God answers.
Yesterday I had an experience where God had answered one of my prayers. I’ve learned in my experience that even though God may not always answer your prayer in the way you would’ve hoped, he answers it in the way that he sees most fit. And I can’t ask for anything more than that.
My story goes:
Every morning when I leave my house to go to work or school, or wherever it is I’m going, I have my conversation with God. I simply just thank Him for granting me with the many gifts I have (a job, life, family, home, etc), and I pray for strength throughout my day to overcome any obstacles that I may face. Another thing I pray for is that God helps us all to be safe on the road—That we may get from one point to another and return home safely. I do this now because I have noticed how horrible people are driving now. I don’t know what it is, maybe stress from work or the suffering economy, but people just tailgate, high beam, weave through stop and go traffic like it’s nothing. I’m a pretty aggressive driver, but even this stuff irks me a bit.
Well anyway, when my mom came home from work she told me she had been in a car accident. She was driving on 880 and was coming to a stop because the pick-up truck in front of her was slowing down. Before she knew it, the car behind her rear-ended her, causing her to rear-end the truck. She was basically sandwiched between two cars. The car who hit her drove off, and the truck that she hit apparently wanted nothing to do with it. Through all of it, my mom was fortunately able to drive home. Unfortunately, the car looks nothing like it used to. The only pain my Mom feels is from the whiplash and some anxiety. Other than that, she is fine.
I guess my point of this story is that God answered my prayer. Yes I prayed for safety on the road and yes, my mom got into an accident; but, my mom came back home in one piece. I did not question God at all when my mom told me what had happened. Although my prayer was not answered in the way that I thought it would’ve been, I am so very thankful that God brought my Mom back home.
God works in mysterious ways. It is up to us and our faith in God to see “the silver lining” of every situation and believe that it is His work.
Amen.
