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:''Finally, about a year later, the longed for moment arrived. She and I stood before "the prophet". She grabbed his arm, as he began to pray a generic prayer. "Brother Branham, I have suffered all my life with polio and have a deformed foot." The healer looked heavenward briefly, then proclaimed, '''"Thus Saith the Lord, she shall have it"''' (her request). | :''Finally, about a year later, the longed for moment arrived. She and I stood before "the prophet". She grabbed his arm, as he began to pray a generic prayer. "Brother Branham, I have suffered all my life with polio and have a deformed foot." The healer looked heavenward briefly, then proclaimed, '''"Thus Saith the Lord, she shall have it"''' (her request). | ||
:''Fast forward 32 years. My mother constantly proclaimed her healing, after all, it was "Thus Saith the Lord", it could not fail ! And when all her family saw this wondrous miracle they would all be "saved",as she now had been | :''Fast forward 32 years. My mother constantly proclaimed her healing, after all, it was "Thus Saith the Lord", it could not fail ! And when all her family saw this wondrous miracle they would all be "saved", as she now had been taught that the only true way to true salvation was by believing every word this now long dead prophet had spoken. | ||
:''I was caring for her in my home, as she was dying of ovarian cancer. Two days before her passing I was lotioning her legs, and she pitifully asked me, "Is my foot healed yet?" | :''I was caring for her in my home, as she was dying of ovarian cancer. Two days before her passing I was lotioning her legs, and she pitifully asked me, "Is my foot healed yet?" | ||
:''Tears in my eyes, I sadly had to shake my head 'no'. | :''Tears in my eyes, I sadly had to shake my head... 'no'. | ||
:''Later that same evening as we were having a very deep conversation, as many people do with their loved ones prior to their passing, I asked her what one thing she would like to change from her past. After a long silence, her one word tore my heart out and made me seriously look at our long held beliefs - "Everything". | :''Later that same evening as we were having a very deep conversation, as many people do with their loved ones prior to their passing, I asked her what one thing she would like to change from her past. After a long silence, her one word tore my heart out and made me seriously look at our long held beliefs - "Everything". | ||