A friend of mine working in Sharjah, UAE, travels by a pickup to his worksite where he is a welder working in a construction company. Yesterday, he was a bit late in waking up and the person in charge of his section came searching for him and told him to hurry up so as not to miss the ride to the worksite; the pickup was almost leaving.
He had not yet prayed or read the Word because he woke up late and he had to go. Yet he decided to say a small prayer and read the Word, even if the others had to wait. He must have taken 3 minutes to complete his small prayer and read a small psalm.
On the way to the worksite, he dozed off again because he had slept late after work, the previous night.
After a while, he was suddenly thrown forward from his seat and it took some time for him to realize what had happened.
The driver of the pickup had slowed down at a traffic signal as the lights had gone red, but a huge truck that was behind the pickup had failed to see the pickup slow down and rammed into it at full speed from the back.
Some of the workers were hurt because their heads banged against the windows because of the impact, but my friend was not hurt though he was hurtled forwards. The pickup was hurled into the intersection because of the force by which it was hit, but nothing major happened. Strangely no vehicles were crossing then.
My friend described the incident and then thanked God that He had kept him safe.
He realized that his decision to pray and read the Word despite the hurry, had saved him from a major catastrophe.
Prayer does matter, even if it is a small one. As they say- ASAP- Always say a prayer.
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