THE CRAPPER SPEAKS
Saturday, May 27, 2006
The Story of Edith Burns
I have a question for you my friend. Do you believe in Easter?I want to tell you a true story. It's a story that will change your views and you will never see Easter in the same way again.
Her name was Edith Burns. Edith was a very godly woman and she lived in San Antonio Texas. She was a patient of a very fine doctor whose name was Will Phillips. Doctor Philips is a very kind and godly doctor who loves his patients. Instead of going around to the back of the office in the mornings He always went in through the front door and went straight to the lobby and greeted all his patients.
Well Doctor Phillips got up one morning and went in to greet his patients and he had a very heavy heart because of something that he knew about Edith Burns. You see Edith Burns was his favorite patient and that morning he really dreaded seeing her and as he walked in that waiting room sure enough there was Edith sitting on a chair. Edith always had a big black bible that she carried with her. She had that big black bible open and she was earnestly talking to a young mother that was sitting right beside her. Well Doctor Phillips just smiled be cause he knew why Edith was there and he knew exactly what she was doing because you see Edith Burns had this habit. Whenever she introduced herself she would do it like this. She would always say "Hello my name is Edith Burns do you believe in Easter?" And then she would tell the Easter story. And many many times she would lead people to Jesus Christ.
Well Doctor Phillips left her alone and walked into his office and there he met his head nurse and her name was Beverly. Now Beverly first met Edith when she was taking Edith's blood pressure. And Edith said Beverly My name is Edith Burns "Do You Believe in Easter?" And Beverly said well of course I do and Edith said well what do you believe about Easter. And Beverly said well I believe it's about going to church and Easter egg hunts and wearing new dresses and new clothes and Edith said: Oh No she said "Do You Really Believe In Easter?" Beverly said what do you mean. And Edith told her about the glorious story of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and right there in that office Beverly bowed her head and gave her life to Jesus Christ. Well doctor Phillips walked in and said we're not going to see Edith right now because it looks like there's another delivery going on in the waiting room. I think there's going to be a new baby born into the kingdom of God so we'll just wait awhile.
After a while Edith came walking in and Beverly said hello Edith how are you. And Edith said fine. Then Beverly said well Edith was there another baby born into the kingdom of God this morning? And Edith Burns said Oh Yes and I want you to do me a favor Beverly I want you to go out there and give her that little track that I wrote about "Easter" and tell her that I'll call her later today so Beverly left and Doctor Phillips came in and Edith took one look at his face and said Now Doctor Phillips Why are you so sad? Now doctor Will have you bee reading your bible? Have you been praying and telling people about Easter? Come on Doctor Will what's the matter with you? Doctor Phillips said Edith we got your lab report back yesterday and Edith you have cancer and your not going to live very long. Well Edith Burns looked and him and said Well Will Phillips shame on you. He said what? She said why are you so sad? She said Doctor Phillips do you think that God makes mistakes? And Doctor Phillips said No. She said do you know what you just told me? You just told me that very soon I'm going to see my precious Lord Jesus and my husband and my friends. You just told me I'm going to celebrate Easter forever and ever and ever. And here you are not wanting to give me my ticket. She said shame on you doctor Will. Doctor Phillips thought what a Great lady she is.
Well Edith looked and Doctor Phillips and said you know what this means don't you? It means that I'm going to have to come into your office at least twice a week. Edith said you know Doctor Will you have alot of patients that need to hear about Easter and then she said you know Doctor Will your waiting room is the best fishing hole for souls that I've ever seen. So Edith started coming in but you know she didn't start coming in twice a week. She started coming in every day. She even brought a sack lunch so she could stay all day long. And every time someone would come into the waiting room she would say Hello my name is Edith Burns "Do You Believe In Easter?" And every single day at least one of those patients were born into the family of God. Every single day.
Well Christmas came and they shut down the office till January 3 and they didn't see Edith for a couple of weeks. January 3 came around and they opened up the office but Edith didn't show up. Then about 2 o'clock in the afternoon she called and said that she was at Mercy Hospital in San Antonio Texas and said that God had told her to take her Easter story there but they wouldn't let her in. She said that she had to be recommended by a certified doctor. Then she said Will are you certified? Doctor Phillips said yes Edith I'm certified. So Edith said could you get me into this hospital? And Doctor Phillips said Yes Edith I'll get you into that hospital. Then the voice on the other end of the line began to crack and to quiver and Edith said Will, God has told me that I will be home very soon. And I won't be here very long. So Edith said doctor will you do me just one other favor? And he said what do you want Edith and she said would you make sure I get a double room and would you make sure that I only get women that need to hear about Easter. And doctor Phillips said yes I'll see to it Edith.
