Away in A Manager

I wrote the following on a piece of paper on the 29th of March. This is the first time I have gotten to type it up.

I had trouble getting to sleep saturday night and then I woke about 4 or 5 AM. I listened within myself to hear the music. (I am always humming.) At first there was nothing important. Then I began to hum "Away In A Manger". I knew Jesus was watching over me. Later I went over the words. The ones that struck out were: "I love thee Lord Jesus; Look down from the sky and stay by my cradle til morning is nigh."

Many Christmases ago my son Steve was given a Christmas cactus. It bloomed that Christmas and on many succeeding Christmases as well as other special times like Valentine's Day. The year Stephen got engaged it bloomed when his fiance came to visit at Thanksgiving.
This year it did not bloom on Christmas or on Valentine's Day. As I looked at the plant I thought, "Maybe it will bloom at a special time for Stephen when something good is about to happen."

Firday Stephen called to ask me to pray for him. He had his evaluation that day and was concerned that the school might not renew his contract. I prayed for him and reminded him of Philippians 4:6-7 and how I believe in that scripture. I told him he cannot live without the peace of the Spirit. I challenged him to turn this over to God, to get down on his knees and stay there until he felt God's peace fill him. I called and put his name on the prayer roll. I contacted my missionary friends on Skype and they all said they would fast and prayer for him on Sunday.

Saturday I looked at Stephen's cactus and lo and behold it was blooming. I called Stephen and told him what I had asked for and that it had been answered. His cactus was blooming at a special time for him.