Download - The Perfect Wisdom Web

Be Not Afraid The Childlike spiritAbout three in the afternoon, his mother took a callfrom Mt. Sinai Hospital: Pete had been admitted forwhat was presumed to be heat stroke. Mary was frantic:her husband, Wendell, was on business in Europe,thousands of miles away, and she herself was twohours from the hospital. Driven by a neighbor, she leftimmediately for the city. On arriving at the front deskof the hospital, she was informed that her son had beenput on the critical list. Why? How? What on earth hadhappened? She called my father, her pastor. Stunned,he spread the word throughout our congregation, andeveryone who could gathered to rally for the little boyby praying for him.Pete remained comatose, however, and his conditionworsened. Nonplussed, the doctors did everything theycould think of; an off-duty specialist even came in tosee if there was anything she could do. But it was all invain. At about ten in the evening, the end came. No onecould believe it. Just that morning Pete had left homeso full of life. Now he was gone, and his father, thoughon the way home, hadn’t even arrived yet.Only the next day did the picture unfold: while thechildren were watching a mother monkey with its baby,the teachers had noticed that Pete – with them onlymoments before – was missing. Beside themselveswith worry, they had alerted zoo officials immediatelyand searched every imaginable place. Finally he was