Girl Thinks the Church Is Nothing but a Fraud until She Meets the Local Pastor – Story of the Day
A girl whose father had abandoned her family when she was very young is shattered when her mother passes away and finds her faith in God is gone until she meets the pastor.
Diana Landers was just seven when her father left. Her mother, Molly, was a loving, hard-working woman, and she did her best to fill the void in her daughter’s life. “Daddy loves you, Diana,” she’d say, “But he needs to find his way in life. You’ll see, one day God will guide him back.”
But belief in God wasn’t something that came easily to Diana. She spent too much time seeing her heartbroken mother praying and trying to hide her tears. Surely if there were a God, he’d answer Molly! But he never did…
The events of her life led Diana to lose her faith in God. | Source: Shutterstock.com
Diana grew up, and when she was twenty, her mother started getting sick. At first, Diana thought it was just the change of life, but one Sunday, Molly fainted while getting dressed to go to church, and Diana called an ambulance.
At the hospital, Molly was placed in the intensive care unit, and one of the doctors came to talk to Diana. “Miss Landers, your mother should have been in hospital weeks ago! I told her this could happen…”
Diana was stunned. “She knew? What do you mean she knew?”
The doctor looked confused. “Why, that her cancer was progressing.” he said, “The chemotherapy didn’t work…”
Diana’s father left his family and she grew up alone with her mother. | Source: Unsplash
Diana gasped. “My mother has cancer?” she cried, “But she didn’t tell me! I didn’t know! What can we do to help her?”
The doctor shook his head sadly. “I’m sorry. Miss Landers, but we’ve done all we can.” he explained, “Now all we can do is make your mother comfortable. Some people find comfort in prayer…”
“Prayer?” said Diana bitterly, “I’ve seen my mother praying all my life and spend all her time in church and look at where she is? Where is God when you need him? Tell me that? What has religion done for her? She’s dying anyway, isn’t she?”
Diana walked out of the hospital sobbing and sat on one of the benches in the surrounding garden. She was devastated. Her father was long gone, and her childhood dream of finding...