God Stories

Lots of great stories, more than one brought a tear to my eye. Mine is more of a "Thank God for unanswered prayers" God story.

Soon after my son was born, I reconnected with an old boyfriend through Facebook. He was getting a divorce and had two kids and I was feeling overwhelmed by my son and underwhelmed by my husband's performance as a new father/supportive husband. I had some fleeting thoughts of how different (better?) life would be with this old flame, and started comparing the him with my husband. I know it's wrong, but there it is.

My old flame was really coming out on top and I started getting more and more dissatisfied. We started flirting online and exchanging emails. Then one day, after a particularly colorful argument with my husband and a cry to God with "Why??", I decided to do a google search on my ex, just for kicks.

What I found was his Twitter stream. After reading a few posts, I found one that was complaining about his bitter divorce and how Karma really got him since he started dating her while still with his ex-girlfriend (that would be me!)

In what felt like a slap in the face, I woke up from the silly dream and saw my husband cradling our baby boy, stroking his hair and singing a lullaby. My husband, the big hairy rough & tumble biker, being so gentle, I cried like I hadn't cried since my father passed.

God answered my WHY. God woke me up, saved me from temptation and delivered me from evil.

What a great post. I will share an example of G-d's work: We got married late in life. we had dated on and off for 10 years. i was almost 41 when we married and dh was 38. We had decided not to have kids,. Being older, he a musician etc. we were going to bali! a month later i was pg.!!! now remember we'd been consistetly together for about 4 yrs. I never got pregnant. I had an amazing beautiful pregnancy. In Dec 02' my dad was diagnosed with lymphoma. we were meeting my parents in Aruba in Jan. he was to go back to Fl. and start chemo which was 8 sessions and he was expected to make a full recovery.We left Aruba early to spend more time with my parents in Fl. at 36 wks dh and I flew back to LA. ps Our daughter was frank breech and although I tried yoga, chiropractic, lying on a slantboard etc she would not turn. The doctor scheduled a c-section for Mar 27, 2003. For some reason( if ANYONE ever says for some reason- i replace that with G-d's will) i called the doctor and changed it for the 25th. my mom was coming for the birth but my dad wasn't doing so well. He had contracted pneumonia. everyone said he was ok, but my mom just couldn't be here for me.He celebrated his 80th birthdat Mar 17. Anyways i delivered Kira via c-section Mar 25 at 9:43am. When my husband called my mom to say Kira was here she told him my dad had passed away at exactly 12:33 (Fl time is 3 hrs later). It was exactly 10 minutes before my daughter was born.Probably just after they made the incision and started to lift her out) The sadness of his death was buffered by the intense joy of my daughters life. I believe that he came to escort her into the world! I didn't find out until the next morning because they wanted me to have my day.I called my mom to tell her I was nursing the baby at around 5 am LA time. I asked, " Are you getting ready to go to the hospital?" She said'I'm not going today" I said " He made it didn't he?" And she asked for my husband. That's how I found out. Anytime someone tells me that they are trying to conceive i think to myself " If it is G-d's will"( A friend of mine wrote a book recently called 'We make plans G-d laughs) Another interesting thing is that my sister told me every day at the hospital there was a bird outside his window. When he passed the bird flew away. As she told me I realized there was a bird outside my hospital window!! Ok I am crying now. Carry the message. best, H.

Great question. I have MANY God stories and God is extremely important to me and I'm very close to Him. I should have died many times in my life: temp of 108 when a child, an iron bar flew off a truck and almost hit me, brain surgery, etc. etc. But one I'll never forget. When a teenager, I was walking miles and was short $.37 for a bus. A creepy guy in a van started following me - he'd drive past and honk. So I asked God for $.37. I just passed a fire station and a fireman was washing their truck. The creepy guy drove by and honked and I asked the fireman if he noticed. He said yes, and he'd be concerned. I told him I was short $.37 for a bus and he looked in his pocket and had exactly $.37. That was a specific answer from God. He's done so many things like that and much greater for me.