Well they put her in that hospital room and sure enough patient after patient began to go into that room and they would no sooner get under the covers of their bed and Edith would say Hello I'm Edith Burns "Do You Believe In Easter? Then she would begin to tell them the glorious story of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus. And almost without exception every woman that came into the hospital room was wonderfully and Gloriously saved. Well flowers started coming in from everywhere and everyone claimed Edith as their mother. And nurses and orderlies started coming in from everywhere and everytime anyone came into her room she would always say Hello I'm Edith Burns "Do You Believe In Easter? And many of those nurses and orderlies on that hospital floor got saved. And two of the doctors of that hospital floor got saved. And a strange thing happened on the eighth floor of the Mercy hospital. Nurses and orderlies and doctors started walking up and down the isles saying Happy Easter, Happy Easter, Happy Easter. As a matter of a fact they nick named Edith Burns "Edith Easter".
Everybody on that floor was excited about Edith Easter "Except" for the head nurse. This head nurse's name was Phyllis Cross. She was an Army nurse and she was the original GI Jane. She had seen it all. She had heard it all, she had been married 3 times. She was a partier, she was lonely, she was bitter, she was angry, and she had no use for Christianity and she let everybody on that floor know. You keep that Edith Easter away from me she is nothing but a religious nut and I don't want anything to do with her. Well one day the two nurses that usually took care of Edith were sick and Edith had the flu and Phyllis had to go in and give her a flu shot. She went walking into that room all tough looking and Edith Burns looked at her and said Phyllis I'm praying for you because God Loves you Phyllis and I love you to. She looked at Edith and she said Edith Burns you hag I want to tell you one thing right now don't you start that religious hocus pocus stuff on me you just keep your mouth shut. Edith looked at her with a defiant look and said and I'm going to pray. As a matter of fact God has told me He's not going to let me go home till your born again into the family of God. Phyllis Cross looked at her and said well old woman your never going to die because it ain't ever going to happen and she stomped out of the room. Every day Phyllis Cross would walk in that room and Edith would say God loves you Phyllis and I love you to and I'm praying for you. It was like Chinese water torture to that nurse.
After a while Phyllis said it was like a magnet drawing iron she said I just had to walk into Edith's room. She sat down on the bed next to her and said Edith I want to ask you a question. Edith looked at her and said you know Phyllis I'm so glad you came in here today God told me that this was your special day. And Phyllis said "Oh really" well this is the question that I've wanted to ask you. Edith you have asked every person on this floor if they believe in Easter but you haven't asked me, why haven't you asked me? Edith said Phyllis I wanted to ask you so many times but everytime I went to ask you God would say Don't you ask her that question till she asks you why you haven't asked her that question. Then she said but now that you have asked me that question and she picked up that big black bible and began to share with her the glorious Easter story of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. She said Phyllis do you believe that Jesus Christ is alive. She said do you believe in Easter. She said do you believe that Jesus wants to live in your heart and Phyllis said I want to believe I want Jesus in my heart.
And right there that old hardened Army nurse with the tears flowing bowed her head and gave her heart and life to Jesus Christ. And Phyllis Cross said for the first time in my carrier I didn't walk out of a hospital room I was carried out on wings of angels. Four days later on Easter Sunday Phyllis Cross came into work and did some of her duties and then she thought to herself I think I'll stop by the flower shop and buy some Easter Lilies and take them up to Easter Edith and wish her a happy Easter. So she went down and bought those Easter Lilies and brought them up the eighth floor to room 824 and walked into the room Edith Easter was sitting straight up in the bed. She had the most beautiful smile on her face that she had ever seen in her life.
There in her lap was that big black bible and her hands were in the bible. Well Phyllis Cross when over to her to wish her a happy Easter and when she took her by the hand she realized that Edith Easter was dead. Then she noticed her left hand pointing to a verse. It was John 14 verses 2-3 "In my fathers house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also" Then she noticed that her right finger was pointing to Revelation 21 verse 4 And God Will wipe away every tear from their eyes and there shall be no more death, no sorrow, no more pain, for the former things have passed away. And Phyllis Cross took one look at that dead body in that bed Phyllis looked up and raised her hands to heaven and began to say happy Easter Edith, Happy Easter Edith, Happy Easter Edith.
Phyllis Cross took one last look at that body sitting there in that bed and walked out of that room and there at a table was sitting 2 student nurses. Then Phyllis walked over to those nurses and said excuse me my name is Phyllis Cross "Do You Believe In Easter?"
I Believe In Easter. What about you? Tag.
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