One reason both Mike and I went into Family Practice is the chance to get to work with and get to know families. To make relationships with patients that go beyond the results of their blood tests--and to help in times of sickness, both physical and emotional. The latter always being more challenging and more delicate.
I had my first taste of working with a family yesterday in clinic--that definitely pushed my limits and forced me to cry out to God for the wisdom and words to say to help this broken family. A dear little girl, her mother who is still reeling from the death of her first-born son 3 years ago and the toll that has taken on her, her marriage and her family, and the dear abuelita (grandmother) with some serious health problems of her own, but a bigger concern for the well-being of her daughter.
I know that God's Spirit was present during our visit--and yet my spanish seemed so inadequate and my wisdom so limited to speak into her life. Please pray for this dear family--that God's presence would be real and would continue to heal their broken lives with His peace and His love.
Thanks for sharing how this experience touched you, Heather. We will be praying for you and for all that you come in contact with, that the Lord's eyes would be gazing at them through yours, and that they would feel His healing touch through yours.
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