The Girl Who Heard a Voice in the Garden
On February 7, 1837, a sixteen-year-old named Florence Nightingale sat in the garden of her family's estate in Embley Park, Hampshire, and heard what she...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 1:26-38.
On February 7, 1837, a sixteen-year-old named Florence Nightingale sat in the garden of her family's estate in Embley Park, Hampshire, and heard what she described as the unmistakable voice of God calling her to His service. She had no idea what that service would be. She only knew she had been summoned. Everything about her life argued against it.…
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