Friday, May 9, 2003
Friday, May 9, 2003
If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast,
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
The elderly woman rocked all day in a rocking chair. So one day the nurse pulled up a rocking
chair beside the lady and just rocked along with her and loved her. On the third day, the patient
opened her eyes and said, "You're so kind." Two weeks later the lady was well enough to leave
the home.
Love does not always work out that neatly, but Jesus' love does have a tremendous healing
effect on our minds, bodies and souls.
(1 Corinthians 13.3
NRSV)
In Sweden a nurse working in a government convalescent home, was assigned to an elderly
woman patient. This patient had not spoken a word in three years. The other nurses disliked her
and tried to have nothing to do with her. The new nurse decided to try unlimited love.
Lord Jesus, love is worth more than anything this world can give, because it comes from you.
May I love as freely as you love. Amen.
