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THE STORY OF EDITH BURNS...

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San
Antonio, Texas.

She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will
Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients
as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning
he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of
Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat
Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a
young mother sitting beside her.

Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this
way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"
Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times
peopl would be saved.

Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse,
Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood
pressure. Edith began by saying, "My name is Edith Burns. Do you
believe in Easter?"

Beverly said, "Why yes I do."

Edith said, "Well, what do you believe about Easter?"

Beverly said, "Well, it's all about egg hunts, going to church,
and dressing up."

Edith kept pressing her about the real meaning of Easter, and
finally led her to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Dr. Phillips said, "Beverly, don't call Edith into the office quite yet.
I believe there is another delivery taking place in the waiting room.

After being called back in the doctor's office, Edith sat down
and when she took a look at the doctor she said, "Dr. Will, why are you so
sad? Are you reading your Bible? Are you praying?"

Dr. Phillips said gently, "Edith, I'm the doctor and you're the
patient."
With a heavy heart he said, "Your lab report came back and it
says you
have cancer, and Edith, you're not going to live very long."
Edith said, "Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad?
Do you think God makes mistakes? You have just told me I'm going to see
my precious Lord Jesus, my husband, and my friends. You have just
told me that I am going to celebrate Easter Forever, and here you are
having difficulty giving me my ticket!"

Dr. Phillips thought to himself, "What a magnificent woman this
Edith Burns is!" Edith continued coming to Dr. Phillips. Christmas came
and the office was closed through January 3rd. On the day the office
opened, Edith did not show up. Later that afternoon, Edith called Dr.
Phillips
and said she would have to be moving her story to the hospital and said,
"Will, I'm very near home, so would you make sure that they put women in
here next to me in my room who need to know about Easter."
Well, they did just that and women began to come in and share that room
with Edith. Many women were saved. Everybody on that floor from
staff to patients were so excited about Edith, that they started calling
her Edith Easter;
that is everyone except Phyllis Cross, the head nurse.

Phyllis made it plain that she wanted nothing to do with Edith
because she was a "religious nut". She had been a nurse in an army
hospital.
She had seen it all and heard it all. She was the original G.I. Jane. She
had been married three times, she was hard, cold, and did everything by
the book.
One morning the two nurses who were to attend to Edith were
sick. Edith had the flu and Phyllis Cross had to go in and give her a shot.
When she walked in, Edith had a big smile on her face and said,

"Phyllis, God loves you and I love you, and I have been praying
for you."
Phyllis Cross said, "Well, you can quit praying for me, it won't
work. I'm not interested."

Edith said, "Well, I will pray and I have asked God not to let
me go home until you come into the family."

Phyllis Cross said, "Then you will never die because
that will never happen," and curtly walked out of the room.

Every day Phyllis Cross would walk into the room and Edith would
say,
"God loves you Phyllis and I love you, and I'm praying for you."

One day Phyllis Cross said she was literally drawn to Edith's
room like a magnet would draw iron. She sat down on the bed and Edith said,
"I'm so glad you have come, because God told me that today is your
special day."

Phyllis Cross said, "Edith, you have asked everybody here the
question,
'Do you believe in Easter?' but you have never asked me."

Edith said, "Phyllis, I wanted to many times, but God told me to
wait until you asked, and now that you have asked.."

Edith Burns took her Bible and shared with Phyllis Cross the
Easter Story of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edith
said, "Phyllis, do you believe in Easter? Do you believe that Jesus
Christ is alive and that He wants to live in your heart?"

Phyllis Cross said, "Oh I want to believe that with all of my
heart, and I do want Jesus in my life." Right there, Phyllis Cross prayed
and
invited Jesus Christ into her heart. For the first time Phyllis Cross did
not
walk out of a hospital room, she was carried out on the wings of angels.

Two days later, Phyllis Cross came in and Edith said, "Do you
know what day it is?" Phyllis Cross said,"Why Edith, it's Good Friday."

Edith said, "Oh, no, for you every day is Easter. Happy Easter
Phyllis!"

Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Phyllis Cross came into work,
did some of her duties and then went down to the flower shop and got some
Easter lilies because she wanted to go up to see Edith and give her some
Easter lilies and wish her a Happy Easter.

When she walked into Edith's room, Edith was in bed. That big
black Bible was on her lap. Her hands were in that Bible. There was a sweet
smile on her face. When Phyllis Cross went to pick up Edith's hand, she

realized Edith

was dead. Her left hand was on
John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to
prepare a place for you, I will
come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you
may be also." Her right
hand was on Revelation 21:4, " And God will wipe away every tear
from their eyes, there
shall be no more death nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be
no more pain, for the
former things have passed away."

Phyllis Cross took one look at that dead body, and then lifted
her face toward heaven, and with tears streaming down her cheeks, said,
"Happy Easter, Edith - Happy Easter!"

Phyllis Cross left Edith's body, walked out of the room, and over
to a table where two student nurses were sitting. She said, "My name
is Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in Easter?"