Hi S.,

I have a doozy for you. In March my company hired someone to replace me because I was promoted. Everything was going fine, I trained her and she was very nice. Now, this should have been the most happiest time for me but it wasn't. About a week into her being here, she went closed the door to the office and went off on me. She is 6 ft tall and very intimidating. I went to her boss and HR and explained what had happened. The next day I got a big appology. Anyway, one week goes by again, and then it happens again. She also tells me that I rub her the wrong way. This is all very strange to me since I'm a non confrontational person. I am devoted to working at my company following God's law in giving a good days work to my employer, etc. I don't gossip and people like me. I do my job because I like it. This time also, she sends me this terrible email. Which I forward to HR and ask them how to respond. I also blind copy them. Again, I get another crazy response. I forward to them and they said that they would deal with it. Nothing seems to happen for a month. I am becoming depressed. I've given up exercising....which isn't what you are supposed to do, but I did. I am thinking about her about 24 hours a day. My heart palpatates when she is near. I am also thinking and praying to God equally at this time. More than I've ever had/needed to. That came quite naturally at that point. That also has never happened before. I'm telling God that she is yours to deal with and I am done. Over and over this goes on for a month or so. I've visited two different churches in the area just to see what they were like even though I love my church. Both are giving me the same message. I believe one of the scriptures was Galatians and I cannot remember what the other one is now...Wow, huh. Just turn her over to him and he will take care of in his time. He finally does!!! She is let go about a month later. Longer than I wanted, but I think he wanted me to quit trying to rationalize her behaviour and just have me give her to him. I've never gone through such a dark period in my life.

God IS GREAT!!!!
Audra

S.,
Well, I happen to think the Lord answered my prayers double this time around. After I lost several babies to miscarriage, my husband and I felt that we might be chasing a pipe dream to add to our family. In the months leading up to his deployment, I (and my bible study...strong Godly women) prayed much, asking the Lord to bless us with another child if it was His plan to expand our family. Well, imagine my surprise when the Lord answered our prayers with not one, but TWO babies. I am expecting twins in january. As Hannah prayed of the Lord, so did I. And he answered my longing with double the blessing.

Please share this testimony with other women, encouraging them to place faith in the Lord and have faith in his plan.

God Bless,
T.

As I began my second year of teaching I began to "hear" things. "Moving on," "New school..." I thought I was going crazy! After driving home bawling after teaching all day, not knowing what these "messages" were or where they were coming from, I went to talk to my pastor about it. He asked, "Do you think maybe it's God?"

"Ohhhhhh..." Once I realized I had been having a Samuel-in-the-temple experience, I started to see what God was doing.

I felt led to tell my principal that I would not be returning to teach at her school the following school year. I told her in December. Strangely enough, that January I ended up very unexpectedly pregnant. Not such a good position to be in, actually: I was single and teaching in a Christian school...

It turns out my body holds its little babies pretty centrally, so I was able to mask being pregnant all the way through the school year. Six months along and no one knew! God was good.

But the story doesn't end there. It happened again five years later. "Moving on..." New school..." "Christmas..." I knew who it was this time :) But, "Christmas?"

I was attending a teachers' conference a couple months later and ran into an old friend. I asked her how she was, and what was new. She informed me that she had just put in notice to her principal that she and her husband would be moving at Christmas. My first thought was, "I guess teachers can leave at Christmas..."

The school I was working at at that time was in dire financial straights and I volunteered to leave at Christmas. It turns out they were going to have to let me go based on the "last full-time position hired, first full-time position to be fired" philosophy. Once again I saw God's hand in it.

I have always felt a close tie to God, but never so much as when this all started to happen. Most recently I heard just one word - "change." Since hearing that about 2 and half years ago, I came very, very close to divorcing my, now, once again incredible husband, have since moved 1500 miles to Las Vegas, had a baby (ten years after having the first), and gone from bread-winning wife/mom to stay at home mom. I'd say "change" sums all that up.

God is indeed faithful to his promises.

God is good! All the time!

I hope this is the kind of testimony you are looking for. I only share this with people for whom it can bring glory to God. I hope this is the case for you and your women.

WOW - I have so many, where to start? and how many to give?

