One stands out. We did not talk about it, or tell people about it. One day as I was driving up in the driveway Toria stood at the opened front door. She held up in her hand a pink slip of paper. As we met in the front yard I discovered that it was not a bounced check, but rather a check to us.
Prayer is both effective and acceptable.
But there are unacceptable and illegitimate means of acquisition. There are ways we can be guilty of robbing from others. The Eighth Commandment was given because some people will not honor the legitimate ways of acquiring property. Because of greed and dissatisfaction with what they have, they will steal. Stealing is not always clear to us, written in shades of black and white.