God is so good!

I haven't actually recorded anything in my blog lately. I guess that I felt I had nothing "Noteworthy" to say. This past week a friend of mine from my nursing school days (23 years ago, I'm afraid to say!!) had a daughter disappear. I guess she actually went missing on June the 30th. Word has it that she met some man on the internet that was 35 years old. Turns out that this guy is a tattoo artist on social assistance. The girl is just 15 years old and apparently quite naive. I hadn't had contact with my friend since our 20th reunion but I had to call her and let her know that I was praying for her. She and her husband had been apart for two years so I was concerned that she needed to know that she had support. She was understandably, a wreck. It is every parent's worst nightmare to have their child go missing. My heart grieved with her. I remember when my friend was pregant with her daughter. She had actually been carrying twins and she miscarried a twin. I shared with her that day that God preserved Kaitlin in the womb so He would preserve her now. He had plans for her. I believe that the Lord was speaking those words through me that day. Nancy (mom) was so appreciative of the words as she had not thought of it that way before. I urged her to hang on to that hope. Many people in my Christian circles were praying fervently for this situation since Wednesday. I had actually sent out the email on Monday but my sympatico email was not sending properly.
Praise God!! Kaitlin was found in Toronto on Thursday! She was dirty, hungry and afraid, but very much ALIVE!! A transit officer in Toronto recognized her from pictures that the family had been distributing.
Of course to God be all the glory, honor and praise for this situation. I truly believe that His saints obedience to prayer was a huge factor in Kaitlin's return. He is so good.
This whole situation caused me to reflect on my daughter's rebellion of almost two years ago. Many nights I would be in prayer that the Lord would just keep her alive. There were many times I knew not where she was or what she was doing. If she called to come home, I would go and pick her up. There were nights of travelling at 3:00 am to rescue her from a potentially dangerous situation.
I remember once praying to the Lord that I just wanted to see evidence of Him working in her life. I remember the Lord speaking to my heart, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test". I needed to trust Him. He had begun a good work in her from the point of her salvation and He was going to bring that to completion. The timeline was not to be a factor to me. I just needed to trust.
She has since turned much of her life around. There is more trust than before . She still makes some decisions that aren't what I wish she would do but we need to learn from our mistakes. Her spiriutal growth and maturity still has a road to travel, but then again, don't we all. We are all a work in progress!