God answers our prayers!!
Posted 04-25-2008 at 04:41 PM by totallyforgiven2
Here is a wonderful story on how God answers our prayers. He will always answer our prayers, but not always in the way we want Him to.
Be encouraged....
During World War II, a US Marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy drawing closer. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one." Then he noticed a spider beginning to build a web over the front of his cave. As he listened to the enemy coming closer, he watched the spider layer strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.
"Hah!” he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
From the darkness of his hideout he could see the enemy searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.
Be encouraged....
During World War II, a US Marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.
Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge to several small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of the caves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once the enemy soldiers swept up the ridge, they would quickly search all the caves and he would be killed.
As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me. Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."
After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy drawing closer. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help me out of this one." Then he noticed a spider beginning to build a web over the front of his cave. As he listened to the enemy coming closer, he watched the spider layer strand after strand of web across the opening of the cave.
"Hah!” he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lord has sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."
From the darkness of his hideout he could see the enemy searching one cave after another. As they came to his, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however, after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, he realized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked as if no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive me," prayed the young man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is stronger than a brick wall."
We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forget the victories that God can work in our lives, sometimes in the most surprising ways.
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