WE KNEW HE WASN'T A DOCTOR,HE WENT TO A DIFFERENT TRAINING THAN WE DID.
WE WERE TAUGHT MORE ABOUT TAKING LIVES.
HE WAS TAUGHT MORE ABOUT SAVING LIVES.
WE ASKED HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT NUMEROUS THINGS, FROM COLDS TO SOMETIMES PERSONAL MATTERS, AND WE APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED HIS ANSWERS AND HELP
THE MAIN THING WAS, WHEN THINGS GOT HOT AND A BUDDY NEEDED HELP, WE CALLED, "DOC, DOC".
HE CAME AND WE FELT BETTER.
WE KNEW HE COULDN'T WORK MIRACLES, BUT WE KNEW HE COULD DO MORE FOR OUR BUDDIES THAN WE COULD, SO WE FELT BETTER
.IT PERHAPS TOOK SOME PREsSURE OFF OF US, WE COULD TELL OURSELVES.
"WE TURNED HIM OVER TO DOC"
I'M SURE THAT NONE OF US UNDERSTOOD THE PRESSURE THOSE TIMES PUT ON HIM.
EVEN IF THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT GOOD, WE KNEW WE HAD DONE THE RIGHT THING, AND WE KNEW "DOC HAD DONE ALL HE COULD"
WE APPRECIATED YOUR BEING THERE WITH US, AND IN CASE WE NEVER SAID IT,
"THANKS DOC"
WE CALLED HIM DOC, AND WE STILL DO!!
OH LORD I ASK FOR YOUR DIVINE STRENGTH TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF MY PROFESSION.
HELP ME TO BE THE FINEST MEDIC I CAN BE, BOTH TECHNICALLY AND TACTICALLY.
IF I AM CALLED TO BATTLEFIELD, GIVE ME THE COURAGE TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT OUR FIGHTING FORCES BY PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO ALL THAT ARE IN NEED.
FINALLY, LORD GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND INSIGHT TO TAKE CARE OF MY OWN SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS.
TEACH ME TO TRUST IN YOUR PRESENCE, PROTECTION AND NEVER-FAILING LOVE.
AMEN
