Reflections on Prayer, Cars, and Sleep

It's been a long time since I've really felt like God was tangibly answering prayer. Granted, He certainly hasn't ever stopped. But, He's reminded us the past couple of days that He hears us and cares for us in a very real way. Circumstances have been testing us lately, and it's been forcing Kathi and I to go to Him.

A few days ago, Kathi noticed that her car was awefully sluggish when she tried to start it. However, it was in the Target parking lot that the car decided not to start. It didn't even turn over. Needless to say this stressed her out tremendously. So, I left work and picked her up. Before we looked at the car we decided to pray first. We ask God that the car would at least start so that we could get it back to our apartment. We turned the key and it came to life on the first try. We tried to start it when we got home with no success. Thank God, it turned out to be just the battery, which was easily and inexpensively replaced.

Kathi has also been extremely stressed out at work recently. She is working a lot of overtime with many responsibilities on her shoulders. Because of this added stress, she hasn't been sleeping well at nights, which simply contributes to the stress even more. She desperately needed to good nights sleep. Monday night we prayed that God would provide just that to her. When I left Tuesday morning for work, she was still asleep! We repeated the prayer last night, and again she slept wonderfully. What a blessing!