From: Kent Hovind
Sent: July 14, 2008
To: The Axe
Subject: Why are you doing this to me?!
Axe: Hey! What on earth are you doing? Why are you clamping me in the vice? We have work to do. That big oak is only half done. Why did you stop chopping?
Woodsman (WM): Oh, I know all about the work that needs to be done. The oak will wait. I just need you to hold real still (Psalm 46:10) for a little while so I can work on you.
Axe: I don’t understand. Did I do something wrong? I never flew off the handle. I enjoy cutting wood for the master. I cut as deep as I could every time. Why did you stop using me? Are you angry with me?
WM: Now, my dear axe, have I ever mistreated you?
Axe: No, never.
WM: Have I ever left you out to rust or struck you against a rock?
Axe: No, you have always been good to me and have only given me jobs I could handle (1 Corinthians 10:13).
WM: Do you trust me to know what is best even now?
Axe: Well…I want to, but…I really don’t understand why you stopped cutting and clamped me in this vice. I can’t move. I can’t cut trees like this. This vice hurts my sides; it is merciless. My cutting edge is tempered steel and can handle all the cutting the master wants. I can chop pine, poplar, and oak. Go ahead, hit me against the hardest wood you can find, but my sides aren’t made to handle this pressure. I really don’t like this.
WM: I know all about it. Hold still and trust me.
Axe: Wait! What’s that grinder for? No! Not my cutting edge! Ouch! You are hurting me! Please, stop!
WM: I’m almost done with this part. Just trust me and hold still (2 Corinthians 12:10).
Axe: I can’t do anything but hold still! This heartless vice won’t let me move. Ouch! That file hurts. You have already ground off lots of my cutting edge. Why do you have to keep hurting me with that file? Haven’t I been through enough?
WM: It’s for your good. You still have a few rough edges to knock off.
Axe: Oh, no! What’s that torch for? Ouch! That’s hot! Stop! You are going to ruin my cutting edge. I’ll never be good for chopping again. I can feel my steel heart getting soft. I’ll be ruined forever.
WM: You’ll be fine. I know what is best. I’m tempering you. Hold still. Then…this cold water will be a real shock to your system.
Axe: Oh! That water felt great on the outside, but I’ve still got a burning and stirring in my heart. Please pour more water on me.
WM: I know what is best. You are being annealed. I need to let your heart burn for a few more minutes…
Axe: Ahhhhh! That water feels great! Am I ruined? My cutting edge, my pride and joy, has been ground down, filed on, heated extremely hot, and finally quenched. Why did you do all this to me? Are my cutting days over? Will I ever be able to do what I love to do and was designed to do, again?
WM: I know you didn’t like all those things that happened to you and I know you don’t understand. I also know this has hurt you terribly. I never would have done any of it if I didn’t love you (Ecclesiastes 10:10; Hebrews 12:5-13). My dear axe, I know what is best. If you think we could cut wood before, you are about to be amazed! It’s over. Now I’ll take you out of that awful vice…OK, let’s get back to work for the master.
Dr. Kent E. Hovind is currently at the Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution in South Carolina.
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Kent E. Hovind #06452-017
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Edgefield, SC. 29824 USA
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From the CSE team,
Thank you for your continued support.
I love the ones about the woodsman and the axe!
We, my family and I, keep praying for this to be over. We watch this site for any news. We trust God to know what He is doing, and we ‘wait upon the Lord’ with you.
As long as we have breath we will pray with you, your family and your minestry. We know that we will understand when He comes and all things are made clear.
Always,
In Faith, Hope amd Love, & Prayer
Sisterfriend
This little parable by Dr. Hovind gives me a little glimpse of the pain and suffering our Brother is going through. It brings tears to our eyes. “Bear ye one anothers burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ”. We will keep lifting up
you and your family Brother. “God forbid that I should sin in ceasing to pray for you”.
Thank you for this reminder of the refining fire that we all must go through some time or another in our Christian walk. He is coming back for a pure bride without spot or wrinkle.
We enjoy reading the Knee-mails, but we continue to pray and wait for your return. Thank you and you family for being so strong! Mr. and Mrs Jones
Hey Doc…
Praise God it won’t be much longer…
Has anyone thought of trying to get Dr. Hovind a pardon from President Bush before he leaves office? May be worth a shot but he better get his lawyers on it quick…
Hello again Dr. Hovind. It has been awhile since I have been able to write. I am in Africa doing prison ministry in Uganda. I got malaria and was struck hard. I am a Worship leader and have been for a long time My wife Sally is with me as she is a nurse. We came as a team. I sing to the inmates and Sally gives meds. to the sick. We belong to a team called UCOM. I can’t do anything right now and was really down when I took the time to read the axe, I cried. I felt I was no good, did something wrong or just never had anything. But praise my wonderful God, He is only making me better for His Kingdom.
I love you Kent, Larry and Sally.
Beloved Brother Kent Hovind.
I bless the Lord that you are precious in God’s site & as Gold that fears no fire so are you & so will you remain.
As a reminder / further encouragement Brother, Malachi 3:2 – 4 has this to say
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
It is working together for good.
Remain blessed in Christ Jesus.
Sade Tennyson