Today was pronounced by some guy on the west coast of being the beginning of the end. DOOMSDAY! It was said to be starting at 6pm today. It came and went with no rapture!
As the kids and I talked about it one morning I think Cole but it best.
" I will never want to be like those people in the Scriptures that mocked the prophets when they spoke about Jesus. Whether I think that guys crazy or what I won't mock him." More or less coming from a 15 year old boy it really makes you think about things differently.
As adults we are very quick to judge people. Since I started my new job I feel a change coming over me. My thinking has changed about people in general people in our lives that we love even those we can't stand. Why can't we stand them? To they push us to be a person we know we should be or one that we don't want to be? Do they make us question who we are or where we are going? Do we know what we stand for?
Dealing with death all the time or the idea of someone's mortality changes you. I have dealt or treated many cancer patients. Recently I realized how much these patients have changed my life and how I wanted to change theirs for the better.
I have had one patient Vance who him and his wife have changed my life so much. When I first met Vance he wasn't able to talk due to his health issues. But yet he still found the ability to joke with me. Every time I left he would simply hold out his finger and we would touch fingers. That was our good-bye. The last time I saw him before changing jobs. He looked like the cancer was taking over him. As I spoke to his sweet wife I looked over his report and spoke to her. Reality of his mortality was overwhelming. I could always see how much his dear wife loved him and how much this whole thing scared her but yet she was strong for him. And he was strong for her. I spoke with her about 2 weeks later. She told me he was dying and how much of an angel I was to him. I so didn't feel that I did anything special for him. They were the ones that changed my life. Helped me find my calling in life. Helped me see past just being a nurse and letting go and truly caring for someone whether they were family or not.
My dear friend passed away into Heavenly Father's presence as I was in the temple praying for his peace and peace for his dear family. I will be forever greatful for their influence. How lucky I was to be his nurse and friend.
This last week I have seen several young women be diagnosed with Cancer. As a mom this makes you really think about your kids. Your legacy you are leaving. What are they or other's you come in contact with going to remember about you?
Makes you say HMMM!!
So as you can say Doomsday didn't come tonight.. The man at the gas station wanted to know why someone would predict the end if it wasn't going to happen? And why is their another prediction that the end was coming in December 2012? Trying to explain this to someone of a different faith who has no belief in the bible and it's teachings can be difficult. I simply explained that if you believe in God and the bible it states that no one will know the time. I am still not sure if he understood.
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