January 5, 2014
A while ago at a Festival of
Trees Board Meeting, there was a story shared with us. (My Festival friends
will probably remember this.) It was about a wonderful Christian Oncologist who
works for Primary Children's Hospital. He is kind, loving, prayerful, would go
to worship almost every day before work, and loved the children.
One day, he had a meeting with a little 7 year old boy and his parents. The boy had had cancer, and had gone into remission, but the latest test results revealed that the cancer had returned. He was going over treatment options and a plan on how to beat it, when the angry little boy defiantly stated,"YOU can't heal me. The only person who can make me better is Heavenly Father."
Without missing a beat, the Dr. Looked him in the eye and said, "Well, who do you think I work for?"
We were then asked to evaluate ourselves and our own lives and ask ourselves the same question, which, at the start of this New Year, I'm posing to you also. "Who do YOU work for?" In our dealings with our families, friends, neighbors, colleagues... who are we working for? Are we kind, caring, tolerant of others and beliefs that may be different than ours? Do we set a good example, love unconditionally and try to be more Christ-like? Let's all take some time and think about our own lives and the ways we can improve. I know I have a long way to go.
One day, he had a meeting with a little 7 year old boy and his parents. The boy had had cancer, and had gone into remission, but the latest test results revealed that the cancer had returned. He was going over treatment options and a plan on how to beat it, when the angry little boy defiantly stated,"YOU can't heal me. The only person who can make me better is Heavenly Father."
Without missing a beat, the Dr. Looked him in the eye and said, "Well, who do you think I work for?"
We were then asked to evaluate ourselves and our own lives and ask ourselves the same question, which, at the start of this New Year, I'm posing to you also. "Who do YOU work for?" In our dealings with our families, friends, neighbors, colleagues... who are we working for? Are we kind, caring, tolerant of others and beliefs that may be different than ours? Do we set a good example, love unconditionally and try to be more Christ-like? Let's all take some time and think about our own lives and the ways we can improve. I know I have a long way to go.
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