Hello friends, your dreamer is back again with a little sharing this time.This happened when I was working as a staff nurse in mangalore. We had a very good jy core group in the hospital comprising of nurses, paramedics and all catagory of staff and students. We had made this a habbit of proclaiming our Lord to our patients especially at times when they were in the most vulnerable positions(like severe pain....etc) There were some girls who were so spiritfilled that they were able to tackle such situations so tactfully without hurting anyones feelings or getting into arguements. Once there was this nonchristian(a brahmin) who was admitted to the hospital with total paralysis because of which he was bedridden.He was the only earning member of the family and there was no hope from them. We visited him regularly, told him stories from bible,prayed for him and with him and very soon we were all very fond of him and he of us.We didnt think much of all this as this was our regular routine but what touched us most was when he on the 3rd day told us this sentence"I thank the Lord for my sickness. If I wasnt paralysed I wouldnt have come to the hospital, and if I wouldnt have come, I would never have known Jesus".We were shocked and pleasently surprised hearing this from a person,who was disabled for life and had no means of bread for his family. I just caught the wifes hands gently and looked at her for her reaction at this comment. She was radiating with joy, when she gently whispered"Yes! We have found Jesus,we are so happy, we have found the reason to live". We went to evangelise them but came back evangelised having learnt the sweet lesson, those words even to this day echo in my ears. We were able to witness many such heart touching events, but one thing which We always noticed was that, it was very easy to give JESUS to the hindus and muslims, but very difficult to share with the christians.The people of other religions are so receptive. Many times we have found them keeping Jesus photos under their pillows and kissing them admist their tears and pain. I still dont know what I have given to my patients, but they definetely have enriched my christian life with their simplicity and receptiveness. I cant thank the Almighty Lord enough for having given me such a profession and patients. love always, anita ********************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **********************************************************************
