My Prayer Life - Part 6 - "Afraid I Would Die"

Part 6:

There were many things the Lord used while we lived in Colorado almost two years to start us growing in the Lord. I was expecting my second child and we were making frequent trips to Texas to see our parents. For some reason, I became afraid I was going to die. Each time we started on these trips I would die a thousand deaths thinking perhaps this trip we would probably have a wreck and I would be killed. A lady I knew, who was expecting her baby a few months before me died after giving birth to her baby and I began to be afraid of delivering my baby. I do not know why it took me so long this time to go to the Lord with this problem, but I suffered through many a trip just knowing, "This will probably be the time."

One day as I could stand it no longer, I fell on my knees before the Lord and said, "Lord, I know that You are my Savior. I know You will take me to heaven when I die, and I know when it is time for You to come for me, You will. I can do nothing about it. I am ready any time you call. Help me not to be afraid." Well, that same peace came to my soul that came the day I came back to the Lord. I got up rejoicing and singing, and I was never afraid of those trips or of my baby being born. Even several years later when I had emergency surgery, I could look back to that experience and remember the calm and peace that came over me that day and not be afraid.

That didn't keep us from asking the Lord each time we went on a trip to watch over us and to give us a safe journey and to thank Him when we did get back safely. I don't think that is a sign of fear, but that we are ever conscious that "today" is the only day the Lord has promised us. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come, so rejoice in today and be glad and know that it is God who gives life and Christ who gives it more abundantly.


Read the next entry in my prayer journey - "The Lord Provides"