Overcome With Amazement
Stories
Vision Stories
True Accounts Of Visions, Angels, And Healing Miracles
... he said to them, "Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha cum" which means, "Little girl, get up!" And immediately the little girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. (vv. 39b-42)
Pastor Tom Hodge was about to leave his office to go home for supper when he received word that one of his members was in the hospital and was not expected to live. He called his wife, Jean, to tell her he was going to be late, and set out for the hospital. When he arrived he found the man's family crying and embracing each other in the corridor outside the room. The doctor had just announced to them that their loved one had died.
Pastor Hodge asked if he could go into the room. There were several more members of the family gathered around the bed. He said to them, "Any of you who don't know the Lord, you leave this room." Then he went over to the bed, laid his hands on the man and prayed. The man opened his eyes and looked up. The family was elated and the hospital staff were amazed.
The man lived for about a week before he became ill again. This time the Lord took him home for good. But in that week of extra life, he received the Lord as his personal savior. And many who witnessed this miracle also gave their lives to Christ.
On another occasion a couple came to Pastor Hodge with a baby that was not expected to live. The child had a bowel obstruction for which nothing could be done in those days. The pastor took the baby in his arms and prayed for healing. The couple called later with great excitement to report that the child's bowels had moved and he would be all right.
Tom Hodge served Assembly of God Churches for over fifty years in West Bend, Hartford, and Mather, Wisconsin, and in Ishpeming, Michigan. He died in 1998. His wife, Jean Hodge, who is ninety, and now lives in a retirement home near West Bend, tells how her husband has sometimes appeared next to her in bed at night. She said, "One night he came to me, and put his hand on my shoulder, and I went to put my hand on his hand, and his hand slipped away. I just couldn't get over it because he was right there, and he smiled at me. He was comforting me. I felt so elated. It was just so wonderful. I know he is with the Lord."
Pastor Tom Hodge was about to leave his office to go home for supper when he received word that one of his members was in the hospital and was not expected to live. He called his wife, Jean, to tell her he was going to be late, and set out for the hospital. When he arrived he found the man's family crying and embracing each other in the corridor outside the room. The doctor had just announced to them that their loved one had died.
Pastor Hodge asked if he could go into the room. There were several more members of the family gathered around the bed. He said to them, "Any of you who don't know the Lord, you leave this room." Then he went over to the bed, laid his hands on the man and prayed. The man opened his eyes and looked up. The family was elated and the hospital staff were amazed.
The man lived for about a week before he became ill again. This time the Lord took him home for good. But in that week of extra life, he received the Lord as his personal savior. And many who witnessed this miracle also gave their lives to Christ.
On another occasion a couple came to Pastor Hodge with a baby that was not expected to live. The child had a bowel obstruction for which nothing could be done in those days. The pastor took the baby in his arms and prayed for healing. The couple called later with great excitement to report that the child's bowels had moved and he would be all right.
Tom Hodge served Assembly of God Churches for over fifty years in West Bend, Hartford, and Mather, Wisconsin, and in Ishpeming, Michigan. He died in 1998. His wife, Jean Hodge, who is ninety, and now lives in a retirement home near West Bend, tells how her husband has sometimes appeared next to her in bed at night. She said, "One night he came to me, and put his hand on my shoulder, and I went to put my hand on his hand, and his hand slipped away. I just couldn't get over it because he was right there, and he smiled at me. He was comforting me. I felt so elated. It was just so wonderful. I know he is with the Lord."
