December 6, 1999
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From the Editors
Many People Struggle
with issues of personal safety and security, which can relate to both one's physical and emotional well-being.
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Oseola McCarty
spent most of her life working as a washerwoman, but she achieved fame when she donated her life savings of $150,000 to fund a scholarship program at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
A young woman traveling in a country where she didn't speak the language, this writer found herself in serious danger, unable to outwrestle her attacker. In the end, that didn't matter, though, for her safety lay, not in physical strength, but in spiritual conviction.
Petitioning God in prayer needn't feel like whining. It's actually an opportunity to acknowledge God's authority.
JOANIE AND HERB WHITE TALK WITH NEWS EDITOR KIM SHIPPEY Imagine caring for nearly one hundred babies in twenty-one years! That's what the Whites did, and they count themselves richer for having done so.
Fearlessly, this woman approached her neighbor as he drunkenly destroyed their common property. When she embraced him—both literally and prayerfully—calm was restored.
Are we weak mortals, at the mercy of circumstances? Or are we God's children, whole and free? There's only one right answer.
A friend and I were recently discussing the unreliability of the physical senses.
One day Tana the horse couldn't stand up properly. So Marguerite and her family prayed. Can you guess what Tana was doing two days later?
Every symptom of the infection was gone—absolutely vanished, never to return.
I was soon completely well—with no days in bed!
When my husband came home from work that evening, I was fine.
Within a week I was on my way to a ballet class again.
In its deepest significance, it is a reminder of God's spiritual gift to humanity.
