I am declaring this day that is about to close my Wacky Wednesday. From sunrise to sunset, the wackiness did not cease. There was laughter, tears, depth, aggravation, and truth.
One particular moment stands out. One of my patient's wife called me asking me if I had seen one of our attending physicians yet. I stated to her that my day had presented quite the amount of concerns and things to face that I had not noticed or seen this physician yet. She then responds to me that she had seen him and he was in the facility and was verifying that he was present. Insert my profound confusion and dumbfoundedness that she took the time to call me to make this known. My social worker side deducted there was more to the story. So, some time later, I randomly stopped in this patient's room and she was present. Without hesitation, she apologized for jumping all over me. She began to share with me that she wanted the attending physician to see her husband, my patient. Up until this moment, that physician had come to see them three times since their recent admission, which is substantially more than most patients see their attending physician. At that exact moment, I saw the truth. In her view of concern for the physical needs of her husband and in her perspective, if she saw the physician present, she knew he was working and helping her husband. Little did she know, the visits were deterring from the help the physician was working on behind the scenes for her husband, so, I spoke it out. I gently, but firmly reminded her that even though the physician may not be consistently visiting, it does not mean that the physician is not caring for, or working on the best options to help her husband. I reminded her that the physician genuinely cares and wanting to help her husband. I spoke the truth that he is a good physician and is closely monitoring his care even when she cannot see him. It was as if a veil was lifted. She realized that she had made that connection in her heart and mind.
At the same moment, I had a moment of realization as well. It was a sweet reminder of God and His love over and for us. We may not see Him and sometimes He feels far away… and yet He is present, He is near, He is working behind the scenes, and He is a good Papa. Oh how easily we forget and yet the truth remains, He is working…. even when we cannot see.
"The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It's our handle on what we can't see…By faith, we see the world called into existence by God's Word, what we see created by what we don't see…" --Hebrews 11:1-3 **
