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When God Calls - Go and Do

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  Some years ago, I had a singular event happen that has been coming to mind a lot recently. It seems fitting, then, to put the incident on paper and let others read about it since it may be an encouragement to them and, quite possibly, to me as well. Without mentioning actual names, I had known Amanda who, along with her husband Peter, was part of the same social club I was involved in a few years before. She was a very pleasant woman in her 30s who was quite active and had given birth to a little girl about two years before. Unfortunately, she developed a fast-spreading cancer and within months was on death’s door. I was aware of the situation as a good friend of mine was a close acquaintance of the couple. He told me that she was about to go to a Hospice House where she was not expected to last more than a few days. I was taken aback at this since she was such a young and strong woman.  At the time I was a life insurance agent and the discussion of death and its consequences was a d