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| THE WHEELCHAIR...PG 2 |
The chair shot up at least 3 feet Successfully scaring me to death! Then working a lever with only her mouth She brought it slowly back down to rest! "You're very good with those controls" I patted her little hand.... "I can barely drive my car..." Then she said, "But you can stand!" "Does it hurt very much?" I asked her then "Are you in pain today?" She shook her head...."Not right now.... Jesus takes it all away!!" Her words took me by suprise "What do you mean?" I said She explained, "That first night when I woke up I thought I might be dead! I'd been with Daddy in the car And then everything turned black... The doctors said my spine was crushed It's the bone that's in your back? When I woke up I was all alone And I couldn't understand What had happened or where Daddy was But then He took my hand!" "Who did?" she had me spellbound "The man standing near my bed I knew right away it was Jesus... From the books that Mama read! He looks just like the pictures His eyes were kind and really blue! He said, 'My name is Jesus And I’ve come to visit you!' " I was as charmed as I could be By the things I heard her say Not surprised she'd used a fantasy To explain her fears and doubts away Then she continued..."It really hurt And I told Jesus so! That's when He told me the secret! But no one is supposed to know! Before my birthday comes around? The one where I'll be seven? I'm going to run and play again Cause He's taking me to Heaven!!" The shock I felt must have clearly showed For she asked, "Lady? Are you ok? Don't be sad...cause I'm excited!! Besides it's still a year away!" "But" I sputtered, "Surely not Why would Jesus let you die???" She smiled sweetly at me then... "Do you really not know why? It used to hurt me all of the time Jesus said He understood... Cause they hammered nails through both His hands To hang Him on a cross of wood! continued>>> |
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