Recently our group has been in deep prayer for some very sick people that are close to our hearts. Some have been deemed terminal, some are in agony, and most are very young.
In all this sickness we search for God and try to find answers through our prayers, in our fellowship with one another and in the scriptures.
While I was reading "Angels - God's Secret Agents" by Billy Graham, I came across an incident he wrote about on page 106 of the book. I connected what Mr. Graham said right away with those praying for their sick and maybe wondering where God was. It comforted me as a Christian and I wanted to share it with you. Here is what Mr. Graham wrote:
Once when I was going through a dark period I prayed and prayed, but the heavens seemed to be brass. I felt as though God had disappeared and that I was all alone with my trial and burden. It was a dark night for my soul. I wrote my mother about the experience, and will never forget her reply: "Son, there are many times when God withdraws to test your faith. He wants you to trust Him in the darkness. Now, Son, reach up by faith in the fog and you will find that His hand will be there." In tears I knelt by my bed and experienced an overwhelming sense of God's presence. Whether or not we sense and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit or one of the holy angels, by faith we are certain God will never leave us nor forsake us.
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