Another story from Youth Prays God Answers by Glenn Coon.\u00a0 This story was shared by Margaret Edge.<\/p>\n
It was Friday afternoon.\u00a0 While my day-care children were napping, I was hurriedly trying to catch up with the many and sundry duties that are so necessary in a busy household.\u00a0 Then the telephone rang, and all plans and ambitions to have the house and hearts in readiness for the Sabbath were suddenly taken away.\u00a0 The long-distance call, relayed to us through a relative, was to prepare us for the inevitable.\u00a0 Our niece\u2019s precious baby was seriously ill with a puzzling ailment.\u00a0 He had gradually been losing weight, was now down to fifteen pounds, and the doctors on the case had decided to operate.\u00a0 It as very discouraging especially to the young mother, for Kevin was an only child and not quite one year old.<\/p>\n
It was very upsetting.\u00a0 My first impulse was to send a prayer heaven-ward; the second, to call a special friend, one whom I knew was in close touch with God.\u00a0 She and her minister husband promised to have special prayer for little Kevin, and my sad heart was somewhat comforted.\u00a0 We had also been praying for the baby\u2019s mother who had left the church and had married out of the faith.<\/p>\n
\u2018This must be one of the means that will bring her back,\u2019 I thought as I continued my preparations for the Sabbath.\u00a0 The Lord has promised\u00a0 that, \u2018All things work together for good\u2019 Romans 8:28.\u00a0 I kept thinking; and He is \u2018not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance\u2019 2 Peter 3:9<\/p>\n
Neither of these Bible verses contained a definite promise for healing, so I saw I could only pray the prayer of commitment., \u2018Thy will be done\u2019 Matthew 26:42<\/p>\n
Thus I reasoned and prayed during the remaining hours of the day, and thus I kept close to Jesus.<\/p>\n
In due time, the parents came for the day-care children.\u00a0 The Holy Sabbath hours were drawing near as I sat down on the big screened porch to watch the glowing colours in the western sky.\u00a0 I picked up some copies of the \u2018Youth\u2019s Instructor\u2019 and glanced through the pages.\u00a0 My eyes fell upon the story of a young mother whose child was also sick.\u00a0 She claimed the promise in Psalms 46:1 \u2018God is my refuge and strength\u2026\u2019 as she hurried to the side of her child.\u00a0 This text greatly cheered my heart.<\/p>\n
As the comforting darkness of Sabbath evening enveloped the house, I made my way to the bedroom and gave in to the flood of tears that just could not be held back any longer.\u00a0 This brought relief to tired nerves, and I could listen better to the still, small voice of God.<\/p>\n
\u2018God is my refuge and strength,\u2019 I repeated, \u2018a very present help in trouble.\u2019\u00a0 Then I asked that my niece, Kevin\u2019s mother, whom I have always called \u2018my little girl,\u2019 would accept God as her strength in this great trouble.<\/p>\n
And so I prayed and wept for both of them.\u00a0 Then the Lord gave me a mental picture of two of my little day charges, leaping for Joy (Luke 6:23) and saying in their childish voices , \u2018pwaise da Ward! Pwaise da Ward!\u2019 This came as a direct message to my heart, \u2018It\u2019s time to praise the Lord.\u2019<\/p>\n
I sat up, snapped on the light, and reached out to pick up my Bible.\u00a0 I wondered what promise I might claim for myself.\u00a0 But \u2018before they call, I will answer\u2019 Isaiah 65:24 the Lord has promised, and His answer was right there beside me.\u00a0 The Bible was open to Jeremiah 31.\u00a0 In amazement I carefully picked it up.\u00a0 What a feeling of joy swept over me as my eyes were drawn to the words in the 16th verse, the only one on the two pages that was underlined and marked: \u2018Thus says the Lord: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for they work shall be rewarded.<\/p>\n
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It turns out that the surgery had had to be postponed and in the mean time the baby had taken a turn for the better.<\/p>\n
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