A nurse was busily attending to her duties in a small ward where there was only One patient. She was humming softly to herself the tune of a hymn.
The patient looked up at her and said, "What are the words to the tune you are humming?"
The happy nurse replied,
"Face to face with Christ my Saviour,
Face to face—what will it be,
When with rapture I behold Him,
Jesus Christ' who died for me?"
"Oh, are you saved?" asked the patient. "Yes, I am." They were soon in conversation about the One of whom each could. speak as her Saviour.
The patient was waiting to undergo an operation, and as she wasn't very strong, she had to have entire rest beforehand.
On the morning of the operation, the patient saw the nurse pass the door and called out to her. The nurse stepped in and together they sang the words of that beautiful hymn again. Then turning to the nurse, the sick girl said, "I have a desire as I have never had before to see Jesus. Oh, if only I could see His face today I am longing to see Him!"
The nurse kissed her and said, "I wonder which of us will see Him first."
When the patient was placed on the table and the doctor bent to test her heart, to his amazement he found she had already passed into eternity. She was, with Christ—her Saviour.
Are you ready too?
Messages of God’s Love 8/21/1949