First short one just happened today. We have been having financial problems and will be loosing our house to forclosure in Dec. Each day I pray that we make it to Fri. paycheck and able to put food on the table for the family. Some weeks are tight, others we don't make it to Fri and go without. We haven't been tithing as regularly as we should because of this issue but this last Sun I told God that I was going to step out on faith that week and tithe a the full 10% and trust in Him to provide for my family. As the week went on and the check cleared my bank I started to worry that we were going to be overdrawn and that I wouldnt be able to go to the grocery store, but then reminded myself that God provides and will sustain us through all things. Well, we made it to today (Fri) without going overdrawn, and when i checked the account this morning, we had a whole EXTRA weeks paycheck in our account. My husband had been told that his whole first year of work for this new company would be without vacation time and that vacation time would start accruing once he worked a full year. Well, that full weeks paycheck was for vacation time for the first year he worked there. A total shock and major blessing from God. Not only did we make it to Fri, but we had a double paycheck. :) Excited to write the tithe check this Sun.

Second, long story, will make it as short as possible. My little guy was born on March 3 of this year, at home with an attending midwife. He is my third child and the first two were born by c-section so I was not able to birth at the hospital without them forcing me into a c-section. I knew that I had a chance of uterine rupture, but that chance was less then 1%. It was not a decision I made easily, but with lots of research and LOTS of prayer. i really felt a peace about our decision. Well, when he was born he was born not breathing and with a cleft lip and palate that we did not know about from ultrasound. The midwife was awesome and breathed for him for the first 12 mins of life until he took his first unassisted breath. The entire time I just kept crying out to God to please, if it was in His will, to breath life into my child. He did!!! He has no long term effects from this lack of oxygen at birth. The cleft lip and palate are a challenge but God has been right by our sides and will continue to look over us as he goes through surgery on Oct 1st to close things up.

But the story doesnt end there. I transferred to the hospital along with Aiden after the birth due to post partum hemorraghing. When i got there I was not treated very well because I was a home birth transfer. They ended up sending me home in unexplained extreme pain, and a gradual fever. I ended up back in the hosptial 5 days later, barely able to stand and in EXTREME out of this world pain. It was found that my uterus was ruptured and that blood was pooling inside my abdomen. according to statistics, most women with rupture must get immediate help (within 30 mins) or risk bleeding to death. God held me up during this time, while I was caring for my son, and then when it was time for me to get help He had the proper people in place to get the job done. I did end up with a hysterectomy because my uterus was ruptured like a firework had exploded inside and the blood was causing my internal organs to rot away from infection of poopling blood. I spent 7 days in the hospital recovering but now have no long term effects from it all. The surgeon came out from the OR and told my family, "I know that she must believe in God because there is now way she should still be alive after what she has been through." This was the worst he had seen in all his OB carreer of 25+ years. I had lost so much blood inside of me and received 5 or 6 units of blood over the course of 2 days. God is so good and I know that He has a special plan for my life. My job here on earth is not over yet. I had even told my mom and husband that I would see them in heaven because I could feel my soul leaving my body as they were preparing the OR for me. I had to look deep into my husband's eyes to stay grounded otherwise I felt like I was floating up into heaven. Hard to describe all the feelings and emotions.

GOD IS SO GOOD!!

J.

Hi S.,
Oh boy to have God stories, my most recent is a healing one. While pregnant with my daughter who was born June of 2007, in my eight month of pregnancy I had a minor stroke which caused me to be admited in the er for 3 days, they did a cat scan on my head and found a blood clot on the right side of my brain. My hubby instantly got me on the prayer chain at our church, our pastor came to pray with us that night in the hospital. They started me on blood thinners and were considering taking the baby emergency c-section, the next morning they did another cat scan, the dct came in later on that afternoon after compairing my original cat scan with the blood clot and he said I don't understand it but the blood clost showed up on this test yesterday but now it's gone. PRAISE GOD!!!! I was released from the hospital that night, still on blood thinners though but one month later I had a healthy baby girl and I AM HEALED. God has also done many works in our finances too. God Bless you.

