109 YEARS OLD & COUNTING; MILDRED BOWIE'S LIFE STORY AND LEGACY

<p>LOVE YOU FOREVER IS A PHRASE WORTHY OF SAYING TO MILDRED BOWIE EVERY DAY; BECAUSE IT IS TRUE. WE AS A PEOPLE CELEBRATE OUR GOD HIS GOODNESS METAPHORES STORIES OF FAITH AND GRACE THAT SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS. WE LIVE ON MANY LEVELS IN A STRANGE AND HOSTILE WORLD.</p><p>MILDRED BOWIE IS A CHILD OF A CREATIVE GOD WHO HAS GIVEN HER GRACE FAITH AND CONTENTMENT AMONG ALL THE GRIEF AND CATATHIPHIES THAT HINGE ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE IS BEING BLESSED BY GOD.</p><p>OUR CREATOR INTENDS FOR US TO HAVE A FULL LIFE ONE THAT IS FILLED WITH THE PURE LOVE OF GOD AND COMPANIONSHIP OF THOSE AROUND US.</p><p>SMALL WONDER THAT MILDRED BOWIE DREAMS OF DESERT ISLANDS OF QUIET SAFE PLACES WHERE SHE MIGHT CATCH HER BREATH FOR A MOMENT. BUT WITHOUT SUCH AN ISLAND THERE IS ONLY LIFE WITH MYSTERIOUS EVER-PRESENT CHALLENGES IN OUR VERY EXISTENCE.</p><p>SO MUCH HINGES ON GOD WHO IS ALWAYS AT WORK IN OUR LIVES. PRAYER IS THE DOORWAY THROUGH WHICH WE RECOGNIZE THAT EACH HUMAN IS A GIFT AND GOD REMAINS OUR CHIEF DELIGHT AND GLORY.</p><p>SEE WHAT GREAT LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED ON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD!</p><p>AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE. ( JOHN 3: 1 (NIV).</p>