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A young blind man, Murphy Paul, had
two advocates, his mother and Narayan Paul.
This story begins with a troubled marriage involving a good mother
and a drunkard husband. They were blessed with a lovely son,
Murphy. Somehow while studying in 7th grade he fell sick with
a fever and lost his sight in both eyes.
Someone told his mother: "Your son will get his sight when you sweep
the streets of the whole village." Early one morning as Narayan Paul was
singing songs and preaching in her village, he met her busily
sweeping the streets. At Narayan's inquiry, she gave her unusual
explanation for what she was doing. He immediately agreed to visit her home and advocate
for her son. He told her that her son would be healed.
When Narayan visited and explained the gospel to her and the
power of Jesus to help her son, she took heart. He advised her to
visit the eye specialist clinic almost 900 kilometers
from their village, to which she gladly agreed. Ten family members took the
trip along with Murphy, his mother, and Narayan Paul. Narayan
paid all the charges for the two day train trip to this hospital.
The Director of the Hospital was
stoutly anti-Christian. But Narayan, the advocate, was a Christian.
How did he intercede for Murphy, the blind boy?
It is the policy of the hospital to do one free operation per year
for a poor patient. Narayan Paul pleaded humbly, reverently, and
with a submissive manner to be heard. First, when the advocate asked
the doctor to do the operation, he knew it would cost 75,000 rupees.
Narayan was able to slowly change the director's mind.
The director asked how Narayan knew these poor people. "You are a
Christian, they are Hindus," he said. Narayan replied that he was
Christian preacher going house to house and street to street to
preach the love of God. Here was a desperate mother sweeping the
streets, searching for someone to help her son. Narayan was very
pleased to bring the people out of the superstitions of darkness.
The ten family members stayed the week while Murphy had sight
restored in one eye. As a result of this ministry, Murphy has come
to the Lord and is effectively reaching fishermen for Christ. He and
his family adopted the family name 'Paul' because of the love they
received through Narayan. Praise the Lord!
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