In reply to John J. Flanagan.

The above incident is true and I remember it clearly today, even as I am older now, and approaching 80 in a few more months. One of the benefits of old age for a Christian is that one can look back in time, and really see how prayers to the Lord during trials gave one so much courage and comfort for the circumstances. One knew that being in the hands of God is uplifting. Even unanswered prayers do not make a believer bitter, or cynical, because we know it is God’s will. I remember an elderly pastor years ago whose words echo still in my mind. He said, “John, God answers each and every prayer in one of three ways, Yes’,No’ or Wait!”