Mrs. Wang, an old Chinese wan came to the mission hospital and asked to see the doctor.
“A few months ago,” she told the missionary, “the mayor of our town visited here. He used to be a very bad man. He was mean to his children. He gambled and wasted his money. Much of the time his mouth was filled with angry words. But since his visit here he is changed. He is no longer a tiger, but a lamb! His poor wife is very happy now.”
“That is good news indeed,” said the missionary doctor. “But what can I do for you?”
“Well,” she replied, “I don’t want you to tell anybody, but I am a bad person, too. My mouth is often filled with angry words, and I am afraid my family finds it hard to live with me. I have come to ask you to please give me some of the same medicine that cured our mayor.”
How happy the doctor was to tell the poor Chinese woman about Jesus the Saviour, who loves and died for sinners to cleanse away their sins, and to give them a new life and nature like Himself—a nature which delights only in pleasing Him and loving others.
ML-11/18/1979