Extinguished

In the seventies I remember a lady sharing an unexpected experience. She attended a charismatic luncheon meeting where Francis Hunter spoke. At the conclusion Francis invited all those who wanted to quit smoking to come forward. Now JoAnn didn’t smoke herself, but her husband did. She wanted him to give up smoking so she went forward as a proxy for him.He was not present and knew nothing of this. Francis had those who came forward toss their cigarette packages, if they had any, into a wastebasket next to the pulpit. JoAnn didn’t have any but she went forward. As people came forward Francis added, ”Now if you start smoking again you will feel sick to your stomach.” JoAnn could hardly wait to get home because in the afternoon when her husband returned from work, the first thing he would always do is to take out a cigarette and light up to smoke. He came home later that afternoon and took out a cigarette. As soon as he started to smoke, sure enough, JoAnn felt sick to her stomach. Later she explained and as I recall, in time he quit smoking.