Prayer For Howard 1/4/2021

 Good Morning,

The day began with a hot cup of Door County White Christmas Coffee, prayer laced with hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  16.Rejoice always,  17. pray without ceasing,  18.give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

God answered a prayer for many of us last Saturday. Many of us have been praying for our dear old friend Howard. He is in his eighties and 2020 dealt him some severe blows. Howard lost an eye a few years back and in 2020 he lost the vision in his other eye. Then when covid hit  the community he was basically isolated from his many friends. Low and behold covid found it's way to our friend and recently Howard was hospitalized fighting off this nasty virus. We as a church body began praying for Howard and to be honest it did not look good. No one stopped praying and yesterday we were told that Howard was pronounced COVID Free. He still has some hurdles to get through to get home and in a more comfortable lifestyle. 

Here's the thought for the day. Friends, I believe in prayer. I believe we are to pray and petition God as well as believe He hears. He has the answers to the prayers. Sometimes the answer is no. We need to be content with yes or no answers. In the answers that are no there is an opportunity to grow, by trusting God to know best and for His will to be done, not ours.  This answer to our prayer for Howard was a "vaccine" of faith for a group who prayed so hard. We were worried about him. You can't help but admire and love this guy. We saw what I would say is a miracle and we saw God's power.

So friends never give up on prayer.  Consider it a blessing just to be able to pray. I spoke with Howard in the hospital and as weak as he was he asked me if he could pray for me. Howard is God's man, when he despite suffering can pray for others. How about you? Are you a prayer warrior?

Have a blessed day. Someone might be praying for you.

Marty