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Letters to the God Box: How The God Box Helped Through Trials
I love receiving letters like these, it makes me so grateful when Mom’s story touches others..
“Dear Mary Lou,
I picked up the God Box book as a gift for my son’s phenomenal third grade teacher, Joan, who has been teaching for over 30 years. Her mom is 91 and she has been very ill this past year. Her mom – Anne, says a rosary each day and has been doing so since the age of 20. I have a special fondness for the Blessed Mother and was so touched to hear this. I believe Anne is still alive. I thought your book may help Joan through her mom’s transition to heaven, whenever that may be. It may be a while as I recall a day toward the end of the school year when I asked Joan about her mom just after they shared a discussion about possibly moving her mom to a facility where she could receive constant care. Anne’s response to her daughter was along the lines of although she seemed to be ready for heaven, God still had special plans for her. I am hopeful that Joan has read your book over the summer and that it brings her some comfort.
I have since bought several more copies to share with friends who are going through difficult times now.
It has also brought incredible comfort to me. After I finished your book, our family was struck with many challenging situations. I truly believe that it was God’s plan that I read your book as a way to let me know that although there would be some dark days ahead, God had better plans for me than I could imagine.
My mom was recently hospitalized for three weeks due to OCD, anxiety and depression. Although a woman of great faith she has struggled for years. She has tremendous difficulty letting go and letting God truly guide her. She was just released a week ago and has still had some challenges. I am encouraged that she will slowly recover and be able to be more faith filled. I think your book will be a blessing for her. After reading your book, I sometimes wished that I had a mom as strong as your mom to guide me as many times I have felt like a mother to my mom. But I now understand that God has different plans for us and we need to let go and follow them. Thank you for helping me to better understand this.
Two weeks ago today, my husband was laid off. He did not see this coming as he had just booked a trip to Disney World for our family around Christmas. He was shattered. I however had great peace. I knew the stress of his job was killing him physically and emotionally. I even asked during the weeks prior what I should do about his mom should he die. I wasn’t sure I could handle the grief of losing him while raising our two sons without him and take care of his ailing mother. I truly believe that your book somehow inspired me to look at things differently. I did not fall apart when he told me he lost his job, I actually felt blessed. So many miracles have happened since then, that I am certain that this is God’s plan.
I see that you will be at St. Joseph’s University in the coming weeks. I hope to meet you then if possible to thank you personally for touching me in such a special way.
Thank you so much for reading my story and I hope to meet you in person.
Gratefully,
Bernadette”
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