Testimony

Otis Hardy

Moroni — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:47:28 GMT

I had an opportunity to meet seventy Otis Hardy and his wife recently. He permitted me to record some of his testimony to share. I got to hear just enough to know that if I ever get the opportunity to go and see Otis preach I will make sure I get there. Follow the link below to hear our brother share a few minutes.

http://www.cumoraharchive.com/video/Otis_Hardy_Testimony.wmv

His watchful care

Val Pena — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:38:16 GMT

This was a good lesson in how God watches over us. 

We were driving out in the country side on our way to yet another job interview.
Being newly married and looking for a place to start our new life, we
were excited about the possibilities.

We came to a very narrow bridge. Just in front of us was a farm tractor
with large metal disc attached, the kind that tear up the ground before
planting begins. It was at a stand still, trying to decide if it could
cross the bridge.

We had been discussing angels and how God uses them to protect His
people. 

Suddenly, we became aware of a car speeding toward us. If it hit us at
that rate of speed, it would push our car into the tractor. And there
were those big, gleaming, metal disc  to think about.
We were in trouble. We asked out loud for God to please help us! Send 
us your angels now!
 
The speeding car was almost upon us. When, suddenly it left the road. 
It smoothly came to rest down in the field beside of  us.  It's driver was
uninjured. We weren't even touched! And there was such a feeling of
calmness....of peace!

We experienced God's protection that day. And saw His angels at work in
our lives. It was a moment with the Father that we'll NEVER forget!

blessed with a furry friend

Val Pena — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:35:29 GMT

Probably the most outstanding testimony on my heart these days is about how God loves and cares about His
children so much.

You now how they say we all come to Earth with a job to do....a
purpose....even to fulfill a destiny........An angel in the form of a
dog named Cimmaron showed us just that!

One Saturday in July of 1998, my son and I were running late to meet
his Dad for lunch. I had pulled over to a pay phone to let him know we
wouldn't be there at the planned time. Suddenly, I became aware of
honking & yelling directed at something black lying in the middle of
the street. It was a small black lab, afraid and unsure of where to go in
the midst of all the commotion around it.

I called to it, when the traffic cleared. It ran across the street and
around the car. Suddenly, it was at the open window on my son's side of the car. It
stood up on it's back feet placing it's front paws on the open window,
head on it's paws, almost looking like it was praying.

As I was thinking how odd this was, my son very excitedly started
saying, "Mom. Christopher sent me this dog from Heaven!" What? How
could I dispute what he was saying?

You see only a couple of months earlier his 6 year old brother had died suddenly
leaving a HUGE hole in his 7 year old heart. And this dog was standing
there, looking at my son, with these eyes of "knowing".

We shoved her into the car that day, not knowing the joy she would
bring to us. Or the healing she would bring to my son.
That dog stayed close to him. She played with him, rode in the car, ate
with him....she became his friend and constant companion.

It was more than eight years ago that God looked down and sent this dog
to heal the heart of a grieving boy. And what a kind teen he has become because of God's love... sent down from above in the
form of a small brown eyed dog!

God says that He counts the hairs on our head. He sees the sparrow when
it falls from a tree. And He knows how to reach out to us in many forms
of caring & love.
God wants to help each of us.....all we need to do is ask.