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Chapter 10 ANSWERED PRAYER
ОглавлениеDo you remember the first time that you prayed to God? Do you remember if God answered your prayer? Well I remember when I was a young child, around the age of four years old or slightly younger the night I prayed out to God for help.
We had moved up from New York to Connecticut to get away from an area that was once very nice but started turning very quickly into a less desirable and unsafe place to live. My parents found an apartment in a six family building on the third floor.
This one particular evening my mom and dad went out on a date. When they returned, I was woken up from my sleep with my father yelling at the top of his lungs. “I’m going to kill you Lill; I’m going to kill you!” My bed was against a locked door at the top landing before you went into the apartment. I was so scared and started crying out to God. “Oh God, please do not let my father kill my mother.” It was one of the few times in my entire life that I ever felt so helpless and frightened. I hid under the covers and covered my ears so I did not have to hear any more horrible words coming out of my father’s mouth. When the yelling finally stopped, I went back to sleep and woke up in the morning with my first answered prayer. My mother was still alive I hope I remembered to thank God back then for “answered prayer.” Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.