This is a story I did for my weekly challenge on Faithwriters. I pray you might enjoy reading it.

When all else Fails

James began to cry as he sat by his beloved wife of fifty years. The doctors said there was no cure for Mary’s brain tumor. They determined that the size and location made surgery impossible. She will not last more than a couple of days, if that. James did not know what to do. He knew he could not live without his Mary.

James was only sixteen when they met, Mary was only fourteen. He courted her for two years then asked her father if he would give them his blessing in marriage. The following June they were married. He worked in a stone quarry from sunup to sundown every day for forty years. He and Mary had four children, John, Andrew, Rebecca, and Steven.
All their children had married except for Steven. He was a minister who traveled the world preaching the gospel of the Lord.

  Their daughter Rebecca returned home to help take care of her mother after she learned of her illness. She had just left to go home and get something to eat. Her husband had no other choice but to remain back in Iowa to care for their children and to continue working.

  Andrew served in the Navy. He was out to sea where he would be unable to get home for another month or two. John lived in Pennsylvania with his wife Emily. They also have a son, James, named after his grandfather. They would be coming in on the three am flight but would not get there until around five o’clock in the morning.
James’s thoughts returned as he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning, he saw a young man standing beside him. He asked if he could help him. The man said no but he was there to pray with him.

“Did Pastor Robert send you here young man?”

“No sir, my father sent me here to be with you and Mary and to pray with you.”

With that, the two men kneeled in prayer. This is their prayer.
‘Heavenly Father, we kneel here before you tonight giving you thanks for all of your blessings. We also ask dear Father that you might allow our beloved Mary to remain here yet awhile longer. We know that with you all hope is ours for the asking. We humbly pray for strength and guidance in our grief. With you all things are possible.’

After praying, James opened his eyes. To his surprise, the young man was gone. When the nurse came into the room, he asked her where the young man went. The nurse told him not a single person had been there since his daughter left twenty minutes before. James thought he must be going nuts, he was sure there had been someone there with him.
Rebecca returned about an hour later. When the doctor came in to check on Mary, he noticed her breathing seemed to be more normal. While he was touching her, she awoke, said she was hungry and wanted to go home. The doctor told her she needed to stay and to rest.

“There is nothing wrong with me I am going home!”
She jumped out of the bed, told James to come so she could get supper ready. Mary seemed quite normal so the doctors told her to let them examine her before she left.

  When they did a MRI they were astonished. There was no sign of a tumor ever having been there. James knew at that moment that God had sent an angel to be with him and Mary.

When all else fails, God in his compassion gives life a renewal. When faith is there, hope never fails.