The Miracle

 

So, it was the Autumn of 1998.  I was on the beach with a bunch of friends. We had all decided this would be a day of hanging out at a majestic old resort, The Don CeSar, on one of America's finest beaches on the West coast of Florida and enjoy a spectacular sunset. We had had a early dinner at the "Don" and headed out on the beach. The Sunsets are always so colorful and majestic out over the Gulf of Mexico. It's always a beautiful sight!

 

There were about 8 of us in all.

We were all running around all over the place just laughing playing tag and being silly. It had been an awesome day. My youngest son was one of the people with us in the group. We were all having a really wonderful time, but it was starting to get late and I was wondering when we should all pack up and get ready to head back home. Just then one of the girls that was there with us, all of a sudden screamed out and said "OH NO, I've lost my car key"!

 She had driven about 4 people to the beach for the outing that day. I asked her if it was on a key chain or a fob? She said no, it was just the single key she had put in her pocket and now it was gone.

We all were thinking "Oh no, this won't end well". We had covered an entire city block wide area while playing tag and running all over the beach. I decided the only thing

we could do is to all hold hands and

PRAY for divine intervention! 

 We needed this key to get people home so we needed to find this lost key before the sun set. We all knew we needed a miracle.  It was completely dark now on the beach and only the lights from the street gave us any hope of seeing anything, and they were not as close as we needed them to be.

 

We all gathered in a circle grabbed the hand next to us and  I prayed, "Please LORD, help us find this lost key, we thank you for hearing this prayer, we need a miracle, Amen"!

 

It was no grand prayer full of elegant words and promises, just a simple begging from my heart! We all said Amen, and then after about 2 minutes, my son Joshua said, is this it? He held up a single key with a square end to it, and sure enough, there it was! We all started screaming, jumping up and down and laughing and crying! It was a miracle and it only took two minutes to reach us!

 

I have always wondered just how Joshua found that key! He claims he literally stepped on it. Have you ever been to the beach? Have you ever seen how thick the sand can be and how anything you stand on can get buried in the sand in an instant? And in the dark no less? Well, I have! I was just in amazement of this recovery. It was a blessing for sure, but then again I prefer to call it a

miracle. GOD heard our prayer and HE delivered!

You can't make these things up! This was a blessing beyond blessings. I am so grateful! GOD does answer prayer.