Ally Burkemper - 7th grade student:It was a stormy night, and we could not find my cat, Toby, anywhere. Before I went to bed that night, I bowed my head and prayed for God to protect him. The next morning a lady from up the street called and told us that she found Toby, but that he had been hit by a car. He was unconscious; he was bleeding from his nose and around his eyes and had some scrapes. I was mad at God. I thought he was supposed to watch over us. I had prayed to him, and he had let me down. When I finally made it to school, I told Mrs. Busby what had happened. Before math class Ms. Minor had us pray to St. Francis to protect Toby. I was still really upset that God did not help him.
After school that day I was scared to get in the car. I thought my mom was going to say that Toby had died. Instead she told me that the vet thought that he was going to make it. He wasn’t out of the woods yet, but he didn’t have any broken bones and was responding to the medication they were giving him. Every night Toby was gone, I prayed to St. Francis. Every day the doctor called and told us how he was doing, and we even went to visit him. We finally got to pick him up five days later. He has to take it real easy for two weeks, and he limps and has some cuts and scrapes. He lays around most of the time and is definitely calmer than he used to be.
The reason I wanted to tell you my story was because I almost lost faith in God. I was so angry with him. How could he let this happen? Then Ms. Minor had us pray, and I prayed every night. Toby began to get better, and I realized the power of prayer. He had no broken bones, so God must have been watching over us. What I’m trying to say is that just because something happens that you don’t want to - don’t let go of your faith. Believe me, it almost happened to me. They say everything happens for a reason, and maybe this happened to teach me something - the power of prayer!
5 comments:
Awesome testimony to the power of prayer, Ally. Your cat has been blessed with a wonderful owner!
Thank you so much for sharing. When my dog past away and I was so mad at God for such a long time because at that time in my life I felt like that dog was all that I had. Some time went by and a friend gave me a really great Christian CD since they knew I was feeling low. Well after a while of listening to that CD I started to realize that I needed to put that love into God and cling to Him the way I used to cling to my dog. If my dog hadn't past away I would have never gotten that CD and would have never made that realization. It's just amazing how God shows Himself sometimes. Im so glad that your heart was open enough to see Him working.
Ally,
Your courage to share such a personal story is very honorable. You should take pride in the fact that even when you were mad, you didn't give up praying.
Even more telling is that you took the time to reflect on your circumstances and you recognized a life lesson through your experience. May God continue to bless you on your faith journey!
It is the youth like this that gives me great hopes for the future. You have more knowledge than you may know. Your understanding of the power of faith gives you such an advantage in this world. Your parents should be proud.
God works in mysterious ways! Thanks for sharing your story. I really enjoyed reading it!
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