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Chapter 8<br />
8 Roses Will Bloom Again!<br />
One day a pastor went to pray for a man who was<br />
suffering with a bad case of arthritis. His joints were<br />
badly swollen and he was in constant pain.<br />
This sick man also had a doctor friend who came<br />
each week to work with him. Despite the prayers of the<br />
minister and the medicine of the physician, there came<br />
a day when the man believed he would not get well and<br />
his spirit fell. The smile vanished from his face and soon<br />
a terrible bitterness came over him.<br />
Neighbors who had been bringing food didn't<br />
come anymore because he didn't welcome them<br />
anymore. The only person left was his nurse. And she<br />
didn't really want to be on the case because he had<br />
become so bitter and hard to deal with in both body<br />
and spirit.<br />
The pastor said, "When I went to see Robert, I used<br />
my cheeriest voice. But there he lay drawn up in a knot.<br />
He refused to look at me... to speak ...or to try to smile. I<br />
wanted so desperately to reach him at least one more<br />
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