Posted by:
valkyriequeen
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Date: September 21, 2018 11:31AM
My husband came up with what I think is a good idea as to why it seems like for some that prayers are never answered. Experiences are different for each individual, and sometimes, answers come little by little; so subtle that you don't even notice it until after you look back and analyze things. Sometimes answers/actions will be immediate. IMO, there is divine intervention, but the key factor is to not give up. An personal example that comes to mind that I'll share is this: Five years ago, we started to be inactive in the LDS church. I had been brainwashed to think that prayers would only be answered if you were faithful and active in TSCC. On a Sunday evening, we were celebrating my husbands' birthday. Had a cake and candles. We told him make a wish! He did and blew out the candles. On Tuesday night, we got a phone call from one of our daughters. She said: "Mpm, don't freak out, but --------- just got hit by a car!" "We (3 of our kids) are at the ER and you need to come. I believe in miracles!" We race to the ER, expecting to see our daughter critically injured or worse. We get to her room which was crowded with doctors and police. There she is, sitting up in bed, laughing and talking with them! She had gotten hit because her, her brother, and sister had stopped to help people who had just gotten in a car accident. It was nighttime. A distracted driver, who wasn't paying attention to what was happening, hit our daughter doing 45 MPH. Our son saw the whole thing happen. The impact spun her and flipped her over and over into the opposite direction lanes of traffic. She landed lying on her back. She was conscious and thought she was going to die from on coming traffic. Our son thought she had been killed outright, as did the spectators. All of a sudden, she sits up, rises up, and runs across the lanes to safety and collapses on the grass. She said she heard a male voice tell her to get up and run, now!! So she did. It turned out, she came out of it with a couple of scratches on her wrists and nothing more. I call it a miracle. Afterwards, when all was calmed down, I asked my husband what he wished for on his birthday. He said he asked the Lord to protect his children! This is just one example of a lot of things that have happened in our family lately, especially since leaving the church.