FAITH AND COURAGE OF LOU BERTHA FLANAGAN RAISED IN THE RED CLAY HILLS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI A WOMAN PROPHET OF GOD, CALLED TO MINISTER, FROM A YOUNG CHILD. PROPHECY!!! THAT WHISKEY WON'T HELP YOU, REPENT!!!!! PROPHECY!!!! YOU'RE UNDER GOD'S CHASTISEMENT! HE'S NOT HERE FOR LONG!!!! IF YOU DON'T TAKE THAT BOY TO A DOCTOR, HE'LL BE DEAD IN THE MORNING!!!! PROPHECY!!!!!!! GET RIGHT WITH GOD; YOU'LL DIE IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT!!!!!!!! HEART SPECIALIST, DOCTORS, SAYS TO HER, "YOU HAVE AN ASD," HOW BIG????? "THE SIZE OF A HALF OF A DOLLAR, AND WE CAN'T FIX IT,"!!!!!!! ????? !!!!! WAS SHE SHOCKED????? NOT THE LEAST!!!! BY FAITH IN JESUS, SHE SAYS, "THERE'S NOTHING MY GOD CAN'T TAKE CARE OF,"!!!! HER FAMILY WANTS TO KNOW, HOW LONG CAN SHE LIVE WITH THIS????? A DAY, A WEEK, OR A YEAR, BECAUSE EVERYDAY SHE HAS BEEN LIVING, IS A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO, WE DON'T WANT HER HEART SHOCKED!!!!!!!! SHE COULD DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BATTLE RAGES ON, SHE HAS ASSURANCE IN GOD, AND PUTS HER COMPLETE TRUST IN HIM. WHILE, SOME OF HER FAMILY'S URGES HER, TOO OFTEN, TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT BY THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY, SHE HELD ONTO HER FAITH AND TO HER GOD -------- JESUS CHRIST....................... A-men.