THIS BOY'S HEART
 

The  surgeon sat beside the boy's bed;
the boy's parents sat across from him.

  "Tomorrow morning," the surgeon began,
"I'll open up your heart..."

 "You'll find Jesus there," the boy interrupted.
 The surgeon looke up, annoyed.

 "I'll cut your heart open," he continued,
"to see how much damage has been done..."

  "But when you open up my heart, you'll find Jesu in there."

  The surgeon looked to the parents, who sat quietly.
  "When I see how  much damage has been done,
I'll sew your heart and chest back up
and I'll plan what to do next."

  "But you'll find Jesus in my heart. 
The Bible says He lives there.
 The hymns all say He lives there. 
You'll find Him in my heart."

  The surgeon had had enough.  "I'll tell you what
 I'll find in your heart.

  I'll find damaged muscle, low blood supply,
and weakened vessels.
 And
  I'll find out if I can make you well."

  "You'll find Jesus there too.  He lives there." 
The surgeon left.

  The surgeon sat in his office, recording his notes from the surgery.
  "...damaged aorta, damaged pulmonary vein, widespread muscle degeneration.
No hope for transplant, no hope for cure. 
Therapy: painkillers and bed rest. Prognosis:,
" here he  paused, "
death within one year." 

He stopped the recorder, but there was more to be said.

  "Why?" he asked aloud. "Why did You do this?
 You've put him here;

The surgeon's tears were hot, but his anger was hotter. 
"You created that boy, and You created that heart. 
He'll be dead in months.
 Why?"

  The Lord answered, "The boy, My lamb, shall return to My flock, 
for he has done his duty: I did not put My lamb with your
 flock to lose him,
but to retrieve another lost lamb."

  The surgeon pondered what he had just heard. 
Could it be possible that
  the boy was born in such a condition to reach him?

 He  bowed his head, and wept.

 The surgeon sat beside the boy's bed;
the boy's parents sat across from him.

  The boy awoke and whispered,
"Did you cut open my heart?"

  "Yes," said the surgeon.

  "What did you find?" asked the boy.

   "I found Jesus there," said the surgeon.

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