Girl Thinks the Church Is Nothing but a Fraud until She Meets the Local Pastor – Story of the Day
Diana sat there with her head bowed, but there was no fanfare of angels and no heavenly light. Instead, she heard a man’s voice: “Excuse me for interrupting, but are you alright?”
Diana went into the church to pray. | Source: Unsplash
Diana raised her head and saw a kindly-faced man with a cross hanging on his chest. He was obviously the pastor. “I’m fine,” Diana said, “I’ll be going…”
But the man put out his hand and said: “Please tell me what’s wrong, maybe I can help!” Somehow Diana found herself opening up to this man, telling him everything — her pain at the loss of her father and her sorrow at her mother’s imminent death.
“Why don’t I come to visit your mother with you?” the pastor asked, “She’s a believer, so maybe I can bring her comfort.” Diana agreed to meet the pastor at the hospital the next day at 1:00 p.m.
When she walked into her mother’s room with the pastor, her mother gasped: “George! How did you know…”
The pastor was shocked. “Molly?” he asked, “Is that you? But…” He turned and looked at Diana. “So YOU must be my daughter!”
The pastor was Diana’s long-lost father. | Source: Pexels
Diana was stunned. “You are my father? But how…”
Molly was smiling, and tears were running down her face. “Diana, the miracle I asked God for was that you wouldn’t be alone when I died –, and he’s answered my prayer!”
George, Diana’s father, explained that he’d taken the wrong path, drinking and gambling, and had left his family behind, but after many hard years, he’d found his faith and started to serve God.
He’d looked for Molly and Diana to make amends, but they had moved. Now, finally, there were reunited. A few days later, Molly passed away peacefully in her daughter’s arms, knowing that Diana was with her father and in God’s hands.
Molly died in peace knowing her daughter wasn’t alone. | Source: Unsplash
What can we learn from this story?
- The miracles we want may not be the miracles we need. Diana wanted her mother’s healing, but she needed to find her father.
- God is always there in our darkest hour. Even though Diana denied God, he didn’t abandon her and led her to her father.
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