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Cry for Help on Twitter

David Willis, from Texas, was browsing through some books at the Waterstones bookshop in Trafalgar Square. Willis said he had been upstairs in the shop for 15 minutes and when he came down all the lights were out and the doors locked. He found himself trapped inside.

After posting on Twitter and asking for help, he received hundreds of replies, with many people asking him if he was taking the opportunity to read some books, others saying they would love to be locked in a bookshop, and more than one suggesting he should build a fort out of books. Then he tweeted Waterstones and said, "Hi @Waterstones I've been locked inside your Trafalgar Square bookstore for 2 hours now. Please let me out." He was let out shortly thereafter.

Possible Preaching Angle:

Isn't it nice we don't have to go to Twitter to call out for help? Our heavenly Father is always waiting to hear our call for help. As Isaiah says, "Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I."

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