Gideon in the boook of Judges

In the Bible there is a book called Judges, in that book is a story about a man named Gideon. Judges 6&7.  Anyways, in the story Gideon has a lot the Lord has called him to do.... save Israel, but Gideon is (of course) unsure about it.  He starts playing the "what if" game so for him to have a sound mind he decided on this...

Gideon said to God,"If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised- look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor.  If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said." And that is what happened, Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew-a bowlful of water.                Judges 6:37&38

You may be wondering why I'm talking about this.  Well, Bobby and I have been going through some things the past couple of weeks that is hard to talk about.  Many prayers have been, and still are being said. 

As we layed in bed last night someone called me at 1:00 in the morning just to pray.  After we prayed, we got off the phone, Bobby was now wide awake.  He  starting praying or should I say "having a talk with God" about our situation.  He then rose from bed grabbed probably the closest thing to him, a sock, and layed it out on our balcony.  He came back told me the story of Gideon and said,"I only want the Lord's will. If what we've been praying is the Lord's will then the sock will have dew on it and the ground around it will be dry."

You might be thinking now... this is nuts!  Well, this morning Bobby started getting ready for work and I reminded him of the sock.  He went and checked it and can you guess what happened next? Okay I will tell you... Bobby came and threw a damp sock at me!  I layed there a moment just feeling it against my skin as Bobby told me that the ground around it was dry.  I went and checked and sure enough, where he had the sock layed-out and the ground around it was dry! 

Bobby told me what Gideon did next...

Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me.  Let me make just one more request.  Allow me one more test with the fleece.  This time make the fleece dry and the ground covered with dew."  That night God did so.  Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.               Judges 6:39&40

Bobby told me that he'd like to do it again, but with the intentions of the out come of the ground wet and the sock dry.  So we will do this again and wait to check the outcome in the morning. 



 By now I can assume you are wondering what is going on.  I ask that you pray for a peace of mind over Bobby and I and that our baby is perfectly normal, healthy, strong, smart, and lively.  I know this doesn't give much information and that's okay.  That prayer is something Bobby and I have been praying for a while now ourselves and we want people who believe to be praying a long with us.