Do You Beleive In Easter?
Do you believe in Easter? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edith Burns was a wonderful
Christian who lived in San Antonio,
Texas. She was the patient of doctor
by the name of Will Phillips. Dr.
Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw
patients as people.
His favorite patient was Edith Burns.
One morning he went to his office
with a heavy heart and it was
because of Edith Burns. When he
walked into that waiting room, there
sat Edith with her big black Bible
in her lap earnestly talking to a
young mother sitting beside her.
Edith Burns had a habit of
introducing herself in this way:
"Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do
you believe in Easter?" Then she
would explain the meaning of Easter,
and many times people would be
saved.
Dr. Phillips walked into that office
and there he saw the head nurse,
Beverly. Beverly had first met
Edith when she was taking her blood
pressure.
Edith began by saying, "My name is
Edith Burns. Do you believe in
Easter?"
Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith
said, "Well, what do you believe
about Easter?" Beverly said, "Well,
it's all about egg hunts, going to
church, and dressing up."
Edith kept pressing her about the
real meaning of Easter, and finally
led her to a saving knowledge of
Jesus Christ.
Dr. Phillips said, "Beverly, don't
call Edith into the office quite
yet. I believe there is another
delivery taking place in the waiting
room.
After being called back in the
doctor's office, Edith sat down and
when she took a look at the doctor
she said, "Dr. Will, why are you so
sad?
Are you reading your Bible? Are you praying?"
Dr. Phillips said gently, "Edith,
I'm the doctor and you're the patient."
With a heavy heart he said, "Your
lab report came back and it says you
have cancer, and Edith, you're not
going to live very long."
Edith said, "Why Will Phillips,
shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do
you think God makes mistakes? You
have just told me I'm going to see
my precious Lord Jesus, my husband,
and my friends. You have just told
me that I am going to celebrate
Easter forever, and here you
are having difficulty giving me my
ticket!"
Dr. Phillips thought to himself,
"What a magnificent woman this Edith Burns is!"
Edith continued coming to Dr.
Phillips. Christmas came and the
office was closed through January
3rd. On the day the office opened,
Edith did not show up. Later that
afternoon, Edith called Dr. Phillips
and said she would have to be moving
her story to the hospital and said,
"Will, I'm very near home, so would
you make sure that they put women in
here next to me in my room who need
to know about Easter."
Well, they did just that and women
began to come in and share that room
with Edith. Many women were saved.
Everybody on that floor from staff
to patients were so excited about
Edith, that they started calling her
Edith Easter; that is everyone
except Phyllis Cross, the head
nurse.
Phyllis made it plain that she
wanted nothing to do with Edith
because she was a "religious nut".
She had been a nurse in an army
hospital. She had seen it all and
heard it all. She was the original
GI Jane. She had been married three
times, she was hard, cold, and did
everything by the book.
One morning the two nurses who were
to attend to Edith were sick.
Edith had the flu and Phyllis Cross
had to go in and give her a shot.
When she walked in, Edith had a big
smile on her face and said,
"Phyllis, God loves you and I
love you, and I have been praying
for you."
Phyllis Cross said, "Well, you can
quit praying for me, it won't work.
I'm not interested." Edith said,
"Well, I will pray and I have asked
God not to let me go home until you
come into the family."
Phyllis Cross said, "Then you will
never die because that will never
happen," and curtly walked out of
the room.
Every day Phyllis Cross would walk
into the room and Edith would say,
"God loves you Phyllis and I love
you, and I'm praying for you." One
day Phyllis Cross said she was
literally drawn to Edith's room like
a magnet would draw iron. She sat
down on the bed and Edith
said, "I'm so glad you have come,
because God told me that today is
your special day."
Phyllis Cross said, "Edith, you have
asked everybody here the question,
'Do you believe in Easter?' but you
have never asked me." Edith said,
"Phyllis, I wanted to many times,
but God told me to wait until you
asked, and now that you
have asked..."
Edith Burns took her Bible and
shared with Phyllis Cross the Easter
Story of the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edith
said, "Phyllis, do you believe in
Easter? Do you believe that Jesus
Christ is alive and that He wants to
live in your heart?" Phyllis Cross
said, "Oh I want to believe that
with all of my heart, and I do want
Jesus in my life." Right there,
Phyllis Cross prayed and
invited Jesus Christ into her heart.
For the first time Phyllis Cross did
not walk out of a hospital room, she
was carried out on the wings of
angels.
Two days later, Phyllis Cross came
in and Edith said, "Do you know what
day it is?" Phyllis Cross said, "Why
Edith, it's Good Friday." Edith
said, "Oh, no, for you every day is
Easter. Happy Easter Phyllis!"
Two days later, on Easter Sunday,
Phyllis Cross came into work, did
some of her duties and then went
down to the flower shop and got some
Easter lilies because she wanted to
go up to see Edith and give her some
Easter lilies and wish her a Happy
Easter. When she walked into Edith's
room, Edith was in bed. That big
black Bible was on her lap. Her
hands were in that Bible. There was
a sweet smile on her face.
When Phyllis Cross went to pick up
Edith's hand, she realized Edith was dead.
Her left hand was on John 14: "In my
Father's house are many mansions. I
go to prepare a place for you, I
will come again and receive you to
Myself, that where I am, there you
may be also."
Her right hand was on Revelation
21:4, " And God will wipe away every
tear from their eyes, there shall be
no more death, nor sorrow, nor
crying; and there shall be no more
pain, for the former things have
passed away."
Phyllis Cross took one look at that
dead body, and then lifted her face
toward heaven, and with tears
streaming down here cheeks, said,
"Happy Easter, Edith - Happy Easter!"
Phyllis Cross left Edith's body,
walked out of the room, and over to
a table where two student nurses
were sitting. She said, "My name is
Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in
Easter?"
Author: unknown
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