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MATTHEW 25:40
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"Verily I say unto you, 'Because you have
done it unto the least of these My brothern, you have done it unto Me."
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STAY
A nurse
took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
"Your
son is here," she said to the old man.
She had
to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. Heavily
sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young
uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand.
The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones,
squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.
All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted
ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength.
Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious
of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen
tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the
cries and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard
him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly
to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless
hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what
she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the
Marine interrupted her.
"Who was that man?" he asked.
The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.
"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"
"I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed
his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized that he was
too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed
me, I stayed."
I came here tonight to find a Mr. William Grey. His son was Killed
in Iraq today, and I was sent to inform him. What was this Gentleman's
Name?
The Nurse with
Tears in Her Eyes Answered,
Mr. William Grey.............
The next time someone
needs you ... just be there. Stay.
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WE ARE NOT HUMAN
BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS
GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
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