Answered prayer

God does answer prayer, even when we least expect it.  Life is a challenge and in that challenge, we sometimes forget that God is always there, just over our shoulder, looking down, watching for the exact moment when the Holy Spirit can fall and convict us.  That very thing happened yesterday when, it seemed, the whole sermon, in fact a word given to the pastor at 3 a.m. that morning, revolved around a couple of my kids.  In those moments, the hair rises on the back of your neck, a funny feeling hits you, and your mind is devoid of any other thoughts than the ones that the Holy Spirit is putting there.

We have been praying so hard that we had almost given up on our African rescue to be saved, or at least brought to a place where he understood there really was a God, not just a figment of your imagination, or a person heard of through many sermons and kind words from others.  Without God, he, as we are, is nothing.  Oh there can be lots of things that are human and even worthy, such as wealth and achievements, but there is nothing without the leading and following of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  All things fade away in value, when they are weighed against the will of God.

And after all the prayers and the worries of whether our child would ever let the guards down from his heart, it happened.  All in one day.  He walked forward, on his own, accepted the Lord, and prayed, sincerely prayed.  Not only for himself, but for his sisters, one who is free to talk to him, and one is kept away, banned, because he is "not a good influence".  I am sorely afraid, that is not the truth.  He is now redeemed, forgiven, blessed and his name is in the book of life.  And then, in the very same day, with wholehearted thanks to our friends Jocelyn and Garland, baptized in our pool just hours after his commitment.  Rog was in the pool with Gar, but there was just a little "dust" in the air.

This is not the first time I have really trusted God for salvation of one of my near and dear loved ones in my family, and I know it will not be the last.  Always, trust in God, He is the answer even if we are not looking for one.