What a GREAT request!
My son was born in Guam and at 5 days old he had a seizure. We were kind of told "no biggie" by the docs since he seemed to be fine and all the immediate tests came back okay. However, since Guam is the middle of NOWHERE they don't have a pediatric neurologist so they put us on the first flight to Hawaii (8 hour flight) to consult with the nearest (Ha!) specialist. We got on the plane and he started seizing off and on for about 4 hours despite loads of medication to control them... That IS a biggie. Anyway, before we left the ground our church and many of the chuches of our friends on the island (and even some of their family members back on the mainland) put our son on their prayer lists. Of course, as his Mommie and a nurse who knew exactly HOW bad that could be, I was praying like I had never prayed before. When we arrived in Hawaii the docs said because of his seizure activity on the plane he would probably be a vegetable. (Another Ha! The kid knows all his letters, numbers, colors and shapes and he's not even 2yo) Eventually they determined that of all the myriads of horrible things that can cause seizures in babies, my son had the ONE thing that was completely benign and self limiting. Personally, as a nurse, I really think that his course of symptoms looked a lot more like one of the horrible things that I had seen and God stepped in to change the outcome due to the petitions of a lot of really awesome people interceding on his behalf. And when I was so worried about my little man in the hospital, I would fall asleep counting the LITERALLY thousands of people who came together to pray for my son.
I've also seen prayer change the course of MANY other "hopeless" cases in my work as a nurse and put more stock in God than in any doctor. Not that I advocate refusing medical treatment - I think doctors and nurses have the priviledge of having God work through them. There have been a number of times as a nurse when I have performed some out of the ordinary test just on a strange promting and found something that could have caused A LOT of problems if not discovered. I know that was God stepping in there, too.
I could probably tell more stories but this is my most poignant, "God in MY life" story.
Hope this helps.
Jen

When my eight year old son was diagnosed with cancer, I went home and cried. When the doctors gave him a 40% chance of servival, I went to bed every single night and actually called God foul abrasive names. "How could you do this to a child? Why not take me?" This went on for at least two months, every night, like clockwork.
Then, one night in the middle of my cursing and raving and crying, I felt (did not hear) a soft "blue calm" cover me like a blanket. I "knew" God was answering me. His answer was "I did not do this to Danny, but I will help him through it". I stopped crying, and "listened". I finally went to sleep with the assurance that help, in what ever form, was on the way.
That was in June, 1981. My son (with me by his side every step of the way) went through three years of inpatient Chemotherapy (one week of every month), six weeks of daily radiation treatments,Two years following of growth hormone injections (self injected by my (then) eleven year old), cataract surgury with an implanted lens,inpatient "protective isolations" with pneumonia, and on and on.
Danny is now thirty six years old, an executive chef for a prestegious golf club, married, and has one child.
I am not an overly religious person. I do not attend church regularly, but I have an enormous faith in God (probably instilled by my Italian/Roman Catholic grandparents). I firmly believe that God brought my son through that, and if Danny had not survived (as so many others we met and befriended in the hospital) I would still accept whatever decision the Lord had made to ease the pain in my child.

I am a mother of two adult boys and a gramma of three beautiful children.

Hi S., I know I'm way late on this response, but please bear with me anyway. I have sooooo many God stories/testamonies, it's difficult to choose which one to share. But since this is a mother's board, I will share one about my daughter. When I was about 5 weeks along in my pregnancy I noticed that even though it was so early on, it felt very different from my first pregnancy and I was already beginning to feel the limitations on my body that I didn't think I'd be feeling until at east 6-8 months (I couldn't lift my then 2 year old, or even a gallon of milk without feeling a strain). Anyway, I dropped my two year old at preschool one day and as I was walking to the car, I felt something "snap" for lack of a better phrase, and suddenly I was in an enormous amount of pain. I went to the ER and after an ultrasound, I was told that I had bled a little on the inside (but there was no spotting or anything) and that the placenta had begun to tear away from the wall of the uterus. The doctor put me on bed rest until I could follow up with my regular ob and told me (rather nonchalantly) that I was probably going to miscarry. When I followed up with my ob still having the pain and all the other symptoms, he sent me back to work to begin the following day-with no limitations (no light duty). I couldn't believe it! The explanation? "Staying on bed rest will not stop a miscarriage in this case. If it's going to happen, it will happen regardless." Needless to say, I switched doctors. My new doc still sent me back to work, but on light duty, and I had to deal with that frequent pain throughout the rest of pregnancy. But I praise God that now 15 months later, my daughter is here and she is healthy. There were no problems with her delivery and in spite of how it looked in the beginning, the Lord answered my prayers and got her here safely. When I look at her, I know she is my miracle baby (all babies are), and I can't imagine her not being here as part of our family. God is AWESOME!

