Monday, October 02, 2006

In my writings I have demonstrated impatience towards bad ideas. But I don't want that to shadow a heart for humanity. I need to remember how to love as Christ loved.

In a similar vein, working in the hospital one faces an emotional rawness that the world doesn't know how to take -- when or before that limit hits, people shut it out and handle caring as work (or as they say, "Treating the disease and not the patient") . It is so much easier that way since we are still so bad at dealing with fear, grief and anger. This may be why a hospital can be inhospitable.

But there's a better way. Bringing our cares before God through prayer provides a solace for many patients without ignoring the pains of life. In turn this provide care. I need to be intentional about it because it is becoming easier to just shut it out.