Randy’s Calling

I served as an Air-conditioning mechanic for the Architect of the Capital. On a very cold morning in 1980, I passed a homeless woman on my way into work. Her name was Susan, and I gave her the wonderful lunch Marie had prepared for my thirtieth birthday. Later at work, as I entered a mechanical room in the basement of the Library of Congress, I was overcome by the Holy presence of God. I wept uncontrollably and from deep within a prophetic song burst forth. These are the words I heard:

“I heard the voice of the Lord this day, and He spoke so clearly to me. If you love me son won't you do my will, and Feed My Lambs this day. For they are body and soul and spirit and each need is specialized. So if you love me son, won't you do my will and feed my lambs this day. Now their bodies need food and clothing, and their minds need the peace of your Lord, but their spirits, oh their tender spirits, need the words of life, which you hold. Now I'm with the Father in heaven, but the work's on the earth with you son. So if you love me son, there's so much work that must be done. Won't you feed my lambs this day"?

Marie’s Calling:

I was walking alone in the woods one day while out on a family camping trip. As I walked along the trail which was posted with “beware of bears” signs, I felt a stirring in my spirit and a calling to forsake the trail. My heart beat faster as I walked deeper into the woods. Suddenly, I felt impressed to stop at a certain bush. No, it was not burning. However, what I heard has burned in my heart since then.

“Marie, do you love me?”

“Yes, Lord I love you,” I responded without hesitation. Twice I heard the same words and I repeated my response. By the third time I was weeping. I remembered the times I had strayed away from the Lord. Yet I knew my loving Jesus was not condemning me because in His gentle voice I heard, “Marie, if you love Me, Feed My Lambs.”