{"id":25141,"date":"2026-03-11T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/amazing-answered-prayers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:44:26","slug":"amazing-answered-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/true-stories-of-answered-prayer\/amazing-answered-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Answered Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll the prayers helped,\u201d says my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/search\/node\/peggy%20frezon\">Peggy Frezon<\/a>. \u201cI could feel everybody praying for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And boy, were we ever.<\/p>\n<p>In late January Peggy\u2019s husband, Mike, went into the hospital with two blood clots in his lungs and Peggy asked for prayers. We prayed, of course, but the news only got worse. He had internal bleeding, a ruptured bowel, surgery.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure I was not the only one who followed Peggy\u2019s updates with dismay. How much more could a guy take? And what about Peggy? Mike was in the hospital 32 days. He had 17 CT scans, was given 11 units of blood and was on a respirator for eight days.<\/p>\n<p>I called Peggy recently to see how she managed. \u201cI can never sleep by myself in the best of times,\u201d she said. \u201cThe first few nights I came home from the hospital and sat in the chair in the living room with all the lights on, emailing friends, asking for prayers. I was terrified.\u201d Then she made a turn she feels could only have happened with the help of all those prayers. \u201cI\u2019d come home from the hospital at night,\u201d she told me, \u201cand fall fast asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She found prayer support at the hospital too. \u201cOne day, when Mike had gone for tests, I was sitting in his room, crying. The housekeeping lady came in, singing hymns to herself. She ended up singing one of my favorites, \u2018\u2019Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus,\u2019 with me. Just when I needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike would add his own prayers. \u201cWhen he was lying in bed and getting down, he\u2019d burst out with the Lord\u2019s Prayer or the Apostles\u2019 Creed,\u201d Peggy says. \u201c And when he couldn\u2019t speak, he spelled in my hand, \u2018Pray.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been home now for two months, recovering. He and Peggy take their dogs, Kelly and Ike, on long walks as Mike works on getting his strength back. He hasn\u2019t returned to work yet, but he\u2019s looking forward to it. \u201cMaybe just a couple of days a week,\u201d says Peggy.<\/p>\n<p>But on visits back to his doctors he\u2019s discovered just how miraculous it is that he\u2019s alive. As his surgeon recently told him, \u201cMike, you had an 80 or 90 percent chance of dying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When you go through a trial like this, it\u2019s bound to test your faith. But what I heard from Peggy and Mike was a deepened appreciation for life. \u201cI\u2019m just glad he\u2019s home,\u201d Peggy said. \u201cHe sits in the living, close to my office, and even though it\u2019s a distraction, it\u2019s a good distraction. I wouldn\u2019t want it to be any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a shout-out to all you who have prayed for Peggy and Mike. Peggy was a winner of the <a href=\"http:\/\/guideposts.org\/other\/tell-us-your-story\">Writers Workshop Contest<\/a> and her fellow writers were all pulling for her and Mike. If you\u2019ve read any of her stories or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeggyFrezonBooks\">follow her on Facebook<\/a>, you know she\u2019s a big dog lover. Thanks, Kelly and Ike, for taking care of Peggy. You, too, are God\u2019s emissaries.<\/p>\n<p>I think of what Jesus said to the blind man when he asked to be healed: \u201cYour faith has made you well\u201d (Luke 18:42). Peggy\u2019s prayers, Mike\u2019s, their friends\u2019, their church\u2019s, their children\u2019s and all our prayers are working together and Mike is becoming well. Very well indeed. Keep it up and keep those prayers coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll the prayers helped,\u201d says my friend Peggy Frezon. \u201cI could feel everybody praying for us.\u201d And boy, were we ever. In late January Peggy\u2019s husband, Mike, went into the hospital with two blood clots in his lungs and Peggy asked for prayers. We prayed, of course, but the news only got worse. 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