Shared by Jim Gordon, from memories shared by Marilynn
Gordon.
My time spent living in Indiana is only remembered by
studying photos and listening to stories told by others. I can never remember
seeing my Dad moving about, pre polio years. I only remember times when he was
cared for by others.
The following is what was told to me by my Mother.
Arthur Gordon was a young pastor when at the church in
Indiana, in the early 1950’s. He was very committed to the Lord and the
ministry at this location. But he was becoming discouraged at not seeing
results in the ministry. He spent many Saturday nights, all night at the
church, praying and pleading with the Lord for responses and results. The
church was located about one quarter mile from the parsonage we lived in. But
you could see anything happening at the church from the house. Mom could see
the lights at the church on Saturdays. Never were there indications that the
prayers were being answered. Then, after polio hit the family, after moving to
Ohio, when Arthur was hospitalized, he was privileged to lead several nurses to
the Lord. Only then did the realization become apparent that prayers were being
answered. The prayer had been, “at any cost”. Not knowing ahead of time
how that request would be answered, now souls were being saved and the TRIUMPH
ministry by the written word was established. Over the years the responses and
encouragements received, have told of changes in lives, never dreamed possible
by our own planning. Yes, prayers are sometimes answered in ways not thought of
by humans. But God has his specific ways of answering, sometimes even “at any cost”.
