Preach on, sister!
I have a couple who live on the south side of me.  The lady came to my door
to ask me about the neighbors and neighborhood while looking at the house.
I felt connected with her, that is, as if we were on the smae page or that
the Lord had put us together. Well, they moved in and we have visited a few
times.  Her husband is an odd sort of fellow and very noncommunicative.  He
isn't ver friendly either.  Her name is Karen. Not long after they moved in,
Karen called me on the phone one day and had a bad situation at home.  She
asked me to pray for her.  I prayed immediately.  She semmed really
encouraged after our prayer.  A number of times she has called and ask me to
pray.  I feel honored and priviledged to be counted worthy to pray for
another.
Here's the one that really blessed me.  While in the early months of my
separation and subsequent divorce, my wife was found to have cervical
cancer.  To make a long story short, that was in August.  She had treatment
and the doctor said she was all right.  In December, she went back for a
check up and they found the cancer again.  She caled me in a state of shock
and panic. I said a few words to comfort her and then she asked me to pray
for her.  You know what that meant to me?  Here was the woman whom I loved
with all my heart, the woman who had left me because she didn't want to be
married any more, the woman who didn't want to be married any more because
she was having an affair.  I felt a rush of complete compassion roll over
me.  I prayed!  What a joy it was that my, now estranged wife, would have
enough confidence in me and my relationship with the Lord to ask me to pray
for her.  She had no confidence in her prayers at all because she knew she
was in deep trouble with the Lord and doubted that He would hear her
prayers.
One of the greatest blessings the Lord has given and one of the strongest
weapons we jave against the enemy, is prayer.  Can you imagine what life
would be like had God not made it possible for us to call on Him and discuss
our needs, our desires, our problems with Him?
Praise him!  Praise Him! His name is wonderful!

Ned