On and on this dear younger, professional woman went...I am old enough to be her mother...and she just poured out her heart to me as if I were her counselor or doctor. instead of the other way around...and I let her continue...the time just flew by...the rest of the office was outside our door...waiting for the doctor to move on to the next patient...and I imagine they thought I was in there taking up her time and pouring my heart out to her...little did they know that this Doctor needed a doctor...and was literally crying on my shoulder...
I hugged her and told her I loved her and that Jesus loves her...she is a "born-again believer", by her own testimony to me...and she prays to the Lord and asks Him to help her...and to find someone to help her in her medical practice so she can take some time off and get away by herself and/or with her own husband and children. I shared what few words of wisdom I could come up with while sitting there praying the Lord would help me to help her. Truly, the best help that I could be was to let her talk and for me to listen.
She said she wished she had a "girlfriend" to go to lunch with and just be silly and have a friend who wanted to be with her just for her, and not for what she could do for her. I felt guilty that I was about to actually go meet a friend for lunch, who was literally waiting for me at that moment in a restaurant, wondering why I was so late...No, I didn't tell the Doctor that, and I wanted to invite her to come along...but there was that full waiting room waiting for her...and her nurses and office staff outside the door wondering what was taking so long...
As she finally left my cubicle to move on, she hugged me again, as I assured her I would be praying for her...and praying that the Lord would send the help that she needed very soon.
I left that office feeling burdened for my doctor "friend". Made me wish I had the expertise and training to go in there and take over for her so she could take some time off and get away...but that's pretty crazy. However, I do know Someone Who knows exactly how to take care of her every need, and so tonight I lift up Doctor_____ to the Lord. Jesus already knows about this...and I'll bet help is already on the way.
On the way home from this appointment I was listening to the JoyFm Radio , which is something I've really missed since I retired and don't get to listen to the radio in the car very often anymore...anyway, they played this song, "With Every Act of Love" by Jason Gray, and the part that really stood out to me was the section in the middle that I've highlighted below in the lyrics....
Sitting at the stoplight
He can't be bothered by the heart cry
Written on the cardboard in her hands
Oh, but when she looks him in the eye
His heart is broken, open wide
And he feels the hand of God reach out through him
As heaven touches earth
He can't be bothered by the heart cry
Written on the cardboard in her hands
Oh, but when she looks him in the eye
His heart is broken, open wide
And he feels the hand of God reach out through him
As heaven touches earth
We bring the kingdom come
(Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh)
With every act of love
Jesus, help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the kingdom come
(Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh)
With every act of love
Jesus, help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the kingdom come
There's silence at the table
He wants to talk but he's not able
For all the shame that's locked him deep inside
Oh, but her words are the medicine
When she says they can begin again
And forgiveness will set him free tonight
As heaven touches earth
He wants to talk but he's not able
For all the shame that's locked him deep inside
Oh, but her words are the medicine
When she says they can begin again
And forgiveness will set him free tonight
As heaven touches earth
We bring the kingdom come
(Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh)
With every act of love
Jesus, help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the kingdom come
(Oh oh oh-oh oh oh oh)
With every act of love
Jesus, help us carry You
Alive in us, Your light shines through
With every act of love
We bring the kingdom come
And, as I was driving and praying for my doctor friend, these words from this song really struck me...I thought the appointment today was going to be about me and my issues... (which were minor, by the way), but God had something else in mind altogether...
God put a million, million doors in the world
For His love to walk through
One of those doors is you
I said, God put a million, million doors in the world
For His love to walk through
One of those doors is you.
Did you hear that? This applies to YOU as well, my friend! I didn't share this story today for any "glory" for me, because this was something totally out of the blue, with no planning or forethought on my part at all...it was one of those "God appointments"...and why God chose me to be the one this dear woman decided to unburden herself upon I don't know...but I pray that it helped her in some way. It was totally a "God-thing"...nothing to do with me at all. I was just one of those
"million, million doors in the world for His love to walk through..."
