The Miracle at the Gate Beautiful
By Susan Vaughan Shumake
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I am still filled with WONDER and AMAZEMENT at what has happened to me! I was the BROKEN ONE waiting at His Gate Beautiful for my healing! I am the cripple who couldn’t move! I am the one who’s prayers have been answered by a MIRACLE HEALING and am now Dancing and Leaping and Praising GOD!
Acts 3:9-10 (NKJV) 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God. 10 Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. BEAUTIFUL is its Name My day began much like yesterday for these days are all much the same. I was carried again to the Temple Gate- BEAUTIFUL is its Name. Day after day I come to this spot where I sit with my hand out and beg. I hope that some generous person might give to this cripple who can’t use his legs. It was three o’clock, the hour of prayer and the courts were starting to fill. I held up my hands to each passerby, yet they often came down empty still. Then two men, together, approached the gate. They were two fishermen, I believe. When I asked for alms, one replied, “Look at us!” So I looked expecting something. He said, “I do not possess Silver and Gold” I listened as he continued to talk. “But what I do have I give to you- In the Name of Jesus Christ – WALK!” He took my right hand, and helped me up. My ankles and feet became strong! I leaped to my feet and stood upright, then I started to walk all alone! I went inside the Temple with them. I couldn’t stop praising the LORD! I could stand! I could walk! For the very first time! I’d received what I had prayed for! The people all saw me Walk and Praise God! Their faces showed they were amazed! They remembered the cripple who sat at the Gate – BEAUTIFUL is its Name!
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