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I told you, in my last letter a month ago, how one real
miracle had been granted by the living and loving GOD. She was
suddenly able to take certain liquid nourishment. It must be ONLY
that which is burned up in energy--supplying blood-sugar to the
bloodstream--or eliminated through the kidneys. But, aside from
temporary slight additional energy, this contributes no strength at
all, and she is about as weak as a human can get. But God has
miraculously SUSTAINED HER LIFE, and actually her eyes are clearer,
and her color of face better, than before this happened! Hourly,
daily, we expect the miracle of the release of the stoppage. Then,
when she can begin taking actual food, she will regain weight and
strength rapidly.
THANK YOU--all who have been shaken, spiritually
reawakened, by this--and those who have PRAYED EARNESTLY for her.
God has HEARD! His ANSWER is ON THE WAY!
Mrs. Armstrong and I want to express our deepest and
heartfelt THANKS to the thousands of you who have sent flowers,
cards, letters, and even some gifts for her. Many of these
letters, telling how her critical illness had shaken you, brought
a spiritual reawakening and repentance, and changed your lives,
simply choked me up in tears, as I tried to read them to her at her
bedside--and I had to stop awhile before I could continue reading.
Mrs. Armstrong feels very THANKFUL if God has used her
illness and this severe trial to help bring GOD'S PEOPLE closer to
Him, where He can really USE US as never before, in this great Work
which now must MULTIPLY in mighty power the world around! Even
many little children have written. We try to read them all--both
of us--but there have been thousands of such cards and letters.
Yet I don't think we have missed any. It would simply be
IMPOSSIBLE for us to write personal replies to each one.
Especially we THANK YOU from the heart for your earnest,
prevailing PRAYERS. Night before last I spent the whole night,
until after sunup, in my prayer room at home in prayer with God.
We have been heard. The answer is on the way. Sometimes God does
not answer until the very last minute, that our trial of faith
develop patience and fit us to be the recipients of His blessing!
Mrs. Armstrong cannot have flowers in the room, except for
a short time. Her sense of smell is so sharp that the fragrance of
flowers seems to cause some distress, so we always bring them in
for her to see, leave them just a little while, and then must take
them away. We DO appreciate the thoughtfulness DEEPLY. But right
now, your heartfelt and urgent and BELIEVING PRAYERS OF FAITH will
help more than anything.
As for me, my heart condition--I might have dropped dead
any second--seems completely healed, my blood pressure is down, and
I am in the best physical shape in the past five years. I have not
done a broadcast, myself, for three or four years, though they have
repeated a few older ones on Sunday broadcasts at times. But now,
once again, I am back at the microphone, and I expect to be on the
air myself next Sunday--and, if God wills, I hope about twice a
week hereafter--and, I hope, as I get rapidly back in harness,