Dr. Mark, was a renowned specialist in oncology.
One day he was going to a very important conference in another city, where he was to receive an award in medical research. He was very excited, because at this conference his many years of work were to be evaluated.
However, two hours after the plane took off, there was an emergency landing at a nearby airport due to some technical problem. The doctor was afraid of not making it, so he rented a car and drove himself to the town where the conference was to be held.
However, shortly after he left, the weather turned bad and there was a big storm. The heavy rain caused him to take a wrong turn and get lost.
After two hours of fruitless driving, he realized he was lost. He felt hungry and terribly tired, so he decided to look for a place to stay. After a while, he finally stumbled upon a small, decrepit house. Desperate, he got out of the car and knocked on the door.
A beautiful woman opened the door. He explained everything and asked her to use her phone. However, the woman told him that she did not have a telephone, but that he could come in and wait until the weather improved.
The hungry, wet, and tired doctor accepted her kind offer and entered.
The lady gave him hot tea and food. She said he could join her in prayer. But, Dr. Mark smiled and said that he believed only in hard work and refused.
Sitting at his desk, sipping tea, the doctor watched the woman in the dim light of the candles as she prayed beside the crib.
The doctor understood that the woman needed help, so when she finished praying, he asked her what exactly she wanted from God and whether she thought God would ever hear her pleas. And then he asked about the little baby in the crib beside whom she was praying. The lady smiled sadly and said that the baby in the crib was her son who was suffering from a rare type of cancer and there was only one doctor, his name was Mark, who could cure him. But she doesn’t have the money to afford it, and besides, Dr. Mark lives in another city. She said that God has not yet answered her prayer, but she knows that he will help her and nothing will break her faith.
Dazed and speechless, Dr. Mark simply cried. He whispered, God is great and remembered everything that had happened to him today: the malfunction in the plane, the torrential rain that had caused him to lose his way; and all this happened because God had not only answered her prayer, but had given him a chance to get out of the material world and help the poor unfortunate people who have nothing but prayer.
Always be ready to do what God has in store for you. There are no accidents in life.
