Miracles & A Song
Family
I had three children, two daughters and a son. My oldest daughter Joni had open heart surgery at age 5 to repair two holes in her heart (A.S.D. & V.S.D.) God performed a miracle because she wasn't expected to survive. Joni was killed on November 13, 1996.The pick up truck she was a passenger in struck 3 horses in the road, killing her and the horses. Joni was so badly mangled by the direct impact that a closed casket service was necessary. Joni was just 17 and a very popular Senior at John Glenn High School.
In the summer of 1996, Joni had painted "Trust Jesus" in blue on a bridge pillar on National Road near Norwich, Ohio. She was a feature child on Children's Hospital National Miracle Telethon and still touches many lives.
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After open heart surgery in
Columbus, Ohio
Sept 9,1979 - Nov. 13,1996
Copyright © 2006 - 2012 Linda Randles
http://www.RandlesStation.com/
Written by Joni Lynn Poulson & Linda (Randles) Music arranged by Linda Randles Copyright © 1990
Notice: Unauthorized removal of this recording is strictly prohibited by Federal & International Law.
Joni was only 11 years old when she wrote the first verse of I Want To Go To Heaven.This song was recorded at the Nazarene Church in Coshocton, Ohio. Amy Grant once attended there.This song was played at Joni's funeral. I had recently fractured my back in a car wreck that I had on my first day back to work following an emergency hysterectomy.I did not do the planned National Single Release of Look For Jesus. I could not sing for a long time because I was in such terrible grief. The shortest verse in the Scriptures is "Jesus wept"- He wept with me. Jesus even took me briefly in spirit to Paradise so that I could see that my daughter had been restored. After two years of suffering agonizing pain in my back and neck from my accident, I was healed of the pain of those injuries also. It is because of His love that I want to help others especially Native people and that is how this web site came to be.
Back in 1985, I was on 4 heart medications. Finally it was decided that I would need surgery for my leaking heart valve.Pastor Clive Gregg and his wife Pastor Mattie Gregg prayed over me. A double heart catherization showed that I had been healed! No more heart medications were ever needed. Still, I was treated for major clinical depression after Joni's death...my Heavenly Father did not desert me, just as He did not forsake His own son! Read the Aramaic translation of His words from the link on the Music page. Depression is a very serious disorder. It is caused by stress, grief and the brain being depleted of chemicals it needs. I have learned compassion and was given precious gifts that money can not buy. Such as a healing ministry. You can listen to the song, Look For Jesus on my music page. I am freely sharing the song I performed in Nashville because I have realized that all of my treasure is in Heaven. These days I truly know that things have changed and I realize that I have been blessed. My faith has only grown even stronger. I have walked through the storms & found the gold at the end of the rainbow.
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The time spent with loved ones is precious! We don't like saying good-bye to loved ones. It is normal for us to weep, but there is no need to despair. Separation is tough, however we can take comfort knowing our loved ones are in the
loving care of our Creator. Jesus said that everyone who lives and believes in Him will never die! John 3: 11.
The next page has a story about meeting up with Pilgrim George and a picture of the accident that my nephew survived from. Truly miracles. Read an amazing heart touching story, about the trials of my Aunt Carrie Rose. In the 1920's there were only 300 Randles families in the entire United States Census. Unfortunately Charles Remick Randles did a lot of the Census and very deliberately made many mistakes. Fires destroyed all records of Prairie Chapel Cemetery in Randle Town, a viable town that is now called Roscoe & Coshocton in Ohio, where great grandmother Eliza Randles was taken by train from Missouri for burial. Mysteriously, ALL township land records there have disappeared and no longer exist! Abraham & Eliza Randles oldest child Elizabeth & her husband Casper Hosfelt / Hasfelt cleared 160 acres of land in Missouri to get land under the Homestead Act. After getting this deed, they were put in the Oklahoma Cherokee Reservation because Indians could not own land! In the 1900 Indian Territory Census, my hero told them that she was "born at sea" as was her mother. This was to protect our family, no one wanted to be an Indian in that time! In doing my family genealogy I have often hit a brick wall, but have learnt much about the courage of my ancestors. My grandfather William died at a young age. My father never stopped mourning the loss of his 'native ties'. He missed his Cherokee Grandmother Susan and sent money to the Indian missions all of his life. Watching when the Indians cry makes me cry.
I was chosen as a light to a spiritual people that Creator loves dearly &
I am blessed with their precious friendships.
I am the 7th generation and I am proudly proclaiming to all the world I am Native American
Joni's Cardiologist,
Dr. Douglas Teske
Children's Hospital
Hello, I am Linda, the webmistress of this site. I hope to touch some hearts with the songs that God has given
me and with stories of His miracles. I am Mahican/ Delaware & Cherokee and I have already made medical history just by living past my teens. Read more on the music page. God tries those whom He loves in the furnace of affliction. Sometimes storms bring us rainbows - a sign of His promise.
I Want To Go To Heaven
There is also a new song at the candle link below.
Jesus is the King of miracles. He is also the best friend I will ever have.
In these pages are some things that I'm supposed to share with the world. For a long time I struggled with guilt because I could not easily forgive. People told me that I had to forgive or I would never go to Heaven. This is a lie! Even God won't forgive us if we knowingly sin and don't ask forgiveness! I know I am not a more perfect being than my Father is! There are times when it is alright to be angry. Moses was so angry that he killed a man for troubling his people! Anger & depression are things that only God & time can help us deal with. Many turn against religion because they have no understanding of the meaning of His words.
