Jessica's First Prayer & Jessica's Mother

Ebook here: https://archive.org/details/jessicasfirstpra00streuoft/page/n6

I read the edited version long ago, and the Lamplighter editor claimed to have “improved” the story because he disliked the ending. I strongly disliked his version. I always meant to find the original version and suspected I'd like even a “depressing” ending better than a reinvented one, and sure enough, I found this original to be a sweet and uplifting story. What happens when God shows us a different plan than we had hoped for? How do we react? Two men have their roles in God's future redefined–one by sickness, the other by a disturbed individual. What a picture of how to take those “setbacks” and still praise God!