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When I was at school in Ireland our family
car was a Ford ZB2763, purchased by my Grandfather and
driven by two of my Uncles .My Uncle James was the engineer
in charge at Tarbert Power Station in Co. Kerry and Uncle
Edward was my hero in the Fire Department in Cork City. They
shared the loft room of my Grandparents house in City View.
On my way home from school one lunchtime I gazed in
horror as the Ford was coming slowly down Gardiner's Hill
to meet me and I HAD NOT ASKED IT TO. Walking briskly up the
hill ahead of me was Garda Kennedy who lived close by, walking
behind me as usual was my fellow school bus traveller Richard
Lawton who lived across the road from me in Herbert Park Lawn, who
was a student at Presentation Brothers College, he was
very serious and had wonderful sandy hair and on occasion
he was as wild as a March hare. I shall always be grateful
to Richard for helping my Grandmother with her heavy shopping
from the English Market in the City. Most especially
I shall be grateful to him for responding to the Garda's request
to him to find a large rock which he , the Garda needed
to place in front of the car tyres as he with no thought for
his own safety had then stood in front of and strove to hold
the runaway Ford. He then called to me to run and to
quickly alert my Uncle Eddie.I can still remember running
so fast to my Grandparents home and telling them of the situation
whilst being so worried about the Garda so bravely tackling
it on the hill. That day disaster was averted by two wonderful
heroes of mine. If they had not been there that day I
dread to think what might have happened especially as so many
children travelled home from school at lunchtime and up that
steep but wonderful hill. As I write this I am reminded of
the Words of Scripture "He meets all our needs according
to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus". He certainly
met mine that day and many days since then, He will meet your
needs also but more especially as you proclaim His Word for
He said "he shall have whatsoever he SAITH""
in Mark Ch.11v23. When you proclaim the Word you will be amazed
at the power It will generate on your behalf , my friends
and I have seen many miracles because of our diligence in
this,because the Word is ALIVE. We meet at the Doncaster Royal
Infirmary l Chapel to pray once every week and have seen miracles
. All of my friends and those I love in Ireland are always
in our prayers so you all need to expect that the Lord will
also move on your behalf and in your needs. He is a miracle-
working God and delights in blessing us whom He loves. Some
years ago we asked the Lord to show us how to pray so that
His people could be blessed, one of the first things He showed
us was "MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED THROUGH LACK OF KNOWLEDGE"
. W e of course all shouted "give us the knowledge
we do not want the people to be destroyed" and the knowledge
has been coming since, we are often amazed at what we
are being shown, more later, God bless you all
, always Catherine 0'Halloran.
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