A short while back a Circuit Overseer told the congregation his personal experience. I was not concentrating at the beginning but somehow he and his wife were at an Assembly with no money. They had scraped together the cash to rent an old caravan for the weekend and now they were out of food. Their last meal had been ruined on the Calor Gas cooker. He said he looked at this "burnt offering" and wondered if "Jehovah really meant it when he said that he would sustain his servants" but he prayed for support, of course...
Lo and behold ! that very evening some Bros from the big caravan nearby knocked the door and asked if they would accept a gift of some food they had spare. What a demonstration of prayers answered and Jehovah's care.....although he might let you get to the very limit to test your resolve. "Isn't it wonderful, Brothers?"
Now consider the case of Patrice Muamba
If the story did not reach your part of the world, this man collapsed a top football game and was as good as dead - but he recovered against all odds and medical expectations.
Mr Muamba is certainly not a Witness but his story is remarkable. He said :
"Some one up there was watching over me. What happened to me was really more than a miracle," he said. "On the morning of the game I prayed with my father and asked God to protect me - and he didn't let me down. "I am walking proof of the power of prayer. For 78 minutes I was dead and even if I lived was expected to have suffered brain damage. But I'm very much alive and sitting here talking now. Some one up there was watching over me.''
Cynics among us may point to the expert immediate healthcare that he received, and the uncertainties of any medical diagnosis, but it is not for me to dismiss his belief in the hand of God, I could not even categorically say that God did not take pity on a pair of hungry pioneers in a caravan.....although I find that far less likely.
My point is just this . All religions can point to examples of God's "undoubted care " and the answers to prayers . Some people confound medical doctors after a trip to Lourdes.
The next time that a J W , in person or in print , claims that God's hand undoubtedly saved them and it is evidence of being the one true religion, just remember that even Babylon The Great has claims to miracles and prayers answered. The dubs would deride the idea of Jehovah God saving a footballer - I doubt if Mr Muamba would pooh hoo the claims of Jehovah's Witnesses......