Here Is What You Should Do —THANKFULNESS
Nic Brown sat in isolation, struggling to survive on a ventilator, after being diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). The one window he had to life outside his hospital room, became the most impactful window of his life.
His caregivers in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) at Cleveland Clinic – where a dedicated team, including doctors and nurses, treat the sickest of the sick – used that pane as a channel for uplifting messages.
Every day I was there, especially when I was on a ventilator and full life support, the staff would write on the window the goals for me to try and reach each day,” says Nic, who is no longer in intensive care. “They would encourage me. One day someone wrote, ‘We will get you home.’”Read more
I send my prayers to all of the people sick from COVID19; and as the numbers climb health care workers, first responders and the countless individuals working in “essential services” make a hard decision: whether they should place themselves in danger by going to work.
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that you are faithful to fulfill all your promises. The Bible says that you have taken my pain, you have borne my suffering, you were pierced for my transgressions, you were crushed for my iniquities, your punishment brings me peace and by your wounds, I am healed. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
