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A woman wrote:
"I decided to end my life, which had been utterly selfish and sinful. I was so miserable I just wanted to end it all. I wanted to die by drowning.
I got to the strand of beach along the ocean where I had chosen to die. I walked all alone along the deserted shoreline. I had been walking for some time and was about to turn into the water when I heard a very clear voice from within myself.
The voice asked me to stop, to turn and to look down. There was something irresistable in the command, so, I did just as I was asked.
I could see only the waves of the ocean washing over, erasing my footprints in the sand.
Then the voice returned: "Just as you see the waters of the ocean erasing your footprints, so has my mercy erased all record of your sins. I want you back in my love. I am calling you to live and to love, not to die."
It was like a shaft of blinding light in the darkness of my life at that time. I turned away from the water and from all thought of dying. I have, with God's continual love and help, found a beautiful and satisfying life. I am now living and loving."
J. Powell
The Christian Vision
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