He was a sinner about to appear before his judge. Knowing his condition, he wanted to pray but didn't know how. The hospital chaplain stopped by one day. The patient told the chaplain about his inability to pray. The minister suggested that he focus on the empty chair next to his bed.
Prayer is that simple.
A few days later, the chaplain was again making his rounds. He stepped into this room and found the bed empty. At the nurses' station, he was told the man had died. The nurse added that the hospital staff was puzzled by the man's posture in death. Instead of dying in bed with his head on the pillow, this man was sitting on the side of the bed, with his head resting on the chair next to the bed.