Watching Answered Prayers Unfold

Sometimes I get a real thrill watching answered prayers unfold. They do not always get answered in one easy to see event. Often, my prayers are answered a little at a time. It’s as though God is saying to me, “Now, little one, this will help you a bit while I am working out the best solution to your problem.” It’s as though he’s saying, “Just be patient and see that I do hear you and it will all come to pass in the best way for you.”

Most recently, finances have been my biggest worry, plus my seeming inability to properly promote my paperback, “The Busy Person’s Prayer Book,” as well as my sister’s health.

In the midst of my worries, I have somehow still been able to keep afloat. I wrote a few days ago about how some food has come my way from unexpected sources, to take some of the burden off. My nephew has been working for four months now, and that means a steady though small source of household help, financially. The amount isn’t as important right now as the steadiness of it. I can almost see where my worries might be a lot less by the end of December. Barring unforeseen circumstances, of course.

As for the book, maybe the timing is not quite right. It should have been available in book stores for orders two weeks ago, in time for holiday gifts. There’s been a delay, I’m told, in distribution channels. I figure the Lord knows better than I when that time should come.

My sister’s healing has been slow, but in the past three days, it has been apparent that she is on the mend. Because she is a whole state away, I cannot go visit. Still, she’s been in and out of so many hospitals this past three years that perhaps it’s best she stays just a little longer each time, this time especially, so that she will be better healed and less likely to have to go back in the near future.

Yes, I can see him working on everything, in his own way, in his all-knowing time. I just need patience to keep the faith.

Father, I thank you for showing me that you hear me; please bless me with patience to wait on your solutions to these problems.