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A nurse escorted a tired anxious young man to the bedside of an elderly man. "Your son is here," she whispered to the patient. She had to reap at the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack and he dimly saw the young man standing outside the oxygen tent.
He reached out his hand and the young man tightly wrapped his fingers around it, squeezing a message of encouragement. The nurse brought a chair to the bedside. All through the night the young man sat holding the old man's hand, and offering gentle words of hope. The dying man said nothing as he held tightly to his son.
As dawn approached, the patient died. The young man placed on the bed the lifeless hand he had been holding and then went to notify the nurse. While the nurse did what was necessary, the young man waited. When she had finished her task, the nurse began to say words of sympathy to the young man. But he interrupted her....
"Who was that man?" he asked.
The startled nurse replied, "I thought he was your father."
"No, he was not my father," he answered. I never saw him before."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?" asked the nurse.
He replied, "I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew how much he needed me..."
"Love suffers long and is kind...[it] does not seek its own."
I Cor 13: 4-5
WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THEM TODAY, BE SURE TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU LOVE THEM.
Author Unknown
Submitted by Richard
A nurse escorted a tired anxious young man to the bedside of an elderly man. "Your son is here," she whispered to the patient. She had to reap at the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack and he dimly saw the young man standing outside the oxygen tent.
He reached out his hand and the young man tightly wrapped his fingers around it, squeezing a message of encouragement. The nurse brought a chair to the bedside. All through the night the young man sat holding the old man's hand, and offering gentle words of hope. The dying man said nothing as he held tightly to his son.
As dawn approached, the patient died. The young man placed on the bed the lifeless hand he had been holding and then went to notify the nurse. While the nurse did what was necessary, the young man waited. When she had finished her task, the nurse began to say words of sympathy to the young man. But he interrupted her....
"Who was that man?" he asked.
The startled nurse replied, "I thought he was your father."
"No, he was not my father," he answered. I never saw him before."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?" asked the nurse.
He replied, "I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew how much he needed me..."
"Love suffers long and is kind...[it] does not seek its own."
I Cor 13: 4-5
WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THEM TODAY, BE SURE TO TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU LOVE THEM.
Author Unknown
Submitted by Richard
