This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am Well Pleased submitted by Irene Ortiz
“Lord Let Us Not Be Deaf
to Your Voice”
There was a surgeon who
had drifted away from God.
He had no time to go to
Church or had time to be with his family because he was always busy working to
make money for worldly things, which will soon drift away at one time or
another.
A young child about six
years old who came into the hospital needed a heart surgery or else he could
die if he didn’t have surgery.
The doctor told the
parents that their son was very sick and that he needed surgery right away or
that he would not last very long.
The parents were very
sad and told the doctor to do everything to save their child and also to please
tell the child about the surgery, cause it was very hard for them to tell him.
So on Monday morning the
doctor came to the child’s room and said, “Son, you are a very sick child and
you need surgery right away. I’m going
to open your little heart to see what’s wrong.”
The child right away
interrupted the surgeon and asked him, “Doctor when you open my little heart
are you going to find Jesus in it?”
The doctor ignored what
the child said and continued talking.
He told the child, “I
will cut a wall of your little heart to see the defect completely.”
But the child again
said, “Doctor but when you open my heart will you find Jesus inside?”
The doctor continued
talking, ignoring what the child was asking, “When I see the damage in your
heart we will plan on what to do to get you well.”
The doctor could not tolerate
the insistence of what the child was asking.
So before leaving the
room the doctor said, “If he doesn’t have surgery and with such a pain the
child will die at a young age.”
The doctor started
asking himself, my God why must he die at such a young age?
God answered the
surgeon, the child, my young sheep, doesn’t belong to your pasture because he
is a part of me and he will be with me for all eternity.
He will be comforted and
one day he will be with his parents, as for you some years ago I sent you my
sheep and gave you the gift of healing.
You became a surgeon so
as to be able to help humanity; but with so much work, worldly things, and money
etc. you have forgotten your Creator our Lord Jesus Christ.
So I sent my other son,
a sick child, not to lose him, but to talk to the lost sheep to return to me.
To return to my vineyard
because it has been so long that I have been waiting for your return.
I have talked to you
through other people, sent messages; I have waited for you to talk to me and
your family.
I want to bless you and
heal you but you keep drifting away doing other worldly things.
I will keep waiting for
your return as a good father waits for the lost son.
The prodigal son to
return home and have a big feast for him and the whole family.
The surgeon began to cry
realizing how bad he needed Jesus in his life.
After the child had
surgery, the doctor came to his room, got close to the child’s bed to see how
he was doing.
The child woke up and
the first thing he said to the doctor was, “Doctor did you find Jesus in my
little heart?”
The surgeon crying
answered, “You were right I found Jesus in your heart.”
The child gave a big
smile and said, “Thank you Jesus for my healing. You sure are a great surgeon.”
“By walking with Jesus,
everything good happens.”
“For He is our strength
and our guide.”
“Our God reigns.”
“Praise you Lord.”
Irene Ortiz