a child of god
this is the way, run in it
Rosemary, my 84 year old friend and prayer partner, is a retired nurse/midwife/nurse assistant to eye specialist doctors, who lived and worked most of her life in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is imminently sensible; she is also bold when needed. And she knows when it is important to do or say something and when it isn't.
For instance, she had to go to the doctor this week. He diagnosed her with a possible virus that is making the rounds and showing up in muscles, etc, and wrote out an order for a blood test to see if this was correct so he could treat it properly. When Rosemary went out to the desk to get it scheduled, they gave her a date two weeks later. As a nurse, she knew this wasn't helpful, as the doctor wanted to know the results so he could treat it. She politely asked if there wasn't anything sooner, and said he thought it was important. This was towards the end of the day, there weren't any other people there waiting on the nurse who took the blood samples, so they made a phone call and she was given permission to go in right then. When the nurse saw her, she said, oh, I might have guessed it was you! Rosemary knew the ropes and what to ask for and when. Later when she was given a follow up appointment with her doctor, the person at the desk tried to schedule Rosemary in quickly, but Rosemary said, that's not necessary. Make it two weeks later; give the meds time to work. What struck me about this is the timing of it all. The people out at the desk didn't know Rosemary's situation and were just processing her like they would normally, doing what they could. Rosemary knew the timing was important on the first test, and that waiting was important on the follow up appointment. In our lives, we need to know when it is important to push or ask for things sooner rather than later, when to act, and when it is important to wait. Timing is important, especially in the kingdom of God.
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