The number 2,340 is a measure of earnestness, and hope.
“Never despair of a child,” the 19th-century pastor Theodore Cuyler wrote. “The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.”
And after years of wandering and a heart-rending, spending spree, it looks like a prodigal …
The teen holding the popcorn tub raised his eyebrows and turned to the cashier. With a slight nod, she directed,
“Dump it.”
He did and promptly filled another, then furtively went to a different spigot of liquid gold.
I was privy to what appeared to be an undercover, theater concession mafia deal.
Then I understood.
Would he have come through surgery so swimmingly if my friends had not prayed?
I don’t know for sure.
But I do know this. God chooses to use our actions to accomplish his sovereign plan.
Keep praying. Pray for the little things and the big things and the in-between things. Pray for all the things. Continue steadfastly in prayer, Apostle Paul wrote. It’s been on the my bathroom mirror for at least the last eight years. I’ve written before about why I pray about small things. But, today, in the…