A friend told me a great story the other day. She is a nurse and was part of a team caring for a young babywith bronchitus on a night shift, and they were trying to keep him ventilated. It was a huge struggle and they thought at one point they might lose him. My friend kept praying, then at one point she said she cried out from the depths of her being (silently) for the life of this child. A little while later things improved and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
She asked the specialist 'What changed?' He said he was standing there and a new idea came to his mind and he tried it, and it worked. And the baby lived. Wow! The Spirit working in the mind and heart of a doctor who did not know him, because of the deep cry of another. Is this being 'salt and light' in the world? Do we realise the power of prayer in our hearts and mouths for those daily situations that frustrate and confuse us in daily life?
Pray 'on the job' at all times. With thanksgiving. He has tied his hands to our prayers. What a privilege!
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