When I was pregnant with my son I chose no Amnio although recommended for my age. We felt it was invasive. The day before my husband and I went on a honeymoon/to be married on the beach in Hawaii we were told that tests showed a 1 in 13 chance of Downs (from ultrasounds). During the trip, I was heartbroken and scared. I Sat looking up at the hawaiian sky one day on our trip and asked for a sign that my son would be ok. It was a bit dark and cloudy...I closed my eyes and prayed. I felt this warmth come over me and I looked up and the clouds parted and sun rays poured down and I felt like god was saying to me that all would be ok. The fear subsided and my son was born 4 months later healthy & without the feared issues.I felt like god or the universe was telling me all would be fine and was happening the way it was meant to. When I had my son via C section later and they said he was ok ...his health was like a huge huge blessing that I may not have appreciated quite as much had we not gone through that waiting & fearful period.

S., I think if you look closely every day of our lives has a God story. Just this week I wastalking talking to my dad, who is a very firm believer. I was talking to him about money problems, and how I just cant seem to get our finances straight. He told me that we our lives were prefect there would be no reason for faith, and when we look back on the storms that have past we will see how God was walking with us. It really hit me. We just need to have faith, and pray for wisdom. If you look for Him, you will see. Your girls smiles, their love and all the happiness. My favorite saying is I wish God used post-its. Just a little note to show his plan. He is with you and when the storm has past you will see it.

hi, I have a lot! great topic b t w!!! but heres just a couple!
1st I was told after my 1st divorce (spent 2 years trying to get pregnant but couldn't) that I needed hormone shots in order to get pregnant. and that when I was ready to just come in... fast forward to 3 months later I was pregnant by a boyfriend and so was my ex's new girl friend. No one need shots... Talk about God sparing you! Now I have 3 beautiful children and a wonderful husband (no not my 'boyfriend'... but God sent my son the perfect dad for him and the perfect husband for me!) Even though things were not handled in god's perfect plan HE fixed them when I let HIM and HE was there through out all of it. I see HIS hand clearly now.

Another quick one. My very hardworking husband got laid off a month ago. The unemployment sends us $200 a month. and our rent is $900.... you can do the math yourselves! but god has come through, and we have continued to tithe and to even give a little offering, and God has kept our fridge with food. and gas in one of our cars, and even 'wants' such as Ice cream! God is good!

Keep the faith ladies!

A. in Las Vegas

Hi S. :)

WOW! What a cool idea!! I have a God story, but I will send it to you either later or tomorrow. Are you writing a book or something? THANKS for putting something out that's positive! :D Hats off to you!

Smiles,
J.

Well...first I must say that God has been good to me and he has touched my life and worked in my life tremendously in so many ways. I became a Christian as a child and have always believed in him and He has helped me through some dark times.

However, I walked away from church when I was in my early 20's. I got married, started raising my family and found myself in a state of mind where I had a lot of anger and resentment. I would sit in the car in traffic and be ANGRY for no particular reason at all. That is the attitude that comes naturally to me. I decided to start going to church and after a year of searching, found a church that just felt right for me....River47 Church in Orange. It happened slowly, but one day I realized that I was no longer carrying around that anger...I have peace and joy in my spirit!! It was about 7 years ago that I started attending R47.

I have made wonderful friends there, but also have found myself reaching out to other women and I began girls Nite 5 years ago. Then, I decided to sell Home & Garden Party products about 2 1/2 years ago to make extra money and now I get to sell wonderful products for a Christian Company! I get to tell people that I am a Christian without being politically correct by not mentioning religion and I have been tremendously blessed along the way! I have wonderful friends, a happy spirit, and I have no doubt that God has led me to this place of healing!! With his help, I have overcome that negative spirit and am now full of joy.

God Bless you!!

Hi S., I am a Womans Bible Talk Leader, and I can share some personal stories with you. Are you trying to start a woman's group, or are you just interested in encouranging and learning how to encourage? Let me know I would love to share some things with you. J. L.

