Power Walk
Edification for Your Christian Walk
from True Life Family Ministries
Devotionals for...
Women
The following was written by Audrey Hepburn. These are her "beauty tips."
1. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
2. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
3. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
4. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
5. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
6. People, even more than things, have to be restored, revived,
reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
7. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find them at the end of
each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you
have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
8. The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that
she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must
be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the
place where love resides.
9. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true
beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she
lovingly gives the passion that she shows.
10. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
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"Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies"
Proverbs 31:10
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I was ironing my husband's shirts the other day, a chore which is
not glamorous nor one which I seek with great anticipation. It is one,
however, I do with love - for him. He does not care for the finish
which comes on shirts taken to the laundry , so I spend a little time
each week ironing. If I sprinkle the shirts, roll them up and place
them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator overnight, they press very
well. But if I am lazy, and just use the steam iron, the result is not
quite as satisfactory.
I thought about my life, and how I have tried to iron out problems
that have cropped up over the years. I thought about the way I like to
have a plan, ironing out any foreseeable wrinkle that may appear. I
thought about grief I have experienced, and how unable I was to iron
out the deep creases of sadness they left in my heart. I remembered
my many moments of fear -- for my family and myself -- and how
I was unable to iron out fear from entering my mind.
There is a master ironer, however, who never leaves creases of
fear, grief, problems or preplanning in our lives. He can iron out every
one of them to perfection, and He steps up to the job with a smile on
His face. He picks up His iron of love and begins to work on the
wrinkles of our lives. He does so with great compassion, as His love
strokes go back and forth across the material of our lives. His name
is Jesus, and He is not content to just give us the "steam iron"
treatment. He will work us out into perfection, for it says in the Bible
that " he who has begun a good work in you will not quit till the day of
completion." He just keeps ironing, working those wrinkles of
helpless and hopelessness out of our lives. I am thankful I have
turned my wrinkled self over to Him -- for I know he can get the job
done - and done perfectly!
Contributed by Marion Smith
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"...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the
day of Christ Jesus."
Phil 1:6 NIV
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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 people 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?"