Keep praying

Thanks to Facebook, I have reconnected with long-lost friends around the world and down the street. You know how it goes--you read their posts, maybe comment, and go on to the next obscure comment about children's bodily functions. And thus, we feel like we're doing our part as a "friend".
I'm going to share a bit today about my friend Bill (not his name, I told him I wouldn't post his name), and how God has used social networking to reconnect us.
Bill and I met in college. I was a junior and he was a freshman. Over the course of that year, we spent time eating, walking, and praying together. We never dated, but developed a great friendship. I look back on that time fondly. Bill decided to attend a satellite campus on the east coast the next year, but we stayed in touch through email and IM (no Facebook in the last century). A few weeks into the term, Bill came out of the closet and left school. I was devestated. For some reason, we lost contact for a few years, before I found him on MySpace. We reconnected for a few months, then it was years before I heard from him again, this time on Facebook. By this time, he had lived a pretty wild life and was HIV positive. My heart broke for him.
You see, even though we hadn't had contact for several years, I never ceased to pray for him. I knew that God, in His omniscience, knew exactly where Bill was, knew what Bill needed. I prayed for godly people to come into Bill's life. I prayed for opportunity to witness to Bill, to encourage him. I've not always gotten it right, but something is happening.
I hadn't talked with Bill on the phone for over five years. So, imagine my surprise when my voicemail has a message from Bill a few months ago. I stopped in my tracks, tears streaming, because Bill is beginning to seek peace in the Lord. Thirteen years of prayer, now being answered. Not overnight, because I know Bill is still seeking, but now has hope. We've not connected yet, but I anticipate that day. So much more can be said by voice than by Facebook.
So, my point today is this: what have you been praying for, maybe for years, though it seems that the prayers are falling short of God's ears? Don't give up! God is working even when we can't see it. Our response to that is called faith. Keep praying, friends. You never know when God is going to knock your socks off.