Continue from Good News! Part 7
The book, Give Me A 'J' by Arthur Blissit. www.tbn.org.
You might ask, "What exactly happened when he carried the cross?"
On page 168 summary story: On a warm day in the early 1980's,
during a long cross walk from Warsaw to Czestochowa, Poland, he
stopped to rest. His interpreter, an English-speaking Polish
school teacher, was sitting near him and they were eating as they
sat in the grass. People were all around him, when suddenly through
the crowd came a young woman who sat down in front of him. The
girl name was Anna. Beautiful and 24-years old, she had lovely
clear eyes and short blonde hair. But she sat there with tears
running down her face, and her legs were covered with blood.
Through the interpreter, he explained that Anna had heard that
Arthur knew how to find Jesus. The girl's legs were bleeding and
he asked what was wrong with her legs. Interpreter pointed toward
the hill where they could see the people climbing up on their knees.
Anna has been climbing that hill on her knees to show her love for
Christ and has been trying to find Jesus. Someone just told her that
the man with the cross knew how to talk with Jesus, so she came to
see if he can tell her how to find Him. Arthur explained to her,
"Jesus loved you before you ever started up that hill, and He loves
you now that you have come down. All that blood was not necessary;
he has already shed His blood for you. Now I know He appreciates
your desire to show your love, but you don't have to do that to
prove you love Him. He can live in your heart." He explained how
Christ had died for her and had offered her the gift of salvation.
She prayed and invite Jesus into her heart and He became her
Savior. Anna cried, hugged, laughed and smiled, and said, "I have
found Jesus. I found Him. Now I know Him--that is all I need. I've
found Him! I've found Him!" And she ran away.
God used Arthur to carry the cross, and to spread the Good News
about Jesus. This is one example of what he had done.
