“I
pulled back the curtain to take a peek at the weather. Just then a flash of
lightning exploded in the sky.
Rain pounded against the glass and a boom of
thunder made me shudder. ‘Worried about Eric?’ my husband, Bob, asked.
Of
course I was worried about Eric!! Ever sense our son had taken a job as a
salesman I’d worried about him traveling. Tonight he’d be driving 150 miles to
get home in this storm. So many things could go wrong on the road. I prayed for
him every day, and I liked knowing other people were praying too, like Eric’s
brother and sister. Even my three-year-old grandson. Parker prayed for everyone
in the family. He asked God to bless Bob and me, for his uncle to have a good
day, for his mommy to make his favorite thing for dinner. Parker wasn’t old
enough to understand the dangers Eric might face, but every prayer helped.
The phone rang and I ran to answer it. It was Eric. He spoke haltingly,
as if he’d had a terrible scare. ‘Mom, my car’s been hit by lightning.’ ‘Are
you all right?’ ‘I called 911.’ Eric said. ‘They told me not to touch anything.
An officer just pulled up. I have to go.’
Bob and I found out which hospital Eric was being taken to and rushed
there. He was alert and seemed fine. ‘Lightning flashed across the windshield
and hood of my car,’ he said. ‘The hair on my arms stood up and I felt an
electrical surge go through my body. With a boom of thunder the engine died and
power steering locked the wheel to the right. I skidded off the highway. Even
after I came to a stop, electrical sparks bounced all over the hood…’
‘Your son is fortunate,’ the doctor said. ’He must have someone looking
out for him.’
I
got home that night and immediately called my daughter, Lori. ‘It’s like
Parker’s prayers,’ she said. ‘For the last two months parker has prayed the
same prayer for Eric every night. When I tried to get him to say something
different, he was adamant. Every night it’s these exact words: ‘God, keep Uncle
Eric safe.’ Eric still travels, and I still worry (I’m his mom, after all). But
I know God hears our prayers. Eric has someone looking out for him, all
right—just ask Parker.” Lenore
Else North Mankato, Minn.
Taken
from What Prayer Can Do in
Jan ’12 Guideposts (pg 63)
“We
need to be reminded that God’s comfort and healing come through prayer.”
“..The
prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned
with.” (James 5:16b MSG)
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