A fruitful day at the hospital in visitation. Visited many patients and saw quite a lot of pain today.It is sad to see those suffering so much, but due to surgery and other ailments that people have,this is part of life.
One man began talking with me and after I prayed with him, he began crying. He said to stop by anytime and pray with him if I am in the hall. That makes me feel bad, I passed this on the the next Chaplain to visit and pray with.
Some people are such an inspiration and God sends our way sometimes to help us. One lady, expressed how she had been abused, abandoned, and neglected, but that God did not abandon her. She said she had been ready to give up, and God gave her faith to trust Him. She was going to go to the nursing home, but God restored her faith. She
shared how she never forgot her pastor telling one time that faith was like sitting in a char, You trusted the chair to hold you up and that is the way God is; we can trust Him.
It was so sad to see a very young man in the bed who could not talk, finding it very difficult to communicate,and express how he was feeling, I tried my best to encourage him and prayed with him. As I prayed, his eyes welled
up in tears. He had been in a vehicle accident as a passenger with a drunk driver. He had a tube in his neck and his handswere in braces or something. He reminded me of my grandson and the recent accident that he went through.
Then, there are those who seem to want to convert the Chaplin if they could. One lady told me a Chaplain had visitedand she told them she was a Pentecostal and the chaplain would not stop. She did not like it apparently. She mentioned people walking the pews and that she did not handle snakes. She believed in being born again, and said that Catholics did not believe that. She talked a lot about her religion and finally right before I left shared that she had lost her brother whom
she had raised. She seemed to get emotional, but then we were interrupted by a staff member and I left.
One middle age (actually younger) lady said she had fell at Krogers on ice and broke her ankle. She was having surgery today due to this. She never imagined that is would end up that bad. Her husband told her she could have hurt her head.
That would have been worse - maybe.
It is a blessing to be a Chaplin, because I get to do everything that I want to do - visits people meeting so many new ones, preaching in chapel and the nursing home, leading in singing at the nursing home, and doing administrative work. Such a
well rounded position for me.
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