Rise Again: A Story of Restoration

This is the story of a young man working beside the prophet Elisha. They were cutting

trees near the Jordan River — building something new, something good, something God had

blessed. The young man raised his axe… swung with strength… and suddenly — CRACK!

The iron head flew off the handle and disappeared beneath the river. Just like that…

everything stopped. He froze. His heart dropped. Because that axe wasn’t his.

It was borrowed. And in those days, an iron tool was expensive — losing it could ruin him.

He panicked. “Master! My lord! It was borrowed!” Sometimes life feels

like that, doesn’t it? Something important slips from your hands — your peace,