Actress Roma Downey ‘Believe(s) In The Power Of Prayer’

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“Touched By An Angel” actress Roma Downey has written a new children’s book called “A Message in the Moon.” It’s a deeply personal story based on her childhood, she told CBN in January.

“This story for this book has sat in my heart for a really long time,” she recently told CBN Digital. “My mother died when I was just a little girl; I was only 10.” The unexpected loss of her mother to a heart attack meant Downey grew extremely close to her father.

“To say that we were heartbroken would be an understatement because we didn’t even have the preparation of illness, which I know can be traumatic and painful for a child to see their parents suffer and go through a long illness,” she said. “But … there was no warning, and so it was as if somebody just turned the lights out in our lives.”

From Tragedy To Healing Through His Voice

“If I was making a movie of my own life, my childhood would be in full technicolor, and then, when my mother died, it’s as if the movie then went into black and white,” she continued.

“If we hadn’t had faith to lean into, if we hadn’t been people of faith, I don’t know how we would have coped,” she said. “I really don’t know. … As Christians and as believers, we have an understanding of the promises of Christ around this issue, and the promise of heaven, and the resurrection of the body, and all the things that we’ve been taught and believe.”

A Truly Inspiring Story

“I do believe in the power of prayer and … I begin and end my day with prayer,” Downey said. “I ended my book with a prayer to encourage parents … to relax and create that peace in our little ones before they fall asleep.”

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