A log

Today I saw a recently chopped down log, reminding me of the Old Testament account of prophet Elisha's disciples cutting down trees near the River Jordan, in order to build a larger place to live in than their existing quarters. While one of the disciples was felling a tree, the heavy iron axe head flew off the handle and sank into the river. The young prophet panicked as he had borrowed that axe and iron was a very expensive commodity. Elisha threw a piece of wood into the water, in the exact place where the iron axehead had sunk, and immediately the iron rose to the surface for easy…