Topics:<\/b> Attitudes; Caring; Compassion; Empathy; Mercy<\/p>\n
Reference:<\/b> Matthew 25:31\u201340<\/p>\n
Each day I worked in the emergency room, I became more insensitive to people and their real needs. Five years of emergency room exposure took its toll. Then God intervened.<\/p>\n
I was registering a young woman who had overdosed on drugs and attempted suicide. Her mother sat before me, unkempt and bleary eyed. She had been awakened in the night by the police to come to the hospital. She could only speak to me in a whisper.<\/p>\n
\u201cHurry up!\u201d I said to myself as she slowly gave me information. My impatience was raw as I finished the report and jumped to the machine to copy the medical cards. Then God stopped me, saying, \u201cYou didn\u2019t even look at her.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt his grief for the woman and her daughter then, and I bowed my head, saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Lord. I am so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat by the distraught woman and covered her hands with mine. I looked into her eyes with all the love that God could flood through me and said, \u201cI care. Don\u2019t give up.\u201d She wept as she poured out her story. For years she had dealt with a rebellious daughter who was a single mom. Finally, after the weeping stopped, she thanked me for listening. Me\u2014the coldhearted one with no feelings.<\/p>\n
My attitude changed that night. My God, who so loved the world, broke that self-imposed barrier around my heart. Now he could reach out, not only to me, but to a lost and hurting woman.<\/p>\n
\u2014Adapted from Patricia Miller, \u201cThe Emergency Room,\u201d Pentecostal Evangel<\/i> (October 15, 2000)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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