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"She Made Christ Her Home"
Ruth Graham tells about how her mother's childhood in China prepared her for ministry.
Ruth Graham
I cannot recall my earliest memory of Mother, but I am quite certain it is associated with joy. Her joy did not stem from perfect or ideal circumstances but from a deep, abiding love affair with the Lord Jesus.
Mother was born in China during a time of warlords and bandits. She grew up hearing gunfire in the distance at night and could recall seeing bombs in their berths as planes flew low over their compound, but she doesn't remember fear being part of her childhood. She lost a brother to dysentery when he was 18 months old but remembers no lingering shadow of sorrow...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... -32.0.html
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My Mother's Legacy
Anne Graham Lotz remembers Ruth Bell Graham's stuffed-toy hedgehogs, unconditional love, and intense relationship with God.
Anne Graham Lotz
Our family had gathered at our father's house in Montreat, North Carolina, responding to the word that Mother had been taken off life support. For weeks, Mother had clung to life. She seemed torn between wanting to remain here, with Daddy and the rest of the family, and wanting to be with Jesus. We all felt her struggle.
As her time to go home drew near, we gathered around her bed, singing and praying and reading Scripture. Daddy had excused himself for a brief rest. But as Mother's breathing became shallower, he returned to her side. She gazed in his direction, took two breaths, and entered into the presence of Jesus...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... -34.0.html
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Mrs. Graham's Grit
Three cheers for incompatibility.
David Neff
In his obituary for Ruth Bell Graham, Marshall Shelley writes: "Ruth provided a measure of grit that complemented Billy's more diplomatic style." Marshall edits Leadership, CT's sister publication for pastors, so it is only natural that he then provides three telling illustrations of Mrs. Graham's grit. Go read them.
From 1981 to 1983, Ruth Graham wrote a column for this magazine. Called "By the Way," it was brief, pithy, and often quite pointed. I re-read the lot of them, and they confirmed Marshall's use of the word grit.
One example is her column from September 18, 1981, titled "Needed: Incompatibility." Mrs. Graham made it clear that "incompatibility" was needed in every marriage and was hardly a reason for divorce. Then she did a preacherly turn and exposited the key words her dictionary used to define incompatible.
About conflicting, she wrote, "I once knew a man who refused to let his wife disagree with him on anything. Now, every man needs to be disagreed with occasionally...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... t/9.7.html
Ian
Ruth Graham tells about how her mother's childhood in China prepared her for ministry.
Ruth Graham
I cannot recall my earliest memory of Mother, but I am quite certain it is associated with joy. Her joy did not stem from perfect or ideal circumstances but from a deep, abiding love affair with the Lord Jesus.
Mother was born in China during a time of warlords and bandits. She grew up hearing gunfire in the distance at night and could recall seeing bombs in their berths as planes flew low over their compound, but she doesn't remember fear being part of her childhood. She lost a brother to dysentery when he was 18 months old but remembers no lingering shadow of sorrow...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... -32.0.html
See also
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... ml#related
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My Mother's Legacy
Anne Graham Lotz remembers Ruth Bell Graham's stuffed-toy hedgehogs, unconditional love, and intense relationship with God.
Anne Graham Lotz
Our family had gathered at our father's house in Montreat, North Carolina, responding to the word that Mother had been taken off life support. For weeks, Mother had clung to life. She seemed torn between wanting to remain here, with Daddy and the rest of the family, and wanting to be with Jesus. We all felt her struggle.
As her time to go home drew near, we gathered around her bed, singing and praying and reading Scripture. Daddy had excused himself for a brief rest. But as Mother's breathing became shallower, he returned to her side. She gazed in his direction, took two breaths, and entered into the presence of Jesus...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... -34.0.html
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Mrs. Graham's Grit
Three cheers for incompatibility.
David Neff
In his obituary for Ruth Bell Graham, Marshall Shelley writes: "Ruth provided a measure of grit that complemented Billy's more diplomatic style." Marshall edits Leadership, CT's sister publication for pastors, so it is only natural that he then provides three telling illustrations of Mrs. Graham's grit. Go read them.
From 1981 to 1983, Ruth Graham wrote a column for this magazine. Called "By the Way," it was brief, pithy, and often quite pointed. I re-read the lot of them, and they confirmed Marshall's use of the word grit.
One example is her column from September 18, 1981, titled "Needed: Incompatibility." Mrs. Graham made it clear that "incompatibility" was needed in every marriage and was hardly a reason for divorce. Then she did a preacherly turn and exposited the key words her dictionary used to define incompatible.
About conflicting, she wrote, "I once knew a man who refused to let his wife disagree with him on anything. Now, every man needs to be disagreed with occasionally...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/200 ... t/9.7.html
Ian