Wordless Book in Hospital
From SPARK
Brief Summary
The story of salvation with Scripture and the book of colors.
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Arleigh Martin, Middle East regional director for Child Evangelism Fellowship, had left Cypress to touch down in the Arabian Gulf countries. He carried with him a deep, nagging cough.
“Do the colors in your suit pocket mean anything?” the X-ray technician asked when Arleigh landed in hospital. The technician was eyeing the corners of five colored handkerchiefs extended upwards from the missionary’s pocket! “They remind me of a story I heard 45 years ago as a five-year-old boy in the mountains of Lebanon,” he continued.
“Why, yes, it’s the same Wordless Book story!” Arleigh assured him.
“Please tell it to me again,” requested the technician.
Arleigh briefly told the story of salvation with Scripture and the book of colors: gold for Heaven, black for the darkness of sin, red for the blood of Christ, white for the clean heart, green to grow in the knowledge of God.
Tears streamed down the man’s face. “God sent you here to encourage me today. It’s been a renewal!” he said as he embraced Arleigh in a big bear hug (Middle East style). Apparently CEF’s first missionary in Lebanon told this man the story years ago and he has been a secret believer, working and living in the the culture.
“Do you have a book like this that I could have?” he asked.
“Yes, and here are some Bible verses for you to read to go with each page. Do you have a Bible?”
“I have an Arabic Bible,” he answered.
“Why don’t we have a word of prayer before I leave?”
The technician agreed. But first he closed all the windows and doors so no one in the hospital compound could hear the praying. Arleigh prayed, “Lord, help this believer in You to grow. Amen.”
Another big embrace, “Thank you for coming! This has been the greatest day in my life for years.”
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