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Show 17HEN AUDIKE STEARNS, 28430 Terrence Road, Livonia, Michigan, Y was just a little girl and her mother put her to bed one afternoon for a nap, she looked up to her mother and said, "Mother, I hope I die the very same minute you do; I don't want to live without you." Her mother said, "Oh no, you won't want to die when 1 do; you will be older then and much wiser." That answer satisfied Audine for a long time. But there came a day when her mother was I 3 very ill. She had been ailing for a couple of years, and one day as she and her father sat on the edge f of the bed talking, she again said, "If anything fe-jj xtf happens to either of you, I just don't fenow how I CL jn. will ever live through it." That was in 1937. . - Later that year her mother began failing fast STyl -"! and eventually fell into a coma. She had been up - - i'v'' . day and night with her mother. So kind neighbors L J v. , sat with her mother and she closed her eyes and CARNEGIE turned to God wholeheartedly in prayer, pouring out her heart to Him. Never before in her life had she prayed as she did that night! About to lose the best friend she had on this earth, hei' mother! Finally she closed her eyes and said, "Oh God, please take away Mother's suffering and pain." Very suddenly a sharp pain crossed over her right eye and she saw a bright light up high. It was brighter than an electric light, brighter than any star she had ever seen. It was there only an instant and then it was gone. Immediately a feeling of peace came over her and she fell asleep. " The next day her mother passed away with Audine holding her hand. For the first time in her life she attended a funeral without shedding a tear. Not only that, but the peace that was given her that night" she poured out her heart to God has remained with her. |