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The story of the Faith Sisters is about
their faith and their music that is a way of sharing God's Grace
and Peace that only He can bring and of God's abiding love He
has for each of us.
Mary learned at a young age about
God and that Jesus was our link to heaven. Her mother,
although she had many mental illnesses, knew God too. She read
from the Bible almost every night when Mary was young and that
is how Mary learned to read.
Life was interesting and full of
difficulties, happy times, and sad times. For example: their
house burning down, a father who was gone most of the time, and
having to live in foster homes when their mother was ill. Only
through God's grace was Mary saved through another fire later
when she was eight years old. She suffered 3rd degree burns
that left her scarred and ostracized for many years. Yet
without any surgeries, and only her faith in the Lord, she
triumphed and today has only a few scars that remind her of
God's awesome grace.
Seeing life through incidents that
most people never experience, Mary learned that our looks are
only skin deep; how not to be fearful of things that are
different from us; and that there will be many trials all
through our lives. Mary discovered when feeling alone, that God
had not moved away from her but that she was the one who walked
away from God.
Mary's sister, Barbara, remembers
the two of them singing together as children. About 8 years
ago, the Lord brought the sisters together again as the Faith
Sisters. They began writing songs and started making
appearances telling everyone about what the Lord had done in
their lives.
In 2004, Barbara was diagnosed with
stage four, terminal breast cancer. In 2005, she was sent to
hospice, three times to die. During the last hospice, Barbara
said the Lord gave her Psalms 118, verses 17-18. At that
moment, she knew she was not going to die. She knew that the
Lord had a purpose for everything. By the grace of God, her
cancer was gone. Praise God from whom all blessings
flow!!
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