A STORY THAT SAVED A LIFE
I returned recently to speak at a church I formerly served as Associate Pastor. Seated next to me at lunch was a lady I had known quite well during my ministry there. She said to me, “Jim, I don’t think I ever told you that you saved my life — literally.” I said, “No, I wasn’t aware I had.” She said, “Yes, you saved my life one Sunday morning when you were preaching and you told a particular story. I was really down at that time and I had made up my mind I was going to commit suicide. But I felt particularly compelled to go to worship that Sunday. I didn’t know why, but I knew I had to go to worship that morning before I killed myself. When I got there you told a story in the sermon that changed the suicidal direction of my life. From the moment that I heard that story my life…
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