The family in the house across the street was here before we moved in. At the time they had a young daughter and son, they now have two more daughters and one more son. We have been across-the-street acquaintances since 2007.
The eldest daughter and I often wave or call out to each other. She has graduated from high school and gone to work. She bought a shiny red car about a year ago and it is evident she takes great pride in it – it is always shiny!
A few days before we left for California, I saw her standing in the driveway looking at her car. She was in her pajamas and wrapped in a blanket. When I went outside, she called out to me that she had been in an auto accident. As I walked across the street, I saw that the driver’s side of her car was smashed in, her window broken. She told me that she was initially life flighted to a local hospital. She had severe whiplash and a concussion. She was holding her left arm close to her chest and you could tell she was in pain.
I asked her if I could pray with her. She agreed. I asked God to heal her body, comfort her mind, give her peace, and take care of her car. I never asked who was at fault in the accident. I just prayed and hugged her gently.
The evening before we left, she showed up on my doorstep with one bright yellow mum. She thanked me for praying for her and said that she went in the house after our meeting and was crying when she told her mom about our “driveway prayer.”
One of the greatest privileges we have as Christians is to come before the LORD to lift others up in prayer. We never know what others are experiencing, or how deeply a simple prayer might touch their lives. We should never miss an opportunity to not only prayer for, but to pray with someone.
1 John 5:14: Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
