Topics:<\/b> Faith; Grace; Help from God; Waiting on God<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Job 30:20; Matthew 10:29\u201331; Luke 12:6\u20137; 18:1\u20138; 2 Corinthians 12:8\u201310; Ephesians 6:18; 1 John 5:14\u201315<\/p>\n
Bill Lacovara was fishing near Atlantic City, New Jersey, when he spotted a plastic bag floating in the water. Inside he found about 300 requests for prayer that had been mailed to a local pastor. Most of the letters were unopened. The pastor had died two years earlier, and authorities speculated that the letters had been dumped as garbage after his house was cleaned out.<\/p>\n
Some of the prayers were frivolous. \u201cI\u2019m still praying to hit the lottery\u2014twice,\u201d wrote one man. \u201cFirst $50,000\u2014then, after some changes have taken place\u2014let me hit the millionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many of the letters were heartbreaking. They came from anguished spouses, children, and widows, all crying out to God. Some prayed for relatives who were using drugs, gambling, or cheating on them. One man wrote from prison, saying that he was innocent and wanted to be back home with his family. A teenager poured out her heart on yellow, lined paper, begging God to forgive her and asking for a second chance. \u201cLord, I know that I have had an abortion, and I killed one of your angels,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThere is not a day that goes by that I don\u2019t think about the mistake I made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lacovara felt sad that so many prayers had been tossed away unheeded. \u201cHow many letters like this all over the world aren\u2019t being opened or answered?\u201d he wondered. \u201cThere are hundreds of lives here, a lot of struggle, washed up on the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Wayne Perry, Associated Press, \u201cLetters to God End Up in Ocean, Unread\u201d (November 3, 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Faith; Grace; Help from God; Waiting on God References: Job 30:20; Matthew 10:29\u201331; Luke 12:6\u20137; 18:1\u20138; 2 Corinthians 12:8\u201310; Ephesians 6:18; 1 John 5:14\u201315 Bill Lacovara was fishing near Atlantic City, New Jersey, when he spotted a plastic bag floating in the water. Inside he found about 300 requests for prayer that had been … Continue reading “OPENING
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