Your calling… can you hear it?

I’m sitting here in a waiting room for the surgery center at children’s hospital. A place you would think would be filled with nervous, upset parents demanding answers to all sorts of questions. But its not. I see people smiling, joking around. Talking with people they don’t know about each other’s children. The staff walks by and makes little comments here and there. Parents beam proudly. 

The staff at this hospital is amazing. They smile, laugh, joke, and show nothing but a positive attitude. They seem to be able to put the parents at ease with nothing more than a knowing glance. I even watched as they had to call maintence because the main door to take the kids back to the ready room refuse to open. The light would turn green as they waved their badges over the keypad, but the door refused entry.  How can any person show such patience in what has to be a high stress environment. There is so much going on at a quick pace, people going everywhere, but if one parent asks a question, the three closest nurses stop to see if they can help with an answer if needed. (I’ve seen this twice already).    All I can say is you must truly love your job to be able to work here!

I’d say these folks have heard their calling.  Can I say that they are all Christians and God brought them to this place? To be realistic, I’d have to say no. There are no crosses on the wall, no scripture written on posters.  But I can feel God’s love here thats for sure! I pray that God allows me to show such patience and love in my job. I feel comfortable in my current position even with the daily tests that come my way, from a yelling teen to a 10 yr old in surgery. I don’t handle the stress as well as the people here thats for sure. It is something I must still work on and pray on. I know in time, God will show me the way.  I’m trying to listen, but sometimes the noise can be really loud.