Thursday, February 11, 1999
Thursday, February 11, 1999
Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has
eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.
(John 5:24
NRSV)
That was in 1920. One morning in 1923, Jack suddenly jumped up out of bed. He washed and
shaved, dressed himself, and walked out the door on his own!
It's not possible! the doctors said. But Jack just carried right on: he set up a business for himself,
he got married, he fathered two children, and he lived a normal life for another 20 years! The
Ministry of Pensions kept sending his disability checks. No one in Jack's condition could ever
recover! they said. But Jack didn't complain! It was like he was reborn. Just when everybody had
given up on him, he got another chance at life!
That is what Jesus does for us. He gives us another chance at life!
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
Some years ago the Canadian Medical Association reported the strange case of Jack Traynor.
Jack was an Englishman who fought in the trenches of World War I. Twice he was shot: one
bullet severed the nerves and tendons in his right arm; the other put a hole in his skull. Jack was
alive, but his arm was useless and his brain was damaged. He couldn't walk, and he had constant
epileptic seizures. His right arm hung paralyzed. Doctors stopped treating him and predicted his
death in a very short while. The Ministry of Pensions gave him a total disability.
Prayer: Dear God, bring me to life through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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