Rachel's Tears by Beth Nimmo

Author:Beth Nimmo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Rachel performed another mime in the 1998 talent show. As Rachel started her performance, the audiotape sound became very garbled, and the music stopped. The audience started looking around to see what was wrong. Meanwhile on stage, Rachel kept right on with her mime. It was probably at least two minutes before the tape was fixed and the music came back on. Since Rachel had been keeping the song going in her head, when the tape restarted, she was in perfect step. She was miming the Ray Boltz song “The Hammer.” It is about a Roman soldier who witnesses Jesus’ crucifixion and asks the question, “Who would nail this innocent man on a cross?” In the song, he comes to realize it was his own sin and the sins of the world that crucified Jesus. Ironically Dylan Klebold was in the sound booth that night, and he was the one who eventually fixed the audiotape. Once again, through Rachel, the gospel had gone forth even to her killer.

As Rachel left the stage, the audience applauded her for her bravery in not abandoning her performance. Darrell had been working late but was trying to get there in time to see Rachel’s part. He did not make it until she was walking off the stage. His timing was perfect. Rachel was crying and felt totally humiliated as she walked past the curtains, and who was standing there but her father? Dana and I rushed out of the auditorium to be with her backstage. We all comforted her, and only a few minutes later she stopped crying and resolved, “Well, next time I will make sure that my tape won’t fail me. I will be better prepared. I have learned a hard lesson but one I will never forget.” She lifted her head, and that was that.

Rachel was very committed to Christ. She wasn’t a middle-of-the-road person. She wasn’t apathetic. She had a vitality for life and an all-out devotion to what she considered important, and that devotion seemed to come through in even the smallest things that she did.

Rachel had love and concern for family members who were experiencing difficult times. Her cousin, Daniel Cecrle of Shreveport, Louisiana, has suffered tremendous pain and affliction since his birth. Doctors are amazed that Daniel is still with us. Rachel wrote a prayer asking the Lord to intervene on his behalf.

She also prayed and wrote notes of encouragement to another cousin who was struggling in so many areas of his life. One note said:

You wanna know what I feel—what I think about constantly— that is on my heart . . . GOD. Seriously, He is all I think about. I want to serve Him so much . . . So sorry if I came on so strong. I just wish you knew how it feels. I just feel so happy and fulfilled. I know that you don’t understand right now, but I’m praying that someday you will . . . You are one of the most important people in my life, that’s why I want to give so much of God to you.

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