The Assurance of New Life in Christ
Some experiences in life one cannot forget!
Standing with the grieving family around the bed of Robby Shaw, a twenty-one year old boy who had suffered the slowly debilitating disease of Muscular Dystrophy since the age of six, we were suddenly amazed by the movement of his body. From his semi-conscious state he sat up in bed (a feat which he had been unable to do on his own the past ten years) and said to his weeping sister, "Don't cry Laura, don't cry. I can run again." Then, he lay back down, took a few more peaceful breaths and died.
In utter amazement and overwhelming joy we all looked at each other with the same flabbergasted expression that I picture in my mind was on the face of those who gathered around the paralytic when Jesus told him to get up and go home. "And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them."
What a blessing to have experienced this event face-to-face. I shall never forget it! And what a witness to the resurrection Robby gave to us. Telling us of his new found freedom wiped our tears away and assured us of God's promise, if we remain faithful, "the home of God is among mortals. God will dwell with them as their God; they will be God's people, and God will be with them; God will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away." (Rev. 21:2-4)
R. Bruce Meyer
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