M.D. We encourage doctors to strive to meet those needs through the love of Christ, to come alongside the patient to minister to him or her. I also believe God is already at work in the patient s life. Help me to do what You want me to do. I see that my job is to join God s Spirit in the exam room. It helped me make this a habit.
Doctors already know how a busy schedule can cloud someone s thinking to spiritual realities.
Likewise for ministers, listening to one discontent person after another can cause spiritual perspective to quickly get out of focus. And as you do, I encourage you to consider taking your pastor to lunch and sharing this incredible insight and how God has used it to view your patients differently. Ask him to pray that you ll remember to look for God s work in every patient. And don t be surprised if he thanks you for it. Walt Larimore, M.D., recently joined Focus on the Family as vice president of Medical Outreach.