The
power of prayer
Angels in the Alley...
Diane,a young Christian university
student, was home for the summer. She had gone to visit some friends one
evening. The time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of
the past year. She ended up staying longer than she had planned and had to walk
home alone.
But she wasn't afraid because it was a small town and she lived only a few
blocks away. As she walked along under the tall elm trees, Diane asked God to
keep her safe from harm and danger.
When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to her house, she decided to
take it. However, halfway down the alley she noticed a man standing at the end
as though he were waiting for her. She became uneasy and began to pray, asking
for God's protection. Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness and security
wrapped around her, she felt as though someone was walking with her. When she
reached the end of the alley, she walked right past the man and arrived home
safely.
The following day, she read in the paper that a young girl had been raped in
the same alley, just twenty minutes after she had been there. Feeling
overwhelmed by this tragedy and the fact that it could have been her, she began
to weep. Thanking the Lord for her safety and to help this young woman, she
decided to go to the police station. She felt she could recognize the man, so
she told them her story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look
at a lineup to see if she could identify him. She
agreed and immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the alley the night
before.
When the man was told he had been identified, he immediately broke down and
confessed. The officer thanked Diane for her bravery and asked if there was
anything they could do for her, she asked if they would ask the man one
question.
Diane was curious as to why he had not attacked her. When the policeman asked
him, he answered, "Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men walking
on either side of her."
Moral of | the story? Don't underestimate the power of
"Prayer."
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in
paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.( Isaiah 42:16).
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in
pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron ( Isaiah 45 :2).
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify