My Testimony: That Voice Within Me
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It was the Rev Dr. Winston Worrel, Director of the World Evangelism Methodist Institute who had been encouraging us in the Caribbean, to "indigenize the Gospel", by using everyday aspects of our lives and culture, to communicate what God has done and can do for us.
Malcolm AJ Charles
Malcolm Charles has enjoyed poetry and writing since early childhood and has recently decided that it was time to make a public declaration of the miracles that have occurred over his lifetime. A third generation follower of the Methodist Church community in Saint Lucia and the South Caribbean District, he credits his parents, the late Percy and Alvina Charles, with initially providing the foundation upon which he has built and developed the faith and belief, to see him through the joys as well as the adversities of life. A certified professional administrator and human resource development consultant, he also enjoys playing and singing Gospel and folk music on the piano, organ, and guitar in his spare time, along with a wide range of humanitarian projects, most of which he channels through his local Rotary Club. With his wife Anita, they have shared well over a quarter century together, and today Charles wishes to also share some of his personal experiences of what he is confident that God has done for him. Author of a variety of international business journal articles, book publications ,poetry, and music, he hopes that by taking the bold step in divulging some of his personal experiences with modern-day miracles, that this will help other ordinary persons like himself, to strengthen their own beliefs and faith. As he takes “the risk” of sharing these private lines, he draws on the favour of Psalm 34:19, which says, “A (righteous) man may have his troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.” It is hoped that these real life practical accounts of miracles in our time will be a blessing and encouragement to us all, as we navigate the often-uncharted waters of this journey called life.
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My Testimony - Malcolm AJ Charles
CHAPTER ONE (1)
Overcoming Asthma Attacks
Having arrived on this fair earth via a premature birth, as a child, all wrapped up in cotton wool as a make shift incubator I am told, I thereafter suffered immensely with Asthma attacks, causing me to miss school lessons and as a result, I had to struggle
through classes at both the Primary through to mid Secondary School levels.
My parents and family members prayed and prayed for my relief from this affliction, while at the same time, consulting with our caring and empathetic family physicians, in the persons of the late Dr. Sir Frederick Clarke and Dr. Betty Wells.
It was not until age 15, when the prognosis of the late Dr.Betty Wells came to past, that the asthma ‘curse’ was finally lifted from me, and by God’s grace, I outgrew the condition to this day.
While I may not have fully understood it back then, now in my more mature years, it is clear, that the good Lord had in fact intervened and has thankfully, continued to the present time.
As it is written in Psalms 103, Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits; who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases
All Praise and thanks therefore, be to Almighty God.
Parents%20Wedding%20Photo%201947.jpgParents Wedding Photo
1947
CHAPTER TWO (2)
"You Must Behave
For An Hour"
The title of this Testimony, was the regular and consistent chant
of my late father Percy, both at home and at Sunday school in particular, as he exhorted the restless youth of the day
attending the Methodist Sunday School, of which he was Superintendent.
The rationale of You must behave for an hour
, was that if you could be disciplined enough to behave yourself during the one hour
duration of Sunday School sessions, then your chances of becoming self disciplined
, could be incrementally improved.
According to Dad’s logic, and I quote If you can be successful at behaving for an hour (at Sunday school) then you could try two hours, then three hours, six, eight hours, a day, a week, a month, a year, until your entire life becomes one of self discipline.
You know I will have to admit that our patriarch
I believe was right!!
Even as I travelled various countries around the world, I would from time to time run into some of my former ‘Sunday School Classmates’ who continue (even to this day) to quote those recurring lines ‘You must behave for an hour’, as well as in my own life, notwithstanding difficult and trying times, these words are again Testimony to God’s Grace.
Even today, I call on that inner strength, to tide
me through, when things go contrary to what I expect.
Like the old count to ten
formula, I simply try to cope for an hour
then onwards incrementally… .
I recommend that you try it when next you are confronted with another ‘patience testing’ dilemma.
All Praise and Glory be to the most