Rebecca first met Marge through a friend who recommended her house as a place to live in the city while she attended dental school. Over the subsequent years, the two of them forged a unique bond and Rebecca learned so much about the power of prayer in all aspects of life. I met her when we got married and quickly learned that Marge lives out the greatest commandment: To love the Lord with all of your heart, soul and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself.
Marge has an amazing perception of the Holy Spirit moving her to call us at the most critical times. A few hours after Rebecca had a car accident in 2006, Marge called to say, “I was thinking about you and just wanted to see how things are going.” Rebecca’s response was it is funny you call now as we are heading home from the hospital from an accident, but I am completely fine.
In the fall 2007, Rebecca and I talked about starting a family and we naturally did not share these conversations with anyone. A couple weeks later, we went over to Marge’s house for dinner one night and we prayed afterwards, which was pretty standard. You cannot visit Marge without getting prayed for and a meal. She started praying about standard things like my job and our church. Then out of the blue she just jumped to asking God to bless us with children, in His timing. That is right...she was praying for kids, not just a child but a whole quiver of them. On the way home, we both thought, that was weird but did not think too much of it. A short time later, we were excited to learn that a baby was on the way!
In January 2008, we went to our first ultrasound and to our surprise we found that there were three little babies in there! The next day, while Rebecca was struggling through work trying to get her arms around this terrifying news, she got a call from Marge. Rebecca's response that day was, it is funny that you called today. Marge prayed and provided wisdom, peace and assurance that the almighty God had her in His hand.
Finally, on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, Marge called. She had some food for Rebecca and wanted to check in. That night, we went to the hospital to just get checked out as Rebecca did not feel quite right. I didn’t even pack a bag and missed a turn on the way to the hospital as I had not yet planned the route. Less than 12 hours later, we welcomed Josiah, Alana and Alexa into the world. You can read the birth story here if you like. Marge calls the kids miracle babies and she was right.
Marge has the fast line to the Man upstairs. Seriously, she asks and things happen. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had this same spiritual awareness. To call or email at just the right time. To be in the right place at the right time to impact the lives of those around you in such a way that they know it is God working through you! Well, the truth is that we all have it. We just fail to realize the power of prayer. We would rather intellectualize the promptings of the spirit vs acting on it. We often seek for our own gain and forget to love others. We don’t want to serve God with our entire heart and mind. I hope that I might learn to pray with boldness and to listen to how the Holy Spirit is calling me to love.
Marge went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 3rd, 2012. Even more amazing, God was so gracious to provide a time for Rebecca to visit her on April 2nd which was Marge’s 90th birthday. They prayed, talked and then Rebecca told her, “I will see you soon.” There is quite a party in heaven right now as one of God’s beloved has come home.
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