The Cup She Raised
When Maria Santos stood up at her church in San Antonio last fall, her hands were shaking. Six months earlier, doctors had found a tumor...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 116:12-13, 15-18.
When Maria Santos stood up at her church in San Antonio last fall, her hands were shaking. Six months earlier, doctors had found a tumor wrapped around her spine. The prognosis was grim. Her family gathered. Her pastor came. Maria told everyone the same thing: "Whatever happens, He has been good to me." Then came the surgery, the grueling recovery, the slow miracle of feeling returning to her legs.…
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