Just Stay

[Rebel Hog]

Just Stay....



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> Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the
> impossible.
>
>
> Isn't it something how most of our kindness go to strangers in need of
> support and love, but we feel that our own can find their way some how.
>
>
>
> Just Stay
>
> A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.
>
> "Your son is here," she said to the old man.
>
> She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes
> opened.
>
> Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw
> the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached
> out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old
> man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
>
> The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.
> All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted
> ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and
> strength.
> Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest
> awhile.
> He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was
> oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking
> of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging
> greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
>
> Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said
> nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
>
> Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now
> lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she
> did what she had to do, he waited.
>
> Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the
> Marine interrupted her.
>
> "Who was that man?" he asked.
>
> The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.
>
> "No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my
> life."
>
> "Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"
>
> "I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed
> his son, and his son just wasn't here.
> When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his
> son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."
>
> The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.
>
> **************
> WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
>
> WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
> (love this line)
>
> PLEASE PASS THIS ONE ON AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU!
> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PUT ON THIS EARTH TO DO ANYWAY. RIGHT ?
> HAVE A GREAT DAY AND BLESS SOMEONE ELSE IN SOME LITTLE WAY TODAY!
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[The Rev]

Thanx Reb.