A Strong Calling

Lost and searching for a purpose in life, young Peter Marshall, Old Monkland St. James Lodge 177, Coatbridge, Scotland, walked into a fog-shrouded woods to pray for guidance. As he moved deeper into the forest, the trees blocked the light and the fog thickened, rendering him nearly blind. All the while praying for God to give him direction in his life, he continued to walk visionless. Suddenly, he stumbled on a tree root and fell. Unhurt, he found himself lying on the ground staring into an abyss. He was at the edge of a sheer cliff and realized had he kept walking he would have dropped to a certain death. At that moment he knew God had saved him with what he later called "a strong calling." Then and there he dedicated himself to the Lord's service. Brother Peter Marshall went on to move to the the US, create a great ministry and eventually become chaplain of the US Senate. Called home to the Lord at the young age of 46, Brother Marshall's wife Catherine immortalized his ministry in her bestseller, "A Man Called Peter."