‘No plague will come near your home.’ Psalm 91:10
For nine-year-old Keith Pulles, winterising the family
swimming pool signalled the end of summer. He writes: ‘I watched glumly from
the window as Dad opened a jug and started dumping chemicals into the pool.
Then he got another jug and added more stuff. “That’s a lot of stuff to put
into the pool,” I thought. Just then the phone rang and I ran to check the
caller ID. “Unknown name, unknown number.” Mom and Dad had warned me about
talking to strangers, but that day a voice inside said, “Pick it up!” The urge
was so strong I lifted the receiver and said hello. “May I speak with Steve
Pulles, please?” I didn’t recognise the voice. Probably a telemarketer, but
something made me say, “Hang on. I’ll go get him.” I went outside, phone in
hand, and shouted, “Dad! Phone!” He walked around the side of the garage from
the backyard and took the cordless phone from me. “Hello? Hello? Who’s
calling?” he hollered. A couple of seconds later he took the phone from his ear
and turned it off. “Nobody there,” he said. Suddenly there was an enormous boom
from the back yard. “The pool!” Dad shouted. It turned out he’d mixed two
chemicals he shouldn’t have. The mixture exploded out of the water, leaving
toxic fumes…if Dad had been out there at that moment he could have died. Unknown
caller? I don’t think so. The person on the phone that day certainly had our
number.’ The psalmist said, ‘No evil will conquer you; no plague will come near
your home.’ Today, God’s protecting you and your loved ones. 
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