ISN'T IT JUST LIKE GOD TO ANSWER PRAYER

So many times we pray a prayer that doesn't seem to get an answer, or at least the answer we want! We have been praying for God to restore a family members marriage... and nothing seems to be happening. We pray for healing and it doesn't seem to happen when we prayed.We pray for our leaders and nothing seems to change in D.C. Well we prayed for the funds to buy a half of a load of pinto beans to feed the poor and walahhh, the funds start coming in unsolicited from sources that we didn't know existed. Now I know for sure, beyond a reasonable doubt that God has heard and is in the process of answering those other prayers, but the prayers to help the poor and needy seem to get some kind of priority on Gods agenda. Our Pastor in Church today quoted proverbs 21 vs 13 " If a man shuts his ears to the cries of the poor,he too will cry out and not be answered".Hmmm a direct tie between helping the poor and answered prayer. How about proverbs 19 vs 17 He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord and He himself will reward him for what he has done. How about Isaiah 58? The kind of fasting God requires is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and provide the poor wanderer with shelter, then you'll call and He will answer, then your healing will come quickly, then the Lord will be your rear guard, then your righteousness will will go before you. WOW, now I've known this for quite some time, so to get a few checks in the mail, when there is a need to buy food for the poor is just God doing what He does best PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE POOR. So it's pretty simple, if you have a need in your life, meet the need of someone else and watch what God does. Yesterday we handed out food in the colonia for the second time this month, a double portion as it were. And while we stood around talking to the people, I asked for any testimonies from the people there to share what God is doing in the midst of the people in the colonia and one woman came up and shared about her son that had a hole in his heart on one doctor visit and after she went home and prayed, a return to the doctor found no hole!!! Praise the Lord! It was an exciting moment to hear such a testimony of Gods goodness. Another Lady shared about a severe infection in her foot that just disappeared. Another great day to be alive to see the goodness of God in the land of the living.