Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him.
Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge.
and the judge will hand you over to the guard,
and you will be thrown into prison.
Amen, I say to you,
You will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”
Whenever I read or hear this passage, I think of the times I have argued with my brother! Yes, I have like every younger sibling; I believed he was the smartest man and still believe it, although often his decisions are questionable, but like Jesus says to not argue, so I don’t.
As healthcare workers, we don’t work alone. We are a team of staff, physiotherapists, nonmedical staff, nursing staff, and attendants putting our work into play, and we all together help a patient on a daily basis! It is very hard to work and execute the same if there is any issue or animosity—almost everywhere I worked I had an amazing team; yes, everyone has their quirks, and we all have paces and learning curves, but overall we would all manage!
I was always the short-tempered doctor who hastened everyone to get things moving—not everyone approved until they realized I would be there hurrying in an emergency! Once I switched to oncology, it’s more about counseling a lot more and making everyone realize how we manage every step of treatment so, like, every team member has a role– unfortunately — some team members like to play a victim card and derail the system, which leads to overburdening everyone. Unfortunately, I had such a team member who called foul every time they were reprimanded for a blunder, and every teaching moment ended in tears and drama.
I was left with a year of absolute bitterness and frustration, so much dislike brewing, and soon everyone on the team had an issue with that person. Some days I find this reading very hard to implement and honestly feel some humans do act and speak like they want hate and dislikes. As a Christian, it’s always conflicting trying to love humans who seem to have no regard for others. It always is part of my prayers that my zero tolerance for BS at work makes me dislike humans who don’t realize we deal with human lives and slacking is not tolerated.
Today and every day, we encounter such “brothers or sisters” and need to use all the effort and willpower we have been given by God to forgive them… A herculean task, but it will take time, immense empathy, forgiveness, and above all FAITH!
This day while we pray, picture one person we dislike (for whatever reason) and ask God to forgive them, and maybe just keep your distance (reconciling is a huge step for some of us) and move on with a lighter heart and skip in our step…
AMEN
