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Lives God
has changed
 Barbara C., I
was
raised in a non-Christian home knowing about God because I had been
baptized Catholic and had gone through communion and
catechism and reverenced God. I had seen my Gram go to church all the
time and loved that about her. My parents really didn't go to
church because my mom was Protestant and my dad being Catholic made for
a major conflict. They wanted the choice to be ours as to
what church beliefs we chose. So, the journey began in search of God
because I was born with a heart defect. I knew in my mind
that I needed God and that my life was in His hands. You see I was
given a 50/50 chance of surviving Open Heart Surgery in 1969
because those were the pioneering days. I had a hole in my
lower left chamber about the size of a quarter, called an Atrial Septal
defect. They decided after many procedures, probes and
prodding's by lots of doctors to do this surgery, where they would
patch the hole with some synthetic fiber. I was 12 years old
when this was done and I remember telling my folks that if I live I
live, if I die I die, it's all in God's hands. That brought
comfort to my mom, but anguish to my dad. You see, they had the choice
of saying yes or no to the surgery. Well anyways, they
decided to go through with it. I was very happy because I knew that if
I didn't have surgery I'd be dead by age of 20. The doctors even said
that, plus I felt winded all the time and had chest pains and was
restricted from doing anything active. I was a sick, thin and pale
little girl ... (continue) |