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We need to remember that God
is an on time God.
He is never early and never late, but we sometimes think that God has left us or
forgotten us because we don't get the answer to our prayers right away.
The Bible says that God knows what we need even before we ask Him, so I
encourage you to continue to trust the Lord no matter how hopeless or bleak your
situation may seem. God has a plan for your life and is always working behind
the scenes to make your hearts desires come true.
(Matthew 6:8) (Psalm 37:4)
This story really blessed and reminded me that God is always on time when we
need an answer from Him to meet our needs. I hope this story will both bless and
encourage you to hold on to your faith in the Lord and know that He will never
leave you nor forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5)
A SOLDIER WITH A MISSION
In 1949, my father had just returned home from the war. On every American
highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking home to their families, as
was the custom at that time in America.
Sadly, the thrill of his reunion with his family was soon overshadowed. My
grandmother became very ill and had to be hospitalized. It was her kidneys,
and the doctors told my father that she needed a blood transfusion immediately
or she would not live through the night. The problem was that grandmother's
blood type was AB-, a very rare type even today, but even harder to get then
because there were no blood banks or air flights to
ship blood.
All the family members were tested, but not one member was a match. So the
doctors gave the family no hope; my grandmother was dying. My father left the
hospital in tears to gather up all the family members, so that everyone would
get a chance to tell Grandmother goodbye.
As my father was driving down the highway, he passed a soldier in uniform
hitchhiking home to his family. Deep in grief, my father had no inclination at
that moment to do a good deed. Yet it was almost as if something outside himself
pulled him to a stop, and he waited as the stranger climbed into the car. My
father was too upset to even ask the soldier his name, but the soldier noticed
my father's tears right away and inquired about them.
Through his tears, my father told this total stranger that his mother was lying
in a hospital dying because the doctors had been unable to locate
her blood type, AB-, and if they did not locate her blood type before nightfall,
she would surely die. It got very quiet in the car. Then this unidentified
soldier extended his hand out to my father, palm up. Resting in the palm of his
hand were the dog tags from around his neck. The blood type on the tags was AB-.
The soldier told my father to turn the car around and get him to the hospital.
My grandmother lived until 1996, 47 years later, and to this day no one in our
family knows the soldier's name. But my father has often wondered; was he a
soldier or an angel in uniform? Sometimes, we never know who God will bring into
our lives to carry out a special mission nor do we know whose lives God will
have us touch.
Author Unknown
I want you to be encouraged and have confidence in the fact that God knows what
He is doing and just as He brought the answer to the grandmother in
this story, He will do the same for you. God is all knowing and knows exactly
how much we can handle. He will never give you more than you are able to bear,
and I want you to know that if you are going through a tough situation, God
knows your strong character and that you are able to bear it. You stay faithful
and know that the end of your trial or hardship will bring you forth as pure
Gold.
(1 Corinthians 10:13) (Job 23:10)
Read and meditate on these scriptures:
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy
paths."
Psalm 37:3-6 "Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall
give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also
in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. And He shall bring forth thy
righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noonday."
Psalm 34:4-9 "I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my
fears. They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all
his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him,
and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man
that trusteth in Him. O fear the LORD, ye his
saints: for there is no want to them that fear Him."
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