Your son will live

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 4:43
"At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee. 
For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast. 
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. 
Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe." 
The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." 
Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. 
While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon." 
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe. 
(Now) this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea."

How many times have we felt that a situation was hopeless, and then were thrilled and surprised when the outcome was positive.  Did we remember to thank God for answering our prayers or did we forget and assume that it was meant to work out anyway?  The official in this story remembered, but more importantly, he believed when Jesus told him his son would live.  Even though he couldn't see it because he wasn't there, he believed.

We need to remember that God is working things out for us and answering our prayers, even though we may not see what's going on behind the scenes. We still need to believe, without seeing the signs and wonders.