Larry and Lucy had just finished planting their little garden and looked with satisfaction on the work they had just completed.
“Whew, but that was a lot of hard work,” exclaimed Lucy, laughing; “but it will be fun to have our own vegetables and flowers!”
Just then Larry cried out: “My ring is missing! It was a very special ring, for Larry’s grandfather had given it to him just before he died.
The two looked carefully all over the garden.
“Please, Lord, help me find my ring,” prayed Larry. But though they searched ever so carefully the ring could not be found.
During the weeks that followed, whenever Lucy or Larry watered or weeded the garden, they continued to search carefully for Larry’s ring. But they still could not find it.
Then one bright summer afternoon Mother called out, “Larry, why don’t you pick some carrots from your garden for supper? They should be big enough now.”
So Larry began to pull the long carrots from the earth. “Just one more,” he said finally, “and then I think I’ll have enough.”
As he pulled the last carrot from the ground, he could hardly believe his eyes. There was his ring! The carrot had grown right through it!
Larry ran to show his family what he had found. “God answered my prayer!” he exclaimed; “only He made me wait a while for the answer.”
God will always answer the prayer of faith—sometime, somewhere, somehow. In the Bible we read about the patience of faith, and the impatience of unbelief. May we ask the Lord for grace to wait His time for the answer to our prayers. He loves us, and He makes all things work together for good to those that love Him. (Rom. 8:2828And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28))
“WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH, HE SAID..., SON, THY SINS BE FORGIVEN THEE.”
Hear Him speak the word of pardon;
Trust in Him who died;
And thy heart shall lose its burden
By His side.
ML-05/06/1979