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Billie Wilcox

  • When my husband Frank and I were living in Pakistan many years ago, our six-month-old baby died. An old Punjabi who heard of our grief came to comfort us. 'A tragedy like this is similar to being plunged into boiling water,' he explained. 'If you are an egg, your affliction will make you hard-boiled and unresponsive. If you are a potato, you will emerge soft and pliable, resilient and adaptable.' It may sound funny to God, but there have been many times when I have prayed, 'O Lord, let me be a potato.'

    • Billie Wilcox,
    • in Karen J. Kauffman, With Faith All Things Are Possible ()

Billie Wilcox, U.S. missionary, associated with the Good Samaritan Society

(1921 - 2012)

Full name: Amelia Hoeger Wilcox.