Photo by : Dee Kamp
I
Hear You
It
was a dark and stormy day, exactly how you would think a writer would begin a
story to draw you into it and make you wonder what would happen next.
But
this was my stormy day story several years ago and I recall it and wonder at it
many times over and over again. It wasn’t the threatening cold November clouds
above me that made me fearful and sad that day― it was the storm of emotions
racing within my heart making me tremble in anticipation of the day ahead.
“Call to me and I will answer you…”
Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
I
gripped the steering wheel of the car and pressed on for it was time again for
one of Bill’s all day chemo treatments and I knew by the past experiences how
hard it was going to be on him
In
silent prayer I called out “Oh Lord, help me, I need you, and I need your
strength today. Oh Lord if only I could know in some special way you have heard
me call to You.
Traffic
moved slowly increasing my uneasiness and I was beginning to wonder if we would
be late. I glanced at Bill who was quiet
and peaceful, his faith as strong and steadfast as always. He called this time
with fighting cancer, “A bump in the road.”
Something
caught my eye and I heard Bill suddenly call out “Look!” “It’s a Bald Eagle
flying right over us. It looks like its leading us right down the road!”
It
was an amazing sight that went on and on. The Bald Eagle with his wings gloriously
outstretched and soaring just ahead of us.
Perhaps
the eagle had a nest in that grove of cedar trees up ahead on the hill. Perhaps
not. But I felt my heart soaring right along with the eagle. I just knew it was
God’s way of letting me know He heard me and always would –even when driving
down a highway. In my heart I could hear the Lord say, “I hear you, I will lead
the way, and I will be your strength.”
“I
never prayed sincerely for anything but that it came. At some time, no matter
at how distant a day, somehow, in some shape-probably the last I should devise-it
came.”― Adoniram Judson quoted from Magnificent
Prayer by Nick Harrison
“I
Hear You” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© October 18, 2013
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