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After Rick and Ashlyn hugged, Ashlyn asked, "Daddy, did you just thank Jesus?" Her eyes were wide in surprise.
"Yes, honey," Rick said as he put his arm around his daughter and hugged her close once more. "I was thanking Jesus for saving your life. The doctors had told me there was no possibility of you surviving because of your head injuries. They had seen these types of injuries before and said no one had ever survived them. Because you are fully recovered from your injuries, I know it was a miracle. Your best friend, Emmy, had been praying for you. She and her mommy are out in the waiting room. Ashlyn, I'm so sorry I said you couldn't go to her house anymore. I didn't understand that what she and her mommy believe is true until God saved your life tonight. I never meant to upset you like I did. I love you very much, Ashlyn, more than anything else in the world. You know that, don't you?"
Ashlyn nodded. "I love you, too, Daddy," she said as she gave him another hug.
Mari and Emmy, who had been listening outside the door, walked in. They each gave Ashlyn a big hug and told her how happy they were that Jesus healed her and were both crying tears of joy.
Rick looked at Mari. "Mari, your friendship means more to me than you'll ever know. You and your daughter led Ashlyn to the Lord, and you and your daughter have made me see my need for Jesus tonight when you prayed for my little girl to heal from her injuries and she was miraculously healed. I had never believed it could be proven that God existed before, because my own parents raised me to be a Darwinist, and in my junior high, high school, and college I learned all about evolution and the Big Bang theory. I never once heard about the Creation, and although I was exposed to people of many different beliefs throughout my life, when my wife died from that brain aneurysm a few years ago, figured that God could not exist if bad things happen in the world, and if He did, I sure didn't want to believe in Him, but tonight when he saved my daughter's life, the way she was healed, I knew it had to be a miracle, so..." Rick leaned over and touched Mari's hand. "I'd like to receive Jesus tonight."
Mari was crying even more tears of joy. "I'll pray with you," she said. She held Rick's hand as he prayed, "Dear Jesus, please forgive me for turning away from You all of this time. I know now that You are real and You are loving, because You saved my daughter's soul, and tonight You saved her life. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins and for rising again. I ask You to come into my life right now and be my Lord and Savior. In Your precious and holy Name I pray. Amen."
"Amen," Mari whispered.
"Amen," Ashlyn and Emmy said.
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God lead me to this today as part of my a Bible study on believing, with a section on miracles. Keep writing! Now of course I have to go back & read all the previous chapters- lol
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