14: Annetta

Today I bring you an extra special story. My mom has joined the podcast to share my Grandmother Annetta's story. Her life was marked by tragedy after tragedy but was balanced by miracles only the God of the universe could deliver.

Annetta lost her mother at 3 years old. She married young subsequently divorced a physically abusive husband, something that simply wasn't done in the 1940s. She received a fatal diagnosed of chronic malignant hypertension and knew she would never grow old.

Her greatest desire was to have a baby. She endured 7 miscarriages and 2 stillborns before her tiny 2 pound miracle baby made her entrance into the world. She loved that baby, my mom, with everything she had and left her a legacy of faith we are still talking about almost 60 years after her death.

When she knew the Lord was preparing to take her home, she had two simple requests surrounding her death. The Lord heard her cries and granted them to her.

I've known this story my whole life and it has served as a concrete block in the foundation of MY faith. I hope her story of loss and restoration builds your confidence in the God who hears.

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