J.C. Penney
Giffird sat down to read the booklet that the security guard had given him. It was an inspirational story of how, in 1929, the founder of what would become the J.C. Penney department store chain checked into a hospital concerned about his deteriorating health condition. The man believed he would not live through the night.
Mr. Penney awoke in the morning surprised to find that he was still alive. As he walked down the hallway, he heard singing coming from the hospital chapel. Penney entered the chapel and listened with a weary heart to the words of the hymn, reading of scripture, and the prayer.
Giffird read the man’s words in the story: “Suddenly something happened. I can’t explain it. I can only call it a miracle. I felt as if I had been instantly lifted out of the darkness into a warm, brilliant sunlight.” Mr. Penney wrote that he felt as if he had been transported from hell to paradise. He said he felt the power of God as he had never felt it before. Penney knew that God was there to help him.
After reading the booklet, Giffird began to feel as though God was trying to help him too.
Giffird sat down to read the booklet that the security guard had given him. It was an inspirational story of how, in 1929, the founder of what would become the J.C. Penney department store chain checked into a hospital concerned about his deteriorating health condition. The man believed he would not live through the night.
Mr. Penney awoke in the morning surprised to find that he was still alive. As he walked down the hallway, he heard singing coming from the hospital chapel. Penney entered the chapel and listened with a weary heart to the words of the hymn, reading of scripture, and the prayer.
Giffird read the man’s words in the story: “Suddenly something happened. I can’t explain it. I can only call it a miracle. I felt as if I had been instantly lifted out of the darkness into a warm, brilliant sunlight.” Mr. Penney wrote that he felt as if he had been transported from hell to paradise. He said he felt the power of God as he had never felt it before. Penney knew that God was there to help him.
After reading the booklet, Giffird began to feel as though God was trying to help him too.