Testimony of Healing October 7, 1985 Issue

I am submitting this testimony because of an...

JANE W. LACEY

I am submitting this testimony because of an overwhelming desire to express my thanks to God for evidence of His wonderful care during a moment of extreme danger.

Years ago we built a home on a piece of property that had a deep drainage ditch at the back of the lot. At the time, I welcomed having the ditch, thinking that the children (there were four then) would enjoy scrambling up and down its banks. They did, but after about two years the city decided to pave the ditch. It was paved in a U shape of concrete with a five-foot opening leading from a newly laid culvert at the high end of our property. This proved to be one of the main drainage avenues for the whole area where we lived.

Late one morning after I had picked up the children from swimming, we returned home unaware that the rainstorm we had driven through had actually resulted in a flash flood in our vicinity. When we reached our home, the children begged to run out back and check on how their ditch was doing in the rain. Always before, they had enjoyed playing and wading there during and after light rains. I agreed to their going but told them not to put even a toe into the water until I got an umbrella and joined them there.

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