Sharing the extraordinary things God has done in our lives.

Author: Randy Grathen

  • FAITH OVER FEAR

    FAITH OVER FEAR

    Click on the green Listen bar above if you want the story read to you. Story by Jerry O’Dell. Woke up suddenly… Wide awake… it is after 1:30 am. April 28th 2022. I normally don’t wake up like this… I usually sleep soundly until 5-5:30. As I lay there the thought hit my mind that… Read more

  • Family of The Month – Part Five.

    Family of The Month – Part Five.
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    Can’t Work on Sundays, – time to rebuild. Story by Randy Grathen. Laurie and I met Mike when we moved to the Lake of the Ozarks in October 1998. The one and only time Mike ran a Handyman for Hire ad in the local newspaper, the owner of the house we were renting hired Mike… Read more

  • Family of The Month – Part Four.

    Family of The Month – Part Four.
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    God is a God of “Just in time.” Story by Randy Grathen. God’s Perfect Timing: When the people who took us in the night of the storm; (read about them in Part Three here in, “We Know Where Our Treasures Lie.”) brought us back to the house the next morning, it was the first time… Read more

  • Family of The Month – Part Three.

    Family of The Month – Part Three.
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    We Know Where Our Treasures Lie. Story by Randy Grathen. We Know Where Our Treasures Lie: In May of 2003 in Camdenton, Missouri my wife Laurie and I survived a tornado that destroyed our home while we were in it. That “tragedy” was the catalyst to discovering so many amazing and wonderful lessons about life… Read more

  • Family of the Month – Part Two.

    Family of the Month – Part Two.
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    God Knew we’d need it. Story by Randy Grathen. When I came home from work each night, I put my wallet and car keys in a drawer of our China cabinet as I came in from the garage. Likewise, Laurie put her purse on a little table next to the door. When the tornado hit,… Read more

  • Miracle on Midway

    Miracle on Midway
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    Click on the green Listen bar above if you want the story read to you. Story by Randy Grathen. While stationed on the Island of Guam I was sent on a temporary duty assignment to Midway Island the northern most landmass in the Hawaiian Island chain, 2,600 miles East of Guam or 2,800 miles West of San… Read more

  • Family of the Month – Part One.

    Family of the Month – Part One.
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    Everything was gone but we survived. Story by Randy Grathen. The small church my wife Laurie and I attended in Camdenton, Missouri announced one Sunday that they were starting a “Family of the Month” ministry. Each month a family would be selected, and members of the church would volunteer to do maintenance, mow the lawn,… Read more

  • The Bible is Like a Botanical Garden

    The Bible is Like a Botanical Garden

    Click on the green Listen bar above if you want the story read to you. Story by Randy Grathen. I ‘ve been told that when you read the bible the goal isn’t to see how fast you can get through it. Some people subscribe to the “read-the-bible-in-a-year” program, basically a foot race to the Revelation… Read more