Answered Prayers

It's been close to a month since my last post.  A lot has been happening lately, and I'll soon get back on track.

I'm currently reading Heaven Is For Real and something struck me today about God answering prayers.  It's something I've thought about for a while, so bear with me as I write it down.

During the holiday season of 2019, it was a dark time for my family with my wife's rapidly failing health.  As Thanksgiving came upon us, I prayed to God to let us get through the holidays at least.  I knew she was going to pass.  I just didn't know when.

However, I did tell God that if it was His will to take her before or during the holidays, I would do my best not to let it tarnish future holidays.

Not only did we make it through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays in 2019, I also rang in the New Year with her.  She passed on January 16, 2020.

As the months dragged on following her passing, I wondered if I would ever find love again.  So I turned to God in prayer.  I asked God if it was His will for me to remain single for the remainder of my life, I would accept it.  I wouldn't be very happy with the decision, but would accept it and would claim the life as He saw fit.

However, if He did see that I would find another female companion, I had a few asks.  I will keep the asks to myself and the Lord Himself, save for one.  She had to be a Christian.  And not just a so-so Christian.  One who knew God and we could have spiritual and Biblical conversations about.

Well, I will let you know that God has once again answered my prayers.  She lives around three hours from me, had lost her husband in March 2021 to pancreatic cancer, and . . . not only is she a Christian, her father is also a part-time pastor.

Halleluiah!

Praise the Lord!

As an added note of irony, she also shares the same first name as my late wife.

Yes, Jesus is smiling down on us for sure.