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*More than Rubies* ______________________________________ If you enjoy this free email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending a blank e-mail to: HeartTouchers-subscribe@myinjesus.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ Be sure to check out our list just for teenagers! Heart4Teens.com To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: Heart4Teens-subscribe@myinjesus.com or visit: http://www.Heart4Teens.com This weekly list contains Heart-touching stories, quotes, links to uplifting web sites, and humor geared towards the teenage crowd. However, parents of teens, grandparents, college students, youth pastors, teachers, coaches, and anyone who just can't read enough inspirational stories will also benefit! What are you waiting for?! Subscribe today to receive your weekly encouragement! ________________________________________ More Than Rubies By Jaye Lewis
I have a very special friend who has taught me more about true friendship, than I could learn in a thousand lifetimes. And throughout her many illnesses she has taught me more about courage, than I could learn on a battlefield. She has been buffeted by disease, cut apart by surgeons and sewn back together, and she has endured long, painful recoveries. Some successful. Some not. Yet one thing remains constant with Diane...her absolute selfless struggle to do more for others, than she will ever do for herself. Diane and I live within an hour of one another. We are both often housebound due to health issues. Our friendship began over the internet, due to an odd twist of events. Her brother is my pastor. We both had health issues, and we began to share and pray together. Also, it is through Diane, that I first was introduced to HeartTouchers. I will never forget one particularly difficult period, when my health issues and the weather were cooperating to make me housebound. I emailed a short note to Diane telling her how much I wished we lived closer, so that I could just give her a hug. Then I got as busy as was possible, and felt better just letting her know how I felt. Next thing I knew, there was a knock at my door...no doubt a vacuum cleaner salesman. I went to the door, ready for my "we don't want any" speech, and there stood Diane, holding a balloon and wearing a big smile. "Someone told me that you needed a hug!" She said, holding out her arms and the balloon. That's Diane. A little more than a year ago, my daughter, Jenny, was about to undergo brain surgery. It was so sudden! There was no time to prepare. My health would not permit me to go to the University of Virginia, and be there for Jenny's surgery. The prognosis was scary. So much could go wrong. My husband and daughter, Helen, went to be with Jenny, while I stayed home keeping prayerful watch, and writing to every HeartToucher I knew who believed in the power of prayer, including Michael and Kristi Powers. The prayer requests, literally, went around the world -- Africa, Australia, Canada, Asia, and the Middle East. Every kindred, tongue and people continued this circle of prayer. And who was holding my hand through it all? Diane. Diane epitomizes that woman "of noble character" in Proverbs 31. Diane is "worth far more than rubies... She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy," even if the "needy" have more than Diane. I'm quite certain that Diane and I will be in heaven together, having all the time in eternity to do the things we love to do together, worshiping God, praying, and having all those long talks that we've missed during our many crises on earth. I will look forward to resting in the eternal landscape of God's true beauty. I think I'll need the rest, occasionally. For I hope that I will receive the honor of helping to carry around that great crown, which I'm quite certain, God will be giving to Diane. Jaye Lewis Write Jaye and let her know your thoughts on her story! **** Special Request for Prayer: Diane's Howard's daughter-in-law, Carol Young has been recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Please pray for Carol, her husband Tim and their children. And please pray for Diane. If you wish to send an encouraging email to Carol and Tim, you may contact them through Diane Howard at diandbob@chartertn.net "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 _________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business Dear Michael, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the beautiful video you made for me! It was so special to see both of my parents in tears as they watched their children grow up in pictures before their eyes! I loved the way you made Estania's part set aside from the rest--that was the part that really got them! The music was beautiful. My mom kept blubbering, "What song is that?" I don't know how you did such a beautiful job with the video in such a short time. I really appreciate your doing it so quickly. You have a wonderful gift, and I thank God that you are using it to create such sentimental memories. I hope that I can find my niche like that in an area that I love. Your video gave us one of our most lasting Christmas memories! I hope yours was filled with moments to be treasured forever! Love, Trisha Silverhill, AL Let me make you a video from your photos! Check out my video production business by visiting: http://www.hearttouchers.com/video_imagery/ ___________________________________________ Would you like to see your story in HeartTouchers.com? 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