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saved. But she would not allow me to cross her threshold because of her rebellion against what she thought was the Gospel. For much has paraded under the name of Christianity that has not been Christianity -- the Crusaders killing the Jews in their tracks as they traveled through villages and countryside on their way to the Holy Land; the slaughtering of thousands and thousands of Jews in the name of Christianity; the suffering of Jewish people at the hands of Catholic churches in Poland, Hungary, and Spain during the terrible Spanish Inquisition. To the Jews, Christianity spells all this. Now the Lord was placing this woman in my care that I might be able to minister to her. "Please, God," I prayed, "in some way soften her heart. May something happen to open the door to her home as well." She had cancer of the upper palate, and I knew it had been radical surgery. Her recovery, too, would be critical. When she was brought into recovery room, I asked if I could especially observe her and take her vital signs. They granted me the permission. As I was watching Mrs. Weiss her color began to change. Her face reddened, then turned bluish. Her feet began to kick. She began to struggle for breath. It was evident that her nasal and respiratory passages were filling with mucous and blood from the area where the cancer had been removed. I quickly pushed the panic button. The doctors came in and wanted to do a tracheotomy right away. We set up the tracheotomy tray. A student nurse was between the doctors and myself. I thought I would just observe. The doctors began to call for various instruments. The nurse handed the doctor the instrument called for first, and when he made the incision, the blood spurted. Being just a student, the nurse had never seen blood spurt before and fainted dead away. There was no time to pick her up or do anything about it. We had to make an opening so that this woman could breathe. The doctors kept on calling for instruments. I prayed, "O Lord, please let me know which instruments they want, because I don't know anything about being a nurse." God did help me. He gave me the wisdom to hand them the right instruments at the right time, and soon the doctors had inserted a little tube in Mrs. Weiss' throat so that she could breathe. That afternoon I left the hospital and was out of town over the week-end. When I returned on Monday I was told by one of the nurses that Mrs. Weiss wanted to see me. I asked the nurse why she wanted to see me. "O," she said, "she just wants to see you. She asked that you be sent to her room." "How did she know that I was even here?" "We told her. We told her that it was your quick observation that saved her life, and she wants to see you."
I went to her room, and she looked just beautiful. The tracheotomy tube had been removed and she was breathing nicely. Her color was good. When I stepped into her room, she threw up her arms and cried, "Irene, come here." I went to her bedside. She threw her arms around me and said, "O Irene, can you ever forgive me? To think that I treated you as I did! We used to laugh at you. You were the subject of much joking and ridicule in our home, and now God used you to save my life." What a wonderful reunion we had! I told her how the Lord had helped me and how He had given me wisdom as to which instruments to hand to the doctors. After Mrs. Weiss left the hospital, I began to go to her home and I thank the Lord that this dear little friend of mine was saved. Before many months -- it was not long -- the Lord took her home, for not all the cancer had been removed. How glad I am I was there that day in recovery room to help her. * * * * * * * 12 "MOTHER SUPERIOR" WINS A RABBI I had received my Saturday-morning assignment -- about eight patients to care for on medical floor. Some days previously, as I had gone up and down the corridor on this floor, I noticed a closed door with a "No Visitors" sign on it. In this room was a rabbi whose father I had known well. Once the father had threatened that he would wring my neck because several of his congregation had found the Lord Jesus Christ through my witnessing. This rabbi son had a brilliant mind and a wonderful reputation for being a fine, moral, and very orthodox man. O how I wanted to get into that room and witness to him! I heard he had had a heart attack and also a slight stroke. When I saw his private duty nurse leave the room, I took a chance and went in. His wife and others could have been there, and I could have been called on the carpet for entering, but no one was there. I went to his bedside and quickly began to tell him about Jesus, but I got no response. He was in an unconscious state and did not respond even with the flicker of an eyelid. Nevertheless, I continued to tell him about the Lord and then hurried out of the room. Now this Saturday morning in my assignment for the day I noticed that he was to be one of the patients I was to care for. He had been moved to another room, and evidently was much better or he would not have been out from under the care of a special-duty nurse. I was so thrilled with the anticipation of getting to talk with the rabbi that I forgot I was to feed him at eight o'clock when the trays came around. I was hurrying to take care of the other seven patients, feeding those who needed to be fed, bathing those who needed to be bathed, assisting them where they needed to be assisted and changing their linens quickly so I could spend the rest of my time with the rabbi.
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Lord. Adonai -- God, the only Lord.
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