“There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 13:13
As a young girl I had no understanding of faith, hope or love. I felt my life begin not at birth but when I was born again. I was the twelfth child in a family of thirteen children. When I was about the age of seven, childhood diseases of pneumonia and whooping cough took my life.
For what seemed to be a very short but wonderful experience I encountered Jesus and experienced His love. I’ll always remember the feeling of being separated from my body. I was above looking down. I could see myself lying peacefully on a hospital bed under an oxygen tent. There were no feelings of sadness or fear. Suddenly I was in the presence of a great light that had an image and shape of a man.
An overwhelming sense of love embraced me. Without a word spoken, I knew He was sending me back. I wanted to stay, but now I had a desire to live. Jesus made himself known to me and I was given the gift of faith, of hope, and the greatest feeling of love. That experience carried me into adulthood.
Marilyn E.
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