had not told anyone she would visit. She answered the telephone, and a voice said, "This is God." Of course, she asked, "God who?" The voice answered, "Your good friend God. I just want you to know you're doing fine. And don't you go worrying about Ritchie's leg now. It's going to be as good as new." For six months, she received these mysterious telephone calls at least once a week. She never recognized the voice, and she never totally believed that God was speaking to her, although she didn't want to totally disbelieve either. Once, she started to ask the telephone operator to trace the call, then she changed her mind. After six months, the telephone calls stopped, but things were going well for her and her family by then.