Twenty four Hour Miracle

A young lady had just emailed me stating that she needed a job. I was sending her a prayer that God would open up a door for her so she would have a job so she will be able to take care of herself and her family. As soon as I said Amen, my phone rang, it was an Apostle friend of mine, he was calling to find out how my mom was doing since she was admitted to the hospital  , was discharged home earlier in the week. My mother was discharged from the hospital swollen from head to toe with a feeding tube and a urine bag. The rational of the doctors were that she is old and there is nothing that they could do for her so she was sent her home  to die. Needless to say however; it was a long week for me.

I told the man of God that I needed an immediate miracle, he prayed like God was deaf, and needed to really hear this prayer. I prayed for him as well and we both agreed that a twenty four-hour miracle will be released. 

I went to the store to get a few personal things for my mom, on my way out of the store, a young man maybe in his early thirties saw me walking with a cane(I hurt my back and had been walking with a cane for some time) he ask me if he could help me to put the bag in the car, I said sure because it appeared as if he was down on his luck and needed the money.

While walking to the car, I engaged him in conversation, he told me that he was looking for a job, he was living in the South and had moved to NY only three months ago. He had no place to stay and he had no money. He stated that his mother wasn't very supportive of him, she was a drug addict and wanted nothing to do with him. His father is in prison and he really doesn't have any supportive relatives. The young man ; we'll call him "Donte" said that he had a nervous breakdown at the age of Fourteen years old, he stated that he fell in love with a girl who was much older than he was ( he didn't mention how much older) and she later dumped him for another man because he was young. He calls her ( Princess Queen) He still wants to be reunited with his Queen.

As I continue to engage "Donte" he related to me that he was raped. He stated that he is ashamed and embarrassed to tell anyone about the rape, and expressed that it was the first time that he was telling anyone of his encounter. Donte took the opportunity of the listening ear and he continued to talk about the father who was incarcerated and wasn't there for him, the mother who never spoke anything positive into his life, he spoke about the church who rejected him when he was down on his luck and the community who never embraced him.

I stood quietly and listened, nodding my head occasionally to let him know that I was still engaged.

In the end I asked him if I could pray with him and he was shock, seemed like it was the last thing that would cross his mind because he was talking about God in his conversation before and stated that he was once a believer in Christ. However he expressed to me again that he had a fixation on the woman "Princess Queen" ( he smiled every time he called her name) and he wanted to be together again with her although she is married with a family for several years.

I give this young man a scenario...you are in this car and you forgot your keys. The radio is on so you are enjoying the music but you cannot get out of the vehicle so all that you are familiar with is within the car. I asked him to open the car door and step outside, I asked him to look at all the cars in the parking lot, the different brands, colors, styles etc. then I asked him to look up at the sky, blue and sunny, nothing holding him back, no limits, but i told him that all that he desires out of life is available to him if he will let go of the past because if he keeps holding on to the past, there's no room for all the possibilities. I saw tears welding up in his eyes as he stated towards Heaven.

I prayed with Donte and asked God to bless him with an apartment and a job and to supply all his needs. He accepted Christ as his Savior right there in the parking lot and I asked God to released to this young man the twenty four hour miracle the Apostle had prayed for me before I left my house. When Donte opened his eyes, he looked like a new person. He wanted to cry but I told him "today, you just receive your Twenty-four hour miracle". He stated that he had never met anyone like me, I told him it has nothing to do with me but it has everything to do with the one who leads me every day. He give me a fist...and said thank you and walked away. I thank God that He is still in the miracle working business.

Nelle L Richardson