Does God Answer Our Prayers?

There's a man sitting on a bus stop bench in New Yorks Central Park.

He sighs as he watches a happy couple pass him by.

Leaning back; he lifts his head toward the sunlight and chews his lower lip.

A well dressed man sits next to him and fidgets with a brief case.

"Something bothering you? I can always tell when someone needs a listen. It's what I do; I'm a priest."

The lone man waves him off with suttle contempt, and the priest stands up and leaves.

His right hand sneaks into his pant pocket and pulls out a golden coin.

Examining it...one dollar, he clutches it as his demeanor sorrows.

One dollar is all he has left to his name; a single shining coin.

He hunches to a fetal sit with his chin in his palms and his elbows to his knees.

Time burns at his eyelids as the man sits and ponders.

He had lost his whole world; his family, his job, and his home.

He raises his head from his palms and shows watery eyes to the sky.

He whispers "God if you exist, and I've never thought you do...help me now in my time of need and I will believe in you?"

~HONK~

Startled; the man perks up and sees the bus parked in front of him;"Getting in?" asks the driver.

The man waves him off with a nodful reject and reads the busses advertisement banner:

[50 cent one-way rides anywhere NYC]

Oblivious to the world around him and trapped in his depressions snare, he stands from the bench and reads the advertisement on the back rest.

[Find work NOW! NYC sponsored hiring agency. Solving the cities unemployment crisis one job at a time. Call 555-1776]

The man scoffs at how business has taken advantage of everything in order to make a buck.

And he leaves...

Did you see how this man prayed to G-D? Did you see that G-D answered his prayer as swiftly as he had prayed it? Did you then see this mans foolishness as he was so self absorbed that he was blind to this blessing?

SMDH-SC