PLAYING GOD

"Those who must make instant life and death decisions are put in the position of being God,

and being God is woefully addictive.

The great physicians are those who know that it is not their mortal hands which heal, but God's hands using the human  one."

Madeleine L'Engle

Glimpses Of Grace   p. 69

HarperSanFrancisco   1998

First: I'm struck with compassion for those who have to make decisions "in a moment." 

Second: I am ever aware that a doctor can put bones back in place and apply a cast to hold them in place, BUT he CANNOT knit the bones together.

Third: When I go to a doctor, am I expecting from man what only God can do?

Hmmmm ........

lonnie