(The following is a true story from 2010.)
BRAKES OUT
The brakes were gone.
How could this be?
She’d just finished a 1,500-foot mountain grade descent.
The “she” was my 19-year old daughter.
And I am writing this today to glorify God and recognize His great faithfulness to us and in our lives.
PSALM 23 PRAYER
It was a little after 5 o’clock (approximately the time of the mountain grade descent) that I remember something unusual happening.
I was playfully tickling my other daughter (11 years old) and for some reason I was quoting Psalm 23 to her out loud starting with verse one: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
And I had the strange urge to continue quoting.
Isn’t that weird?
But I don’t usually do that is what I’m trying to say.
I don’t usually quote (and I would go on to quote) the entirety of Psalm 23 to my 11-year old daughter at just after 5 o’clock in the afternoon while playfully tickling her.
I mean, it was every single verse!
Don’t miss the “daughter” part, the “timing” part (again, it was about the same time my 19-year old was coming down the grade) and what occurred to me the next day regarding the whole situation.
I was praying Psalm 23 is what I was doing.
I was praying the Scripture out loud to my one daughter, but it was also really for my other daughter who was losing her brakes at just about the same exact time.
GREAT AND FAITHFUL GOD
I think you’re hearing what I’m trying to say.
This is the power of prayer. (I am tearful now.)
And so much more than that.
This is a reminder of a great and faithful God.
He answers prayer! – the Lord Jesus Christ who bled and died for our sins on the cross and by grace gives us faith to repent and believe and be forgiven and receive eternal life. (John 3:16)
He is greatly to be praised.
Oh, and by the way, my daughter was somehow able to stop her car even though it had no brakes.
Can somebody shout, “Miracle!”
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