Unbridled Joy
Bailey Murrill was paralyzed from the waist down, and she
didn’t know why. She hadn’t been in a
wreck or sustained an injury in any other way that would cause the
paralysis. The day before she could
walk, but now she couldn’t.
Bailey was rushed to the hospital. Doctors performed test after test. But the doctors couldn’t figure out what
caused the paralysis.
But then, after 11 long days, Bailey developed feeling in
her legs and was able to walk. To say
that Bailey and everyone who knew her and had worked with her were overjoyed is
an understatement. There was one person
that Bailey couldn’t wait to tell about – and to show – her recovery: one of
her favorite nurses while in the hospital.
That nurse was coming back to work that very day.
A video was made of Bailey and her favorite nurse, and it
was posted on YouTube. You can view it
here: http://cts.dundee.net/t/2788722/94734899/5879/29/
At the time of writing this article, over 6 million
people have viewed the video.
Bailey’s mother posted this comment with the video clip:
Our daughter, Bailey, had complete paralysis from the
waist down for 11 days with no explanation as to why. This video is of one of
her favorite nurses coming onto her shift and not knowing that Bailey had
started walking this day.
The video shows Bailey in a wheelchair wheeling herself
to the approaching nurse. When the nurse
sees Bailey sitting in her wheelchair, she approaches her with open arms as if
to hug her. Then Bailey stopped her
chair, locked the wheels, stood up, and walked toward her favorite nurse. The nurse, in what one commentator described
as a display of unbridled joy, screamed in shock and jubilation and embraced
Bailey, crying, "Yes! Thank you
Lord!"
The nurse holds on for a long time, rocking Bailey back
and forth. They both wipe away tears and embrace again and again. *
Because of our sins, we are in a sense “paralyzed” in
that we cannot save ourselves. Our
condition in our sin is grave, for “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).
But the Great Physician has a cure! Jesus died on the cross for our sins so that
we might be forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
God has promised to save those who will place their faith
and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin in repentance (Acts 17:30-31),
confess Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) into Christ
for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16). He will continue to cleanse from sin those
who continue to walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7).
The Scriptures teach that we are “dead in trespasses and
sins....,” “but because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ.” It is by His
grace that we are saved (Ephesians 2:1-9).
Accepting His grace – and the salvation and ETERNAL LIFE
that it brings – should evoke unbridled joy in our hearts!
Won’t YOU accept His offer of salvation and eternal life?
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