Where do I start God has done so many things for me it seems everyday could be a story. During my second pregnacy I had studied many scriptures about pain free childbirth. Towards the end I started to get nervous and wonder how would I know I was in labor if I didn't feel any pain. So I prayed that God would break my water as a sign. Sure enough I woke one morning to my water broke but NO pain. I called my OB he said come to the hospital so I took a shower and got ready in no hurry (my first pregnancy took hours & much pain)when we arrived happy & smiling the nurse asked are you having contractions I said no nothing they hooked me up to the monitor and the nurse says your having them every 3-4 mins. I was like wow really about 30 minutes later I asked if I could use the restroom and the nurse says I don't trust you let me check you again and sure enough I was crowning the doctor barely got there in time to deliver my precious son. They had to tell me when to push because I NEVER felt a contraction. This entire labor & delivery was a miricle from God. I don't know why or how I had one more child after that and even though I never used any medications with any of the three only my second was 100% pain free. If you would like more stories let me know. Good luck!! May God bless you & your girls

I have so many God stories that I could share, but two are the most prominent. First, my daughter was born, after a difficult 3rd trimester, with a very rare condition called microcephally (very small head) & started having dozens of seizures a day at 5 mo. We were pretty much told that she would never be "normal" & that she would always be delayed if not severely handicapped, never attend "regular" school & always have major issues. Well, after much prayer by many people & an AWESOME touch by the hand of Jesus, she has been seizure free for over 2 years & just started "regular" kindergarten & loves it! She has amazed her doctors with her progress & ability & who, in their words, say that she is literally a walking "miracle", yes, they say miracle. God is sooo good!
Secondly, I was diagnosed with a vey rare auto-immune disease called Wegener's about 7 mo ago. The disease is so rare that only about 30,000 people in the world have it & it took 3 mo in the hospital & a team of 5 specialists for them to finally decide that that is what I had be suffering with for the previous year. Though I went through pneumonia, one of my lungs hemoraging, them finding a 13cm lesion in my right lung, kidney failure, congestive heart failure & blood clot in my heart & femoral artery, I am still alive & thriving. All of my doctors at some point thought that I was going to die, but again, have been amazed at not only my healing but how quickly I have progressed & responded to the treatment regime. I completely attribute still being here with my husband & daughter to the fact that I had so many people praying for me & that God wanted to astound the doctors with His power & might. It says that the God uses the foolish things to confound the wise...so let me be foolish then if that means that he will be glorified!

Hi S.,

This qualifies as a God Story to me...

My 3 year old daughter was born 8 weeks premature thanks to Hurricane Katrina. My water ruptured after I was in the hospital and when an ultrasound was done to check my fluid levels, we noticed she had some kind of mass inside her but couldn't what or where it was, we thought it was on her kidney or something. After she was born, it was determined she was born with an ovarian cyst. Had she not been born prematurely and under the circumstances, we never would have know about the ovarian cyst - which ended up growing and did not go away, so when she turned 1 month old she had surgery that removed her left ovary and fallopian tube.

It's a God Story to me, maybe not what you are looking for but nonetheless, God was watching over us and everything happens for a reason!

If you are interested in more details, I'll be happy to give them.

-Char

Several years ago, I was in need of a new secretary and the thought of placing an ad and interviewing endlessly seemed daunting. I prayed about it and decided to call my church secretary and ask if they knew anyone looking for a job. Turns out the day before, someone at our church that I had never met had asked for prayer in helping her find a job that would enjoy but would be flexible around her family schedule. We were introduced and I hired her immediately. She was a blessing to me because she was an excellent employee and she and her family became my second family. And the job was a blessing for her because I allowed her the flexibility to make her own schedule and take time off as needed to meet her family needs. Not only did we each get what we needed, buy we each got a new friend! That's a prayer answered above and beyond!!!!!

I had been married 3 times and was getting another divorce. I had decided to give up trying to find a life long mate and just live my life when I met my Jim. He came into the store I was working at and was so different from me that I would never have picked him. God saw us as being perfect for each other (he was going through his 2nd divorce) and worked on our hearts. We have been married for 13 years and it gets better every day. After a few days he asked if I wanted to go to church and meet his friends and I said YES. We have been back in the Christ's church ever since, he got baptized and we are both very active members here at Sonrise in Santee.

