To All of the Prayer Warriors

Prayer works. Let’s keep praying.

Last Tuesday, I wrote a post about prayer warriors and who qualifies as one, and the importance of them. I then asked my readers to please pray for a woman named Carolyn who had been called to go to Sierra Leone to help with education in the Ebola outbreak. You can read that post here, if you missed it. http://gracefulgaines.com/2014/10/14/calling-all-prayer-warriors/

I got such a huge response from that post and many shares on Facebook. Ya’ll are awesome!  She was scheduled to leave at the end of October. I have been praying for her safety and God’s protection over her family and her mission and I suspect you have too.

Today, I received an e-mail from her sister-in-law. Last week, a nurse who didn’t know she was infected with Ebola, flew from Dallas to Ohio to visit her mother and fiance.Can you guess where Carolyn and her hubby live?  If you guessed Ohio, you are correct. The government group that Carolyn works for, has decided due to her extensive training, that she needs to remain in Ohio and help educate the people there. They have postponed the trip to Africa.

Is the hair standing up on the back of your neck yet? This young woman was called to Sierra Leone to assist in the worst Ebola outbreak ever. She willingly agreed to go. She has received training and immunizations to prepare her for this trip that would take her to the other side of the world. She is a very strong Christian who has a heart for God and for service.

Many of us were in prayer for her. Then out of the blue, there is an Ebola scare in Ohio, right where she lives. She has the ability, training and willingness to offer assistance and just happens to live in Ohio.  There are fifty states here in the homeland. What are the chances? God is always at work. He has His hands in this situation. There are no coincidences where He is concerned.

The Bible tells us in Romans 8:28, “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Do you see how that fits here? Truth can be amazing.

Another Bible passage that came across my desk this week was from Psalms and too good not to share. “If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone….The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name.” Psalm 91:9-14

People will say the Bible is irrelevant.  I say that Ebola is definitely a plague.

Prayer works. Please keep praying for Carolyn and her safety. Pray that God will keep her under His protection. Pray that God will protect those exposed to this plague as well as all of the health care workers not only in this country, but all over the world as well, who are working to stop it. God is in control. Let’s all try to remember that as we put on our Armor of God and pray.

Have an awesome day!

Wendy 🙂