Some years ago in the north, a little girl was lost in the woods. It was wintertime, snowing, sleeting, and bitterly cold. Hundreds of people combed the forest, desperately searching for the little girl. Time was of the essence. They knew she couldn’t survive long in that freezing weather. For hours they looked, but no luck. Finally, the searchers came up with the idea of joining hands, so that they could walk through the forest in a single line.

They tried it, and in less than 15 minutes they found her! But it was too late. She had died from cold and exposure.

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The Rev. Hal Brady is an ordained United Methodist minister and executive director of Hal Brady Ministries, based in Atlanta. You can watch him preach every week on the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV channel Thursdays at 8 p.m.

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