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Glory
to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his
power at work within us;
Sometimes it can
be so difficult to see the answer to our prayers. We are often specific and then we know that
we know our prayers were answered. Other
times we get an answer and are not sure if that was what we were praying for.
This story was
so fascinating I wanted to share it with you.
I will not give the real names or locations to protect the identity of
these friends.
One of my
dearest friends (Denise) was telling me the “rest of the story” this week. Her son (Chad) several years back had gone on
a missions trip. While he was away his
passport and visa were stolen. This
began an entire month of trying to get him out of Bangladesh without being sent
as a refugee to another country to await a court ruling.
We prayed for
Chad’s return…quickly! We had others
praying as well. We, to this day praise
God for his release from Bangladesh. We
felt his release was the answer.
Denise shared
that Chad met a couple (Arthur and Barbara) this week and shared this
experience. The couple became pale with
the description of this event. They
began to explain that they were aware of his circumstances. While Chad was
being detained in that country, the couple had been contacted and were asked to
fill in for the missionary who had stayed behind to care for Chad. Arthur was
asked to lead a mission trip to his homeland.
While Arthur was
leading the mission team to his homeland, Barbara felt lead to fast for him the
entire time he was away. She felt the
heaviness of his leading the group and was also concerned for this young man
(Chad) who she had not met nor was given his name.
Arthur returned
without incident. Barbara had had many
medical challenges. Her doctors had told
her that she would never be without pain.
Barbara was told there was nothing more they could do for her. Upon the arrival of Arthur and the ending of
her fast, Barbara came to realize she was without pain. She has not had pain since she broke her fast
for her husband, and the detained “young man.” She saw the answer to her prayer was her husbands safe return and her pain free life.
As Chad, Arthur
and Barbara celebrated this “full circle” of prayer, the rest of the story must
be noted. The purpose of Chad meeting Arthur and
Barbara is he had recently met their daughter and is interested in dating her. Should Chad one day
be God’s choice for Arthur and Barbara’s daughter, Barbara’s prayers may have been
for the release of her future son-in-law.
Moms, we will
probably never see the full ramifications of the prayers for our children and
their future spouses. Don’t
underestimate what our perfect Savior may be doing through our minuscule
understanding of prayer!
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