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My uncle was an MP in the army. During World War II, he fought in the Pacific at Guadalcanal. I’ll never forget the inspirational, spiritual story he told me about what happened to him and a buddy of his in the jungle one day.
While out on patrol, one of the unit’s men was hit by a sniper’s bullet. The other men scattered and took cover, wondering all the while where, in God’s name, the sniper could be hiding.
Meanwhile my uncle’s wounded buddy lay on the ground, unable to move. While they waited, this man was bleeding badly and needed medical attention. As a sergeant, my uncle decided to make a move to get to his side………
Running like a sprinter and a hurdler through the dense jungle, he was able to make it to the wounded man. He crouched down next to him, intensely aware that the sniper was still out there, and could very well be aiming straight for the both of them.
Just then he heard………..a woman’s voice?!
She called his name. He immediately turned his head to look in her direction, and just then, a bullet whizzed by his head. He ducked down again. There was no one there. No woman, not even another man. He didn’t know what to think. Could this be some kind of metaphysical event?
Feeling a burning pain in his arm, he looked down to see himself bleeding from a bullet wound in his inside forearm.
He waited a few moments and then quickly dragged his buddy through the jungle, back to where the other men were waiting, out of harm’s way.
My uncle said that the woman had a soft voice, even though she’d called his name urgently. He was always sure that it was The Blessed Mother watching over him. She saved his life that day, and he saved the life of his buddy.
This inspirational story ended with my uncle receiving a bronze star and a purple heart for his efforts.
*Latest Update: My lovable, funny (and in his younger days) temperamental , 91-year-old-uncle, died this morning, April 11, 2010………..As pointed out to me today, by my sister, our members of “the greatest generation” are leaving us every day……..
I’m sending my prayers to heaven where I truly feel that my uncle has been reunited with my aunt, his mother, and the other members of his family.
We love you, uncle. We had fun, didn’t we?
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When God Winks at You: How God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence $7.89 Those extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason. A coincidence-sometimes a silly little thing-changes the course of your day . . . or even your life. Is it chance, or is God comm… |
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When God Winks on New Beginnings: Signposts of Encouragement for Fresh Starts and Second Chances $1.99 The best is yet to be . . . “GodWinks” are the so-called circumstances and that are delivered directly to you, one of nearly seven-billion people on the planet, at particularly needed moments in your life. Like the wink you received from a loved one as a child that meant, “Hey, kid, I’m thinking of you right now,” . . . GodWinks are messages of encouragement from above. With more incredible-bu… |
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There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives $2.29 Think back on all the coincidences that have shaped your life–the homes you lived in, the love stories you created, the jobs you held. Jungian psychotherapist Robert Hopcke shows readers how to sift through life’s coincidences in order to better understand the soul and read the map of its destiny. Blending his mastery of storytelling with years of synchronicity reflection and research, Hopc… |
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Women Who Hear Voices: The Challenge of Religious Experience (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality, 2003.) $5.36 More than a few people today scoff at the notion of “religious experience.” What the believer accepts as God acting in human lives, the skeptic attributes to delusion or hysteriaespecially when the believer is a woman. Indeed, the possibility of self-deception in the realm of religious experience is sufficiently great that even devotees tread softly around it. At what point does mindless enthusi… |
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Sacred Pathways $8.50 This book encourages readers to see strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies in their devotional approaches to God, and thus learn how to improve their devotional, quiet-time, and personal-worship lif… |
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Beads of Faith: Pathways to Meditation and Spirituality Using Rosaries, Prayer Beads, and Sacred Words $23.29 The practice of the rosary in various faiths is thoroughly covered in this stunning book and its accompanying DVD. For background, the commentary explains that the word “bead” has an interfaith origin: it comes from both the Sanskrit “Buddh,” which refers to self-realization (the Buddha is the “Enlightened One”); and it also derives from the Saxon verb “bidden,” meaning to pray. The rosaries pictu… |
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