The Sunday morning of 14th July 2008 started like any other Sunday. My husband was invited to preach at one church in Chennai. Suddenly, I received an unexpected phone call saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour husband, Rev. Stanie Charles, is having severe chest pain, so we have brought him to a medical clinic and the doctors have administered medication, but the pain has not yet subsided.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t know what to answer. Then I requested that they quickly shift him to a hospital near my home in Ambattur, Chennai. I was anxiously waiting beside the road. We immediately rushed him to the hospital, and he was taken to the ICU as he was having intense chest pain. The doctors said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYour husband\u2019s had a heart attack, and the next 24 hours are extremely crucial, and until then, we cannot say anything. Which means, anything can happen.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have no words to explain my feelings and emotions during that time of uncertainty and distress. However, I was alone and had to make quick decisions and do the needful. Soon after, I went to the pharmacy to get the medications the doctors had prescribed. Upon seeing the prescription, the pharmacist said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMadam! Rush to the ICU! This injection means life or death. Your husband must be counting the last few seconds of his life. You can make the payment later.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I ran as quickly as possible towards the ICU. While running, I ignored what other people would think or say about me, or whether I could run fast, and I sprinted to deliver the medicine. The doctors immediately did the needful. Then, while returning from the ICU to pay the bills, I realized and understood the true meaning of \u201cGO QUICKLY,\u201d Matthew 28:7-8, where the angel said to the women<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGo quickly and tell his disciples that He has risen from the dead. The women ran quickly from the tomb \u2026. rushed to give the disciple the angel\u2019s message.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, whatever your age or gender might be, if you are a true believer in God, run quickly and tell the good news. My dad, Rev. Harris Hilton said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cServing God is the most prestigious honor and greatest opportunity in this life. When God gives you the strength and opportunity to run for the gospel, O you’d better run! A day will come when you have to sit, and at that time, you won\u2019t be able to run even if you want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our life is precious and short; hence, for the sake of the gospel, whatever needs to be said, say it quickly, and whatever needs to be done, do it quickly<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mrs. Esther Charles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sunday morning of 14th July 2008 started like any other Sunday. My husband was invited to preach at one church in Chennai. Suddenly, I received an unexpected phone call saying, \u201cYour husband, Rev. Stanie Charles, is having severe chest pain, so we have brought him to a medical clinic and the doctors have administered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[5,12],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hope","category-woman","tag-family","tag-woman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Image1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hbionline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}