Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

Mother asked him if he was ill and he said, “No.” God had answeredmy prayer. I was riding high in my first love, Pray…,Ask…, and it shall be given!Before the year was over, conviction overwhelmed Father. WhenI invited Arnold Bennett, the preacher, to come to our house,Father got down on his knees and was gloriously saved! Afterward,Father joined the Baptist Church where all three of us attended.Although Mother was religious, she was still unsaved atthis time.Whenever Father would hear an appeal for salvation, I wouldhear a sob, and his hand would be up. Mother would correcthim, “John, you don’t have to put your hand up, you are saved.”Deeply broken, he would do this every time there was an appeal.Father had seven years of salvation, from age 70 to 77,before he went home to be with the Lord.I trotted into the water and sank.When I first read the story of Peter’s getting out of the boat andwalking on water to Jesus, I noticed he began to sink when hetook his eyes off Jesus. Jesus went over to him and stretchedforth His hand and the moment Peter touched Jesus, he didn’tsink anymore. I also noticed Jesus did not encourage him, butinstead, He rebuked Peter, asking, “O you of little faith, why didyou doubt?” (Matt 14:31)“Peter was wrong,” I concluded. “He could have walked on thewater, and he did walk on the water until he took his eyes offJesus. I am not going to displease Jesus. I am going to walk onwater!”I went to the seaside to what was called the corkscrew steps,climbing down to the point where the tide had come in. As Istood there, I prayed, “Lord Jesus, you were displeased with Peter,but I’m going to please You. You said, ‘If you shall ask anythingin My name, I’ll give it.’ Now, my God, I ask You to makeme to walk on water.”I trotted into the water and sank. When I sank, I was so shockedand discouraged, I fell out with the Lord. I thought, “Here He is— He rebukes Peter because he took his eyes off Jesus, telling16