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The Old Lady with the Torch
It was two o'clock in the morning when I awoke. It was cold in the village but in the room the communal fire was still burning gently. There beside the fire I could see the silhouette of an old lady. She sat with her feet close to the fire keeping herself warm and in her hand was a Bible - the one I had given to her that night when I arrived at the village. In her other hand she held a torch and it was focused on the page before her. Quietly, with a smile of contentment upon her face, she was reading the Word of God. I was so amazed! On many different occasions at many different villages, I have witnessed the passion believers have toward the Word of God, but this was something very special. Earlier that evening I had been told this woman was illiterate but that she had a deep desire in her heart that one day, she would be able to read the Bible. This night, the Lord blessed her with understanding and she could not take her eyes off the pages. Every word she read came alive - God was revealing His Word to her. For many years it had always been her friends who read the Bible to her and she often memorised verses so she could repeat them to herself and to others. When I spoke with her she said to me, "I have a great love for God's Word and I have desired to read it myself all my life. But, I cannot read and had to rely on other sisters to try to teach me how to read. It was difficult for me to comprehend and I often read by memory only. This day God has opened my eyes and I can now see the wonder of His Word". I then asked her if there was a scripture that meant a lot to her and she turned to a verse in her Bible. She found it and read it to me; Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing will be impossible."
In this story we should praise the Lord like Mary and Elizabeth. "Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people" (Luke 1:25) and "Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfilment of those things which were told her from the Lord" (Luke 1:45). Like this dear woman, we continue to thank God for the many miracles that He showers upon those who desire to love Him wholeheartedly.
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