[Beef]

> >THE STORY OF EDITH BURNS...
> >
> >Happy Easter!
> >
> >Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio,
> Texas.
> She was the patient of a 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 G.I. 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 Phyl lis 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?"
> >
> >
> >
> >If you believe in Easter, forward this on. God works in wonderful
> ways,
> >and to believe in his power is to truly be free. If Jesus had e-mail,
> >he'd do the same for you.
> >
> >
> >
> >(Actually, maybe He just did)

[BFritz]

Awesome story

[thetribe]

Very touching story.

[BurntTires]

Great story.

[clubber_layne]

thts a real good story