“Man In The Mirror”. Posted on 14th May 2010, 12:00am by Sylvester

The haunting strains of the late Michael Jackson’s song, “The man in the mirror”invariably reminds me of a very difficult elderly patient, who irritated me to no end with his persistence and hypochondriacal behaviour. The type of patient who does not want to leave your consultation room; who then stands obstinately outside your door, and tries to re-enter every time the door opens to ask another question, and then, yet another question, on small anxieties over his health. I started to dread any encounter with him! It came to a stage when I felt that something must be done.

I prayed hard for a solution. It became apparent then, that if I couldn’t change the man, I needed to change! I realized then that I wasn’t seeing Christ in this patient. If I could take on the mindset of seeing him as Christ coming to me, the situation would improve.

I went out, bought him a bible, and on his next visit, with my new mindset, gave him the bible, and had only kind thoughts and words for him. To my pleasant surprise, all of my apprehensions, anxieties disappeared! Subsequently, I truely began to look forward to his visits, and all future consultations became one of pleasure and service. I was serving the Lord! I could never do enough for him! What a tremendous change!

“If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah!  Yeah! Make the change!”