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Friday, August 11, 2006

HOW DO YOU RETURN SOMEONES FAITH?

THERE IS THIS LADY THAT I WORK WITH AND SHE HAS LEAD A VERY ROUGH LIFE. I AM NOT SURE HOW HER CHILDHOOD WAS BUT ADULTHOOD HAD NOT BEEN KIND. I WILL START WITH WHAT I KNOW YEARS AGO 2 DAYS AFTER SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD WHO IS NOW 19 SHE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. LUCKILY SHE DID NOT LOSE HER BABY. SHE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BULLET 2 MO. AFTER IT HAPPENED. SHE WENT ON TO HAVE 3 CHILDREN. THEN IN BETWEEN HER 3RD AND 4TH CHILD SHE MISCARRIED 8 TIMES, TWO OF WHICH SHE WAS 5 AND A HALF MONTHS. AFTER HER FOURTH CHILD SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD CERVICAL CANCER AND HAD TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY. HER YOUNGEST CHILD IS NINE YEARS OLD AND HAS TERMINAL CANCER. 2 MONTHS AGO HER 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS FOUND DEAD BY A CREEK. AND OVER THE YEARS HER FIRST HUSBAND BEAT HER , CHOKED HER AND PULLED A GUN ON HER, NOT TO METION WAS MEAN TO THE KIDS. SHE DID GET OUT OF THAT MARRIAGE AND DID REMARRY. THEY ARE SEPARATED BUT TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT. SHE TOLD ME TONIGHT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TOLD HER THAT "GOD WILL NOT PUT ANYTHING MORE ON YOU THAN YOU CAN HANDLE" AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE JUST CAN NOT HANDLE WHAT IS HAPPENING LET ALONE ANYMORE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU FOLKS IF I WAS IN HER SHOES I AM NOT SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE ANY FAITH LEFT EITHER. ALL I KNOW TO DO IS JUST TO PRAY FOR HER. SHE DID SAY THAT THE ONLY THING REASONABLE (BECAUSE SHE CANT BRING BACK HER SON AND CANT STOP THE OTHER FROM DYING) THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN IN HER LIFE WAS TO MEET SOMEONE WHO WOULD TREAT HER AND HER KIDS RIGHT. I KNOW WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BUT IT DOES MAKE YOU WONDER WHY HAS ALL OF THIS BEEN BESTOWED UPON HER? YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT HEARING HER STORY MAKES ALL OF THOSE LITTLE PROBLEMS NOTHING. SO TONIGHT I WILL PRAY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY AND PROBABLY EVERY NIGHT THERE AFTER.

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