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She was 19 months old when she 
had a fever that was so severe 

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that it left her both blind and 
deaf. 

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Helen Keller would grow up 
knowing nothing but silence and 

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darkness. 
This made teaching Helen even 

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the most basic things almost 
impossible. 

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Even given these circumstances, 
her parents were sure that she 

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was intelligent, and when she 
was seven years old, her parents

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hired a tutor to help her learn 
to communicate. 

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Her name is Anne Sullivan. 
It took time, but Anne 

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eventually taught Helen how to 
spell and how to communicate 

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with the outside world. 
And after making so much 

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progress, Anne believed it was 
time for Helen to hear about 

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Jesus. 
So Anne called a friend, Philip 

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Brooks, who had composed the 
Christmas Carol of a little town

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of Bethlehem, to visit and tell 
Helen about Jesus. 

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So he went to visit Helen, and 
with Anne translating, he told 

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her all about Jesus and God. 
And when he finished, a smile 

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came to Helen's face. 
She responded by saying, Mr. 

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Brooks, I have always known 
about God, but until now I 

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didn't know his name. 
The feeling of knowing that God 

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is real has been a true feeling 
for me. 

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As tough as life gets sometimes 
there are these moments that 

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just feel eternal. 
Like the supernatural ways of 

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God intersect with my own life 
for just a second and things 

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make sense. 
Just brief moments where you 

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know deep down in your heart 
that God is who He says He is 

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and He is with you. 
Helen Keller once said that she 

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thinks God every day, that he is
set in her darkness, the light 

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of faith. 
I think that's true for all of 

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us. 
This has been everyday miracles 

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by hope, mindfulness and prayer.