God Answers Prayers

Several months ago, I wrote about our search for a new church home. I'll cut to the chase and tell you that we've committed to attending (and joining - next month!) City Presbyterian, but it wasn't until last Sunday that I realized just how completely God had answered our prayers.

Last weekend at church we met a couple who was visiting and is in much the same place we were when we were church "shopping" (read my last post to see why that's in quotation marks). They're going to have a baby any day now and just haven't found a church where they fit. You see, when Levi and I were looking for a church, I was pregnant, too. For some reason (no accident on God's part, I'm sure), these types of big life changes make you long for the support of Christian fellowship and, without a church home, we felt lost.

After visiting several churches leading up to Nora's arrival, we hadn't officially settled on one when she came seven weeks early. Without hesitation, our friends at City Pres organized their City Group to provide meals for us while Nora was in the NICU and again after she came home. This was a great blessing to us and, along with others who were gracious to provide us meals, we didn't have to cook for five whole weeks.

The fact that God provided for us so abundantly through City Pres (and many of the people who brought us food were complete strangers at the time!) made it clear to us that this is where He would have us.

As I encouraged our new friends with this story last Sunday, the words materialized in my mind what had previously only been an unformed thought: God had been incredibly faithful to answer our prayers for a church home. I'm thankful for a God who answers prayers, and I hope he's quick to answer our new friends' prayers, too.