Prayer

I have been volunteering at our local hospital since November 2010. During this time, I have come to meet and get to know some of the "regulars". People I see everyday or every other day. Especially the ones that need rides up to cardiac rehab. If I see them come through the front door and I recognize them, I jump right up and head over and get them a wheel chair.

For the past several months there has been an older couple that I have been assisting to cardiac rehab. I push the wife in the wheel chair and her husband walks behind. They are a very nice couple and I really enjoy helping them out. I love when I see them come through the door, because I know that they are going to make my day a bit brighter.

Last Wednesday (August 24) I noticed the wife come through the door, but she was without her husband. I asked her where he was, and she told me that his back had been hurting and he couldn't make it today. She told me that he was a bricklayer when he was younger and now he was suffering the consequences of that proffession. I told her that I would pray for him and his back, to get better. She sat upright and asked, "you would do that for him"? I told her of course I would. I told her we could all use a little more prayer couldn't we.

So for the past week, I have prayed for her and her husband. For God to heal his back.

So this past Wednesday (August 31) I saw the wife coming through the door and I walked over to get her a wheel chair, and guess what? Lo and behold here came her husband. I asked him how his back was feeling and he told me not the best, but he was going to give a shot at working out. I told him that I had been praying for him. He thanked me and he appreciated it, and off they went.

I guess the point of this story is, to be persistent in your prayers. If God doesn't answer right away, he will. All in His time, not ours. I thank God for this couple and for the ability to be able to pray for anyone that wants it. Praise GOD!