When Henry Gockel was 32...
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When Henry Gockel was 32, he lost his voice. After visiting at least 25 different specialists, he still found no relief. He had to resign from the pastoral ministry in the Lutheran Church. He and his wife Mildred and their two children moved to live with his widowed mother in Cleveland, where Mildred got a secretarial job and Pastor Gockel watched the children. He kept remembering Romans 8:32: "He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things?" He began working for "The Lutheran Hour." Then he worked for Concordia Publishing House where he worked in the shipping department and wrote Christmas card poems. Soon he became manager, and did a lot of writing and publishing. Then Mildred became ill, was hospitalized 26 times, and was at the brink of death six times. Still he continued to write. Finally, he was offered the opportunity to produce a television program, which became "This Is The Life," a milestone in religious communications. All this after the preacher lost his voice!
Saint Paul assures us that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, and that, therefore, he will work for good in all things which may come our way in life.
-- Guettler
Saint Paul assures us that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, and that, therefore, he will work for good in all things which may come our way in life.
-- Guettler
