{"id":481,"date":"2014-09-20T08:17:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T13:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=481"},"modified":"2015-07-24T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T21:32:36","slug":"ill-never-walk-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll Never Walk Again"},"content":{"rendered":"S<\/span>he had been disappointed by a man. He had promised to love her always, and had gotten hold of all her money. Then he left her\u2015an old, old story.<\/p>\n

Without God, despairing, she had gone to the railroad tracks and thrown herself in front of a train. After a long while, when consciousness returned, she found herself lying in the hospital. She looked around the strange room, then tried to rise. A terrible shriek burst from her, a scream of despair. Both of her legs had been cut off by the train!<\/p>\n

For days her cries and groans filled the hospital, and she could hardly be quieted even by sedation. A Christian nurse was given charge of her. The nurse cared for the poor woman, in a quiet way, loving her and praying for her.<\/p>\n

At first the poor invalid would pay no attention to her, but the nurse waited on the Lord to open the way to speak to this despairing soul. The moment came at last. \u201cOh, my feet! My feet! Why did I wake? Why didn\u2019t I die on the track? Why? Why?\u201d After a pause: \u201cNow I\u2019ll never walk again, never be able to go where I want. I\u2019ll be a cripple, eternally fastened to a bed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Going Through the Roof<\/strong><\/p>\n

The nurse came to sit by her and gently held her hand. The unhappy woman was quiet for a moment. \u201cWhere did you go when you had good feet?\u201d<\/p>\n

The patient looked up and said, \u201cIn the morning to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter work I went home for my supper, and then walked the streets and met my friend…\u201d She began to cry brokenly.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we would go to a party.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n

She tried to raise herself and said in pain and despair, \u201cI strayed somewhere! Anywhere! I lived<\/em>on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you had feet today?\u201d<\/p>\n

She wept some more. \u201cIt was the only life I knew. But now I\u2019ll never walk again\u2015never\u2015never\u2015\u201d

That night she couldn\u2019t sleep; she was thinking of the way…<\/em><\/div>\n

The nurse gently touched her hot, feverish hand and said, \u201cThere is one way you can still travel, and it\u2019s the best and most glorious way. If you had good feet possibly you wouldn\u2019t think of going this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat did you say, Nurse?\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the nurse told her of the way the man with palsy went through the roof straight to the Lord Jesus and how he had his sins forgiven.<\/p>\n

The invalid didn\u2019t speak; she allowed the nurse\u2019s words to carry her, in thought, through the roof to Jesus. That night she couldn\u2019t sleep; she was thinking of the way, the only right way, that even those without feet could travel.<\/p>\n

The next evening the nurse was on duty again. The sick one was eager to hear more of the Saviour of sinners. And the nurse was glad to respond, \u201cI came to Jesus also, and He is mine and I am His.\u201d Then the moment came when the invalid too came to Jesus saying, \u201cLord, have mercy on me, a sinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen He [Jesus] saw their faith, He said…Thy sins are forgiven thee.\u201d <\/strong>Thus she also, without feet, learned to travel the way to heaven. After this, in telling her story she would say, \u201cIt\u2019s most beautiful this way, more so than wherever I\u2018ve gone before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now she tells others how she came to Jesus without feet, and how happy she is in traveling the narrow way. And she has become a guide for many to the Saviour. Though she has no feet, she has a heart for the Lord. It is cleansed by the precious blood of Jesus.<\/p>\n

Many have good feet, but stray away from the Saviour. Do you?<\/p>\n

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Adapted from\u00a0Living Waters.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

he had been disappointed by a man. He had promised to love her always, and had gotten hold of all her money. Then he left her\u2015an old, old story. Without God, despairing, she had gone to the railroad tracks and thrown herself in front of a train. After a long while, when consciousness returned, she … <\/p>\n

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