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“What?” Dan asked.

Sam peered at them. “Nothing.”

“That’s not nothing,” Sarah countered. “What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s just a weird thought I had.”

“Hey, you know us. We’re okay with weird.”

“I’ve been used to weird thoughts from you all my life,” Dan teased.

Sarah snickered as Sam—fortunately—broke into a smile. He looked at Sarah again. “Look, you can say no, because I sure as heck want to, but I just felt this weird feeling to pray for you.”

Emotion clamped Dan’s throat. Was that hisbrothersaying that?

Sarah seemed similarly touched as she sniffled. “Why would I say no to that? Go on then. Pray.”

He looked awkward. “But I felt like I should put my hand on you.”

“Then do so.”

Sam winced. “Like, on your stomach.”

“Well, thatisweird, and I’m guessing you haven’t thought to do that before, so that might just be from God.”

Sam glanced at Dan, as if asking for his permission. Dan nodded. So Sam tentatively placed a hand on Sarah’s abdomen. Dan covered his hand, then Sarah placed hers on top of his, as Sam then cleared his throat.

“Hey God, we know You can do anything, like change a life, or even raise the dead to life. So we ask that You prove the doctors wrong and bring new life. Like Jesus did. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

“Amen,” Sarah echoed.

Amen, Dan agreed, but couldn’t speak, his throat was too tight.

Sarah exhaled, wiped away tears, then hugged Sam. “Thank you. You know, you might just be my favorite brother-in-law too.”

Sam chuckled. “What about your sister’s husband?”

“Oh, that’s right. Okay. He’s my favorite Australian brother-in-law, and you’re my favorite Canadian one.”

“I can live with that.”

“Thank you.” She squeezed him again. “I don’t know if you felt it too, but I felt a weird heat when you prayed.”

“Huh. I thought that was just me.”

“I think that might just be God,” she said.

“Wow.” Sam shivered, as if he felt the same tingles as Dan did. Then he blew out a breath. “Okay, then. Who’s going fishing?”

He exited, and Sarah turned to Dan. “I wonder if your brother has a healing ministry?”

Only God knew. He nodded to her phone. “You better make that call to Heartsong and confirm, before the doctor finds out his test results were wrong.”

She grinned. “You man of faith, you.”

He pushed back his shoulders. A man of faith. That had a better sound to it, something he could live up to, rather than letting circumstances dictate a smaller life. And if God could turn around his brother in such a short amount of time, then who knew what else He could do? “Amen.”

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