Prayer....Does it Work? ( Archived) (14)

I realize that this is often on alot of peoples thoughts....but I must share my most recent experience.....Grandma who is one hundred and two was recently admitted to long-term care....she was very sick w/bladder infection.....she did not want to be there at all...but my Aunt who is eighty could not care for her anymore...bless her heart she was just worn out herself and recently had a stint put in her own heart....Grandma would not eat or drink anything yesterday and refused to take her pills...I told my Aunt I would go and see if she would do those things for me...I was w/her at ten o'clock last night...she just twisted her head and refused her pill that I had put in the pudding....I after several attempts began to cry and just soaked her sheet w/my tears....all the while praying to God for his angels to help us....Grandma said "Now what are you crying about?" I sobbed and said, "Please Grandma, I know you don't want to be here, but I need you right now...things are just in such a mess in my life right now...its going to be Christmas...don't do this now....I told her I loved her and drove home crying all the way....I prayed after I got home in my bed....I went to Church this morning...and everyone prayed....went to lunch w/Aunt and Uncle....her two remaining children...met them at long-term care....and there Grandma sat in the hallway in a wheelchair...looking as though nothing had ever happened....I cried out Thank-you Jesus!! Before I even realized all the nurses and everyone was around.....I believe in prayer

Thanks for sharing that Nina. God may not always answer our prayers the way that we want them answered, but He does answer prayer.

Migwetch. Paws

Yes do. I have seen it bring me back to life. And I have seen it in others. I believe.......

I believe prayers are very powerful.

God bless you in many way's....

I know how you feel in some way's. My grandmother has no kidney's and always going in for dialous (typo) and must eat 21 pills in the morning and many more thru out the day. We bought a house behind her, just so we could take care of her. She's in her early 90's, and very stubborn and stern. She almost gave up on life, so we sent the great grand kid's up there to tell her how much they needed her, it worked. I feel sometimes they need to be needed.

Good luck and my prayer goes out to you and your family

Don

Some of Gods greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. But then, maybe they are not unanswered, just not the answer we want.

Today, I leave it to God to give me what I need, not what I want..

Don...thank-you for sharing your story with me....I was at the really deep depth of my heart....last night w/Grandma....she has been my most special human here on earth after my children....my Father drowned when I was very small....it was Grandma who cared for me...with here is the only place on this earth I have felt totally at peace....and secure.....

Very well put....thy will be done...on earth as it is in Heaven....