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chapter 4

MARY, LEXUS, AND TOBY

Once upon a time, there was a woman named Mary, her daughter, Lexus, and son, Toby.

The doctor had given Mary six months to live. She was a woman who never attended church. The only time she had attended church was when she was a little girl.

Her twelve-year-old daughter was the woman of the house who had to wait on her mother. She had to do the cooking, cleaning, and find time to do her homeschooling and help her brother as well. She also held down an eight-hours-a-day job working as a house maid during the summertime while her ten-year-old brother stayed home with his mother during the daytime.

Every night before going to bed, the little girl and boy would gather around their mother’s bedside as Lexus would read different Bible verses out loud to them.

Their mother given any time to die called them both to her bed side said, “Children, I love the both of you. I know the both of you are going to make Mama proud. I’m about to die now.”

The ten-year-old boy broke down and started crying out loud. Tears ran down from the little girl’s eyes. She whispered, “Mama, you are going to live.”

The little girl took the open Bible from the coffee table and looked up to heaven and whispered a prayer.

“Lord, today, Mama shall be healed,” her voice declared.

From the open Bible John 5:8. “Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up thy bed and walk.”

Immediately a deep sleep came over the three of them.

The next morning, their mother had awakened them to come eat breakfast. Later that Sunday, the three of them went to church leaping and praising God.