Monday, May 17, 1999
Monday, May 17, 1999
As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry
out your ministry fully.
While the two doctors argued over procedure, two other doctors took responsibility for the
patient and saved his life. That can happen in the church. We can become so caught up in trying to
resolve our own internal conflicts that we forget we are called to minister to people.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
(2 Timothy 4:5
NRSV)
I heard about a man named Paul Loettz who took a bad fall--puncturing his lung, breaking some
ribs and bruising himself internally. Lying in an emergency room he probably thought things
couldn't get worse, but they did! As he looked up from his hospital bed, he heard the two doctors
responsible for his care arguing over who would get to put a tube into his crushed chest. The
argument became a shoving match and one doctor threatened to have the other doctor removed
by the security police. Loettz said, "Please, somebody, save my life!"
Prayer: Dear Jesus, remind me often of my mission to minister to all of your people.
Amen.
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