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A Devotional Story Church Service and finally Evening
By: A Generous Soul Vesper service.
Born in a rural Kentucky area to One day about the age of 10, I
a Navy family, we found ourselves came home to discover that my
posted to various grandmother had taken ill. As the
parts of the evening progressed her condition
country and the worsened and the family physician,
world including who made house calls, came to the
Panama, China, house to see what could be done.
and the While the doctor was examining her
Philippines during my formative years. she began convulsing and the doctor
Whenever opportunity presented, we advised my grandfather that he had
would return to Kentucky where both just lost his wife. My grandfather, who
of my parents were born and raised I had never seen cry before, started to
for visits with relatives. As WWII cry. I was in an adjoining room and
neared, we were living in Shanghai, started praying for her. The doctor
China and were preparing to return to determined that there
the U.S. when my mother was one last thing that he
unexpectedly became ill. In a few days could do to bring her
she died, which I chose at the age of around and he injected
8 not to believe. her with some
My dad returned with me to medication. Remarkably,
Kentucky where I was raised by his from what I believe was a
parents who had no children living at combination of my prayers and a
home at the time. My grandparents Guiding Hand by the Great Physician,
were in their 60s and I must have she recovered.
been a handful for them to raise and Although she was hospitalized
take care of me. My dad went on with for a number of weeks, she
his Naval career with the outbreak of went on to live for another
WWII. I settled down to a reasonable 30 years. I believe that the
adolescent life and developed lots of Lord heard my prayers that
friends and social activities in the area. evening and restored my
We were a strongly devout southern grandmother back to
family who read Bible stories, the health for a purpose which
Bible, conducted daily prayers, and she accomplished by her
regularly attended Sunday church love and guidance to me in a
services from Sunday School to devotional way.
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