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Give me life through your word.'
Psalms 119:37
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Jane
Johnson Struck set out on a frigid winter evening to deliver dinner to
the family of a friend who had died. Snarled in traffic and juggling an
already
overloaded schedule, she was feeling sorry for herself-and irritated
when she arrived and found nobody home.
Using
her mobile phone to let them know she'd been there, she was dumbfounded
when the answering machine kicked in and a familiar voice started
singing:
'Grab your coat, collect your hat, Leave your worries on the doorstep; Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.'
It
was her friend Annie, the one who died after a prolonged battle with
breast cancer, leaving three kids and a grieving husband.
Struck
writes: 'People who'd been touched by Annie's larger-than-life
personality, perseverance, and testimony in the face of gruelling and
unfair circumstances,
hadn't expected to hear her voice on the machine. Her indomitable
spirit amazed me...she'd talked openly about her prognosis, yet never hesitated to give God glory for the grace and peace she experienced.
She knew that life with Jesus, come what may, was a walk on the sunny side of the street.' The Psalmist prayed, 'Give me life through Your Word'.
Struck
continues: 'As I listened to Annie's voice on the machine...even in
death God used her life to challenge me. I drove home pondering how He
illuminates
the darkest journey...how pity parties keep me from savouring life's sweetness...then asking forgiveness for my selfish attitudes.
It was a powerful reminder that one day life
will be complete on the sunny side of the street...in heaven, where
there's no darkness, disease or death.'
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