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"Praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit."
Ephesians 6: 18
Sam James was a missionary in war-ravaged Vietnam. One of his
worst
moments occurred when his wife, Rachel, made a trip to the
mountains
on an old DC-3 propeller passenger plane belonging to Air
Vietnam.
When Sam went to the airport for her arrival, he learned the plane
was
delayed. Sam kept asking questions, and finally learned the plane
was
missing. As hours passed, Sam felt an anguish he’d never
experienced.
“I made my way out of the terminal to a quiet spot under some trees in
the
front of the terminal. I knelt and prayed as earnestly as I ever had prayed.”
About 11:30 p.m., the plane landed. It had been delayed by a flat tire,
but
the news hadn’t been reported or conveyed. “Seldom had I felt such
tremendous, overwhelming love for my wife,” he later
wrote.
When we face turmoil, we always have
direct access to heaven through prayer.
When we can’t control our anguish, we know God is in control of
the
answers. When we’re afraid of the outcome, we can pour out our
soul
to God, knowing He hears every plea, knows every cry, and cares
for
the need of every frightening moment.
"I firmly believe that God has something
to teach us through every experience."
Sam James
