Lost Keys
It was two hour before sunset. A young woman went out for
a run on the open desert, just south of Tucson, Arizona. In
one hand, she had her dog’s leash, and in the other, firmly
fastened over one finger, were her house keys. An hour later
she returned to the mobile home Park where she lived, only
to find that she no longer had her keys.
The woman was horrified. Her husband was working late, and
she didn’t know when to expect him home. Being a graduate
student in Speech Pathology, she had homework to do: term
papers to type; tests to study for; clients to prepare for.
Besides, it would soon be dark, and she had nowhere to go.
In desperation she went to the neighbouring mobile home and
knocked on the door. The neighbour had a metal detector, and
together the two of them went back out onto the desert,
carefully retracing the woman’s steps. They searched for
nearly an hour, but it was to no avail. The keys were
nowhere to be found. Finally, in desperation, they gave up,
and the woman went to the neighbouring mobile home to wait
until her husband returned from work.
Fortunately, he wasn’t too late that night, and just as the
sun was setting in the west, he drove in. Of course, he had
a set of house keys, but due to the isolated area that they
lived in, both were very concerned that the keys might fall
into the wrong hands. The woman was in despair. She was
certain the keys were lost for good, but her husband just
calmly stated: "Let’s pray about it!"
The woman thought this was crazy, but to please her husband,
she sat quietly while he prayed, then he calmly took her by
the hand and led her out onto the desert. The two searched
for half an hour, to no avail. The woman drug behind in
total discouragement when a voice sounded in her head: "You
don’t believe I can find the keys for you, do you?" The
woman shook her head honestly. "I don’t see how it’s
possible, Lord!" she prayed. "Ask and ye shall receive" said
the voice in her head. The woman stopped in her tracks and
stared up at length into the starry night sky. Then she
nodded her head in determination and said, "Yes, Lord, I
believe you can find my keys!" Thirty seconds later, her
husband reached down into the sand and dug down about an
inch, then he pulled up the set of keys.
By Lyn Chaffart (personal experience)