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A "NORTHERN
LIGHTS" MAGAZINE ARTICLE
(from Issue #504)
Mysterious Song on
Highway #881
by Bill
Jackson
It was a long drive up to
Ft. McMurray, Alberta, but it was a beautiful Sunday afternoon with
large flocks of geese and cranes heading south as we headed north. It
was the end of August 2007, and Shirley and I had just celebrated 50
years of marriage the day before.
All our kids had come home
for the occasion, and we'd offered to drive our daughter and her
children back to "Fort Mac." Our nephew Jack had come along to help
with the driving.
Later, on our way back,
Jack was driving at dusk. He asked me if the headlights would come on
automatically. I said, "I think so, but turn the switch anyway." It
was precisely when he touched the switch that a song began to play!
We thought it was coming
from the radio, but the radio had not been on except for a brief time
earlier for the news. The singer's voice was not very loud, so I tried
turning up the radio volume, but to no avail. The radio was off
like I thought and, by the time I turned it on, the singer's voice had
faded away.
I recalled how, in one of
our northern bush Bible camps years ago, our sound system had picked
up radio signals during a meeting. But our car radio hadn't been on,
so we wondered out loud, "What's happening?"
To add to our somewhat
confused state, the song we'd heard was one of the Gospel songs sung
by our son the day before at our celebration!
Then Jack suggested the
sound might have come from my cell phone. However, my cell phone puts
out ringing sounds, not songs. And that's when I realized that I didn't
have my cell phone with me, but one I'd borrowed from a friend
on the way, because I'd forgotten mine.
My friend Frank, the owner
of what I will call the "Frankophone" (it speaks a language different
than my phone!), had programmed his phone to play that particular
song. When the song came on to announce the call, I didn't understand.
It made me think about the
Trumpet Call that will come when the Lord calls us up and home. "For
the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and
we shall be changed" (1 Cor. 15:52b). "Then we who are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord"
(1 Thess. 4:15).
If
there's a prelude, a Gospel song would be nice! Prelude or not, I'm
glad I'm ready for The Call.
 Bill
& Shirley Jackson are honorary NCEM members who have ministered in
many locations besides their home area of Goodfish Lake, AB. Those who've
heard Bill preach and teach appreciate his ability to use everyday
happenings to effectively illustrate Scriptural truths.
To get to
know Bill & Shirley better, you can request a couple of
recently-produced Tribal Trails TV programs with the Jacksons. They
are on DVD (#K193, #K194), and are free for the asking (donations to
cover costs appreciated).
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