Praying together for those we love

Yesterday I noted that we had two more examples of answered prayers in the last week. Bob Duntz is doing very well at Yale New Haven Hospital. No one can explain it. He died three times on the way to Yale New Haven Hospital and was resuscitated. They were worried about everything from brain damage to heart damage and he came back strong and still rooting for the Red Sox. He hopes to be home by the end of this week.

Nancy Oat went in for tests and received very troubling news. We lifted her up in prayer and this week came back from more tests with the news that things were not as bad as they were originally thought to be. She claims it is due to our prayers.

In church we heard more good news on other fronts. In the end I can't tell you why some prayers are answered bringing joy and happiness to family and friends while others seem to go unheeded. As Lucy Schoepfer, one of our former members, used to say, "God's ways are higher than our ways." In other words, God always works for the good but we don't always know what is the best thing. So God may answer our prayers in a way that we just don't understand. We need to simply trust Him to do the best thing for those we love and care for.

Meanwhile we will keep praying every time we get together for worship. Our prayer time in worship is special. So if you have someone you want to pray for, join us and lift up their name so we can pray for them with you.

Cal