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As I mentioned the other day, Eden's been digging into God and Me: 365 Daily Devotions (Penny Boshoff, Authentic Media, 2005) over breakfast.  We've explored God and Me: 365 Daily Devotions several times before, but looks like we might give it a try to work through it.  I've found it exciting how she wants to read, discuss, and pray through at least two a day ... so we'll be finished with this book in half the time if not less ;-)

The October 17 devotional is about The doctor.  The piece briefly notes the training involved in preparing to become a doctor, rejoices in/prays for earthly doctors, and then points to Jesus as the best doctor (see Matthew 4:23-24).

Eden has met a lot of doctors and health care professionals through the years.  Her question for the morning was Do doctors ever get sick?  Great question!  I tried to share how doctors and health care professionals try their best not to get ill in order to serve their patients and that one day, in the new heaven and new earth, there will be no sickness.  I wonder if this is part of what led into our conversation regarding the care for Elise Faith, which occurred later in the morning as we paged through photo albums.

BTW, today I'll bring lunch for the PSU-Hershey Medical Center's Christian Medical Society (CMS) and help provide some food for their dinner outreach for first years who will be taking their 4th Anatomy & Physiology exam on Friday.  Praise God for the resources provided by followers of Christ committed to this mission which enable me to serve this meal.  Pray for the students (graduate, medical, and nursing) to be little Christs in their classes/exams/rotations/labs, for the number of students attending this weekend's retreat to continue to climb (last count I heard was 34), and for the Word and Spirit to guide activities sponsored by CMS in such a manner to impart a stronger clarity in the call to follow Christ in all aspects of their life.