A week ago, on a Thursday, I awoke in the morning and the weather was bad, indicating that it was going rain. Last time it rained, my bedroom was leaking very badly and my bed got soaked. Even in the hall and dining room there was water, and we had to remove buckets of water.
In the morning I failed to get plastic to cover the bed, and I tried to put silicon in the window. But I didn't have time to do this, as it was getting late to drop my wife where she works at the school. Later I picked up the laborers who I work with to travel to our job.
On the way we were talking about the weather, and all the people in the car were saying that it was going to rain. They were joking that they would bet a Kg of gold that it was going to rain and were saying to me, “Your house will be full of water.” I said, “Even if it rains, I have faith that my house will be safe.”
Shortly after, it started to rain and they started laughing at me, saying, “Your house is gone and we will get our gold now.” They teased me a lot, and to some point I was discouraged and started to doubt. I was very busy in the early hours of the day and I failed to rush home to assess the situation. I phoned our neighbor five times to check the condition, and each time she would say it was raining heavily and beautifully, and this did not go well with me.
Around 12pm, I phoned my neighbor again, and she confirmed that the rain had finally stopped falling, but a lot of water was collected outside. I was thinking alone a lot, being sad and saying to myself, “I serve a living God. Why has this happened to me?”
Around 3PM, my wife reached home and called me, and she broke the news I wanted to hear. She said,"THERE IS NO WATER FROM THE WINDOW, AND THE BED IS DRY.”
It was nothing other than a miracle, as the last time it rained for five minutes resulting in my house being flooded by water. And this time it had rained for hours, yet it was completely dry. I told my co-workers that my God is the faithful God, and I do not know about your god. They kept quiet and sat silently.
I asked God to forgive me for doubting when I was being teased, but indeed our God is true and is a living God.
He is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
God bless you,
A brother in the United Arab Emirates