Testimony of Healing February 14, 1994 Issue

I work in a store in an area that has a high level of crime...

Name withheld

I work in a store in an area that has a high level of crime; this problem demands the attention of everyone operating businesses there. Sometimes it seems as though crime is irreversible—that without the help of physical force, we are powerless against it. But I have found otherwise.

One day last spring the store manager received a call requiring her to leave the shop to care for her child. I suggested we remain open and volunteered to work alone.

As she left, I assured her that I would be all right. We hadn't noticed that a young man had come into the store, who was evidently listening to us. He then began a conversation with me, trying to find out about the store's activity that day—how much money we had made, and so forth. I didn't answer his questions directly, but I did begin to pray.

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