This is a story I heard last night at the Memorial service that you should know. Again, it speaks loudly as to the kind of man PaPaw was. I will put it in first person as it was shared with me.
Mom wasn't a Christian but I got her to come to church. She liked Ralph's preaching and came a second time. I asked Brother Woerner to go see her, explaining to him that she was not saved. "She's not ready." That was his only response.
About a week later I asked him again to go see Mom. Again he said, "She's not ready." At some time during this period I was encouraged that Mom was showing interest by continuing to come to church and also purchasing a Bible.
What if she died during this "not ready time?" I asked Bro. Woerner again to go visit her, telling him of my concern. He asked me if I had talked to her and after hearing that I had spoken to her about faith, he again told me "she wasn't ready."
About another week or so went by when I got a call from Mom. She told me Brother Woerner had showed up that day and she prayed to receive Christ. Mom said, "Last night as I was reading the Bible it became so clear and I knew I wanted to be a Christian. And today the preacher shows up." I asked her if she had called Brother Woerner to come over and she said "no," thinking I had sent him.
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