Wife of Billy Graham (America, church, prophet, Baptist)

[Miss Blue]

The beloved wife of evangelist Billy Graham has passed on to the Lord this evening

[stargazer]

What a wonderful lady she was!

[I LOVE NORTH CAROLINA]

I read today that she was in a coma, my heart aches for Billy Graham. Even though he is a strong man of God we still need to pray for him.

[southernlady5464]

I am sorry to hear this. Both of them are lovely people and she will be sorely missed by her family, and all who loved her.

The Silent Rock Behind a Famous Evangelist

"There would have been no Billy Graham … had it not been for Ruth," said the late T.W. Wilson, a key member of Graham's staff, in A Prophet With Honor, William Martin's biography of the evangelist.

Ruth's steadfast adherence to the Presbyterian Church, rather than joining her husband's Southern Baptist denomination, further broadened Billy Graham's outlook.

"He was more flexible than other evangelists, and his domestic influence was crucial in that regard," Noll said. "He never got hung up on American denominational issues. That's very much a missionary characteristic, particularly in places like China where there was a very small Christian population, and all denominations had to learn to get along."

"She never tried to be a theologian or lecture him. It was just a quiet influence," Cornwell said in an interview. "It was not what she said, but what she was."

[aiangel_writer]

Oh how sad for him and how wonderful for her. Yet, I truly believe that he will simply ask the Lord to take him home now as well.

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by aiangel_writer

Oh how sad for him and how wonderful for her. Yet, I truly believe that he will simply ask the Lord to take him home now as well.

Your words ring so true to me, since I've seen that happen time & time again. Last year our Rabbi's wife passed away, and we all said "what will he do without her??", since they were such an amazing pair... well, just a few months later he was diagnosed with cancer, and then died of a heart attack shortly afterward. Even the doubter in me thinks God had something to do with that - both with sending him to meet his wife, and giving him a quick & painless death (as the cancer would've ravaged him). Anyway, as depressing as it is, I strangely like the idea of "dying of a broken heart." Oh, and though I don't know much about the Grahams, my thoughts are with him & his family.

[FL_TN_Nana]

I love how he loves her! Even at the dedication of the library a couple of weeks ago, Billy Graham was so humble and said she deserved to be on that podium more than he.

And now we know that she is in the light and peace of Christ!