10 Prayers God ALWAYS Answers

I was intrigued at our Adoration Chapel last night by a new book in the pew in front of me. The title was “10 Prayers God Always Answers”. I was skeptical. Of course God’s will is not our will and so many of our prayers ask for something that might not fit into God’s bigger picture for us. It was split by Chapters and the first was a prayer to know God exists. I figured I would skip that one seeing as I didn't need any convincing on that front. The next Chapter was on asking God to make you his instrument and allowing his will to be done through you by coming to the aid of someone. The chapter talked about if someone is to pray this prayer, God will immediately respond and put someone at your doorstep who is in need. It also talked about if you had any doubt that God exists as in Chapter 1, that would be erased from your mind by praying for God to use you as an instrument to help someone. I am pretty sure my thought process on this went something like: “yah right, like all I need to say is “God, use me as an instrument to help someone else” and some homeless person is going to show up on my doorstep”. A few min’s later, the next parishioner entered the chapel and my hour was up. I have a wicked cold and had accumulated a big o’ disgusting pile of Kleenex in the short span of 1 hour next to me. As there is no garbage in the chapel, I gathered them up to throw them away in the bathroom just outside the Chapel door. When I opened the door, I was shocked to see a purse and a pair of shoes next to the door, as I opened the door further, I could see the figure of a small woman asleep under a blanket on the floor. At first I thought my eyes were deceiving me. They weren't. As we found out, the woman was lost, she didn't know her name, had been wandering through the cold in worn black flats, nylons, a skirt and light coat on this frigid night. She only stood about 5’ tall and probably weighted only 90 lbs. She said she was looking for an open door and when she came into the Chapel, she went into the bathroom and collapsed from exhausting. Had the door to the chapel not been open earlier in the night, she likely would have froze to death by morning. God opened the door for her and I pray the people that He put in her path last night will help her find peace and security. My heart is absolutely broken for her, is she someone’s mother, someone’s grandma? I am hopeful that she was lost, but now is found and I was blessed to be witness to it.