Emphasis Preaching Journal

Four men spent a week together in a hospital ward. They grew to know the aides and nurses well. Ninety-seven and a half percent of these helpers were a delight. Each performed his or her task with genuine zeal. Even when they were too busy for talk, these persons gave a sense of caring with their touch, their eyes, their swift attentiveness. One aide, however, appeared to be of a different stripe. She didn't just insert thermometers under waiting tongues. She thrust them. She didn't just remove trays from the bedside table.