Sister Liu is now in her forties. She has a son who started to work as a high school teacher in the county she is living in the year before last, and his son also becomes an on-the-job postgraduate student at a university in Jiangsu province this year. Many people may think that Sister Liu is lucky enough to have such a healthy and promising son. Actually, she has been through the rock bottom of her life, but God has led her out of it with his grace.
The husband of Liu was a teacher who worked in the best middle school in this county. Sister Liu was a head waiter at a restaurant. She has little education and grew up in the town. But later, her husband had liver cancer. When her husband became very sick, Liu quit her job and took care of him every day. At that time, her husband was just about 30 years old. Liu took care of her husband every single minute. At first, her husband didn't believe in the Lord, while his parents were believers. Later, the sisters and brothers of a nearby church came to visit him and prayed for him. Gradually, he became a believer. He died in the end due to cancer, but he died peacefully, with no fear at all.
Sister Liu said that she knew that soon her husband would leave her, but when that day really came, she still couldn't suppress the sadness in her heart. At that time, her son was only 10 years old. She wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to cry in front of her son because she was afraid that it might remind him of the death of his father. She didn't want her son to feel sad for anything, nor did she want him to feel that he was inferior to others because of the death of his father. Luckily, her parents-in-law and two sisters-in-law helped her a lot, and she got two part-time jobs. She continued to lead a relatively comfortable life, but nobody could ever take away the sadness in her heart.
At first, she would cry every night when she was out of her son's sight. Luckily, she is a believer. She would pray to the Lord and beg the Lord to carry away her sadness. Over time, her son matured, but unfortunately, the challenges he faced were beyond her ability to resolve. Every time she mentioned the word 'father', her son would be mad and lose his temper.
So she prayed every single day like crazy. Even when she suddenly woke up at night, she would pray to the Lord and beg the Lord to pave the future road for them.
Now her husband has passed away for more than ten years, and her son has become a teacher, just like his father. She knows that the reason for all of this was that the Lord listened to her prayer and granted her son the ability to continue the cause of his father. Though her son doesn't often attend the church gatherings, he still believes in the Lord. Sometimes he would go to the church and defend the Lord. "God really exists in this world. My life experience is a vivid demonstration of the grace of the Lord!" she confessed.
- Translated by Nicolas Cao
