Cold Hospital Floors

We sit. Sometimes in chairs and other times on the cold dirty floor. Sometimes quiet, other times sharing our stories. Cancer. Dangue. Moto Accident. Drug overdose. Shot in the foot. High fall. Kawasaki.

Dirt poor. Driving an expensive car. A foreigner. We all come from extremely different situations and literally from all over the country. Yet, life has brought us all to a child’s bedside in Hospital Escuela.

Suddenly our differences are gone and only respect for each other lingers. As a foreigner I am often treated differently. But when you all sleep on the cold floor besides your child in ICU, no diffence is left. Respect, shared pain, encouraging words, hope in the Saviour: we all lift each other up.

Another mom loans me a hat for Juan. I give one some wet wipes. When food is given out outside the building I grab some for a single mom who has no way to leave her child.

Isn’t this what it should look like when sitting at the feet of Jesus. Isn’t this how the church of God should communicate and share each other’s burden’s?

“For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.” Romans 10:12

We place differences on so many things without even realizing it or paying attention to what we are doing. But we all land in this room and we all should land at the feet of Jesus too.

This church or that church. Which standard is best. Different decision than I would make. Different callings from what I think is the best Christian calling. Our lives look different. God calls us to different things. We grow differently.

What if we left those differences at the emergency room doors? What is we unified in one thing? Mothers unify to encourage each other and help their children continue to live. What is we were unifed? How many more souls could be saved from the fire?

Everyone in respect and dependence upon the Saviour. No difference. Just sitting at the feet of Jesus.

Still. Respect. Trust. Together. Helping one another.

A walk with God should look like this!