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.