God knew what was best for our lives and we have been faithful to Him.

Is this for some kind of 'project' you are working on? Or just as a sharing thing here on Mama Source?

THey told me for almost 5 years I couldn't have children, thought I had gone into early menopause, I only 30. My husband and I kept keeping it as private as possible that we were 'trying.' Once we opened up and started asking friends for prayer... we were pregnant within a couple months. I now have a beautiful 17m old! Prayer works!

I used to live in San Francisco and was inspired by work with my spiritual teacher to start doing something every day to create some magic in other peoples' lives- random acts of kindness. One of the things I started doing, was handing a bill to the toll person at the Bay Bridge, and paying for several people behind me. It made me feel so happy to do! About a year later, I moved away and didn't go back to San Francisco until a vacation about almost years later. Imagine my surprise when I pulled up to the Bridge and the toll person said "the guy in front of you paid your toll"! I have had MANY such experiences in my life that remind me that God is ever-present.

God is everywhere. You can see him today. Just look. You already have your own God stories. You just don't see them yet.

May God bless you and keep you safe.

B.

S.~
I have many stories. Three of them have to do with homes we have owned. Things worked out perfectly for us to purchase the homes that we were looking for at the time. God shut doors and later we found out why. It was amazing to see Him at work in those situations.
One story starts out very sad. My husband lost his job in a terrible way and it was probably the most horrible day of my life!! He was without work for a month and we didn't know how we were going to pay our bills. I only worked part-time, so my income was not going to make a difference. I thought we were going to lose everything!! It's been a year now and we have been through some amazing things. My husband got a new job and so did I. We still have our home and are able to pay all of our bills and even help others during these hard times. I truely believe that you have to "give" to "receive". How can you expect blessings if you don't bless others? My husband and I have a great relationship. We always have, but now we're even closer. He knows that no matter what, I will be here for him. Our church family was there for us with prayers and support. Our two girls are heathly and happy and that's all we can ask for. We feel blessed everyday!!
God Bless!
~K.

Hi S.!

Oh, the God stories I could tell from my family. He has done amazing things in our family over the years. I'll breifly share my story:

I was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 15. By the grace of God, I survived after a year and a half of chemo treatments and surgeries. I was told I would most likely not be able to have kids because of the chemo. Move forward to a year and a half ago: my brother-in-law passed away unexpectedly in his sleep. A tragedy for my family. But, through this, God gave us a baby! I found out that I was pregnant about a month after he died. Because my body was so out of whack with all of the stress, God used that opportunity to answer our prayers and give us a child. Praise God!

My twins were born 11 wks early due to a complication called Twin to Twin Transfusion. Since they are identical twins, they shared the same placenta. Through connecting blood vessels in the placenta, one twin started transferring blood to the other. One was getting smaller and the other was getting bigger (but not in a good way). They were born by emergency C-Section. Jared was 1 lb 15 oz and Jonah was 3 lbs 7 oz. Jared's kidneys were not functioning and they said he would die if they did not start working in a couple of days. He also needed minor heart surgery (pda ligation). Jonah had edema, grade II to II brain hemorrage and chronic lung problems . My mother held a prayer service and a priest came to the hospital to bless the babies. The day after the prayer service which was also the day of Jared's surgery his kidneys started working. Even the doctors seemed surprised by this. After 3 and half months in the hospital, the twins are finally home. I definitely believe that everyone's prayers made a difference and that God was watching over them.

Wow, good topic. I went thru the biggest nightmare in finding out my 10 yer old daughter had cancer. In that same year my husband and I had seperated, my father passed away from Alzheimers and then the devastgating news that my daughter was suffering from a cancerous bone tumor which required major surgery, removing half her femur and chemo for 9 months. When she had started the treatment she had long beautiful hair and of course after several months she lost all of her hair - not a huge deal because it grows back but it is hard for a young girl to go thru this. We had so much support from friends and family and my daughter was on every prayer list - so many people, even ones we barely knew added her on lists all over the world and were praying for her. 3 miraculous years later she is completely cancer free, just started HS and is an amazing positive, mature young woman. Without a doubt in my mind God got us all through this terrifying time and continues to bless us on a daily basis!