One Sunday morning when my children were young, we were getting ready for Sunday School. I had a strong sense we were to attend a different church that day. I recognized the prompting by God and was eager to find out what He had planned.
“Mom, why aren’t we going to my Sunday school today?” my eight-year-old asked from the back seat.
"You'll see, honey." I responded.
How
do I explain a prompting to a child? I decided
to wait before answering him. I had learned to obey my inner voice, trusting
that in time, God would reveal the reason why. It would be a great lesson to
teach my children.
With God, it is never too late
That morning, the pastor announced that their youth leader, Peter, had suffered an unbearable stomach ache a few weeks earlier. It was determined he had a plugged bile duct and emergency surgery had been performed. But it was too late. Peter was full of cancer and beyond any medical help or the possibility of recovery. The prognosis was he would survive only a few days. Peter was 32 years old with a small child and another baby on the way.
