Preaching against Modern Medicine??

[Trouvere]

I remember reading in a book that Hypocrites's mother was a Jew.So technically speaking that makes him a Jew though he was not on his
fathers side.God gave knowledge to him for healing.Modern medicine today
as we know it was not what was practised before he came on the scene
Before that witchcraft was practiced and mysticism.What he began was not as modern as we have it but really a blessing to mankind and only the knowledge that could have come from God.I think of the woman who had
the issue of blood.God did not rebuke her for going to the doctor.He just had the answer they did not.He is God.
In studying famous people one of the couples that I have come to respect the most for their dedication is the Curies.The invented the xray and suffered alot during the time they began to discover the isotopes and work with radon.
It was a poisonous substance.We have all benefited from their dedication.
To think that all medical knowledge is witchcraft is very narrow minded.
I disagree with the way society though is wanting to treat everyone with chemicals.Alot of these things have more side effects than the good they
do.It seems like the Doctors of today do less real medical treatment and more prescribing than anything.The amount of Seroquel and Paxil and Vistaril that is distributed is mind boggling.Sadly society is a feel good society and the first little stress they feel they reach for a pill instead of prayer.God is good.
I have actually read books by charismatic authors that feel that medical
personnel need a certain spirit cast out of them.Its wierd.God called me to be a nurse.We provide comfort to those in need and pain.We provide assistance.
We do treatments.We are the ones who do not mind bringing you some tylenol or pain meds when you have just had your appendix or gall bladder removed.We don't mind washing and dressing your wounds.Some of us
stay up all night just incase you buzz.Sadly people think we get paid too much.Sorry but lately few tell us thank you.People have become so demanding and places want to make the most off us when they bill insurances and medicaid so they give us almost to many people to handle but its a call
of God to be a nurse.God called me to this.No one in their right mind would answer in the flesh.Its hard physical unapprieciated labour but one day
all the fevered brows of those I witnessed to and prayed will be rewarded
by Jesus.
My greatgrandpa was a doctor.His wife was a nurse and worked in his clinic side by side.Most of my mothers cousins are physicians trained by him.I have two sisters.One is a nurse and owns a medical supply business and the other
a Med Tech.Its in our hearts to help others.My brother died at an early age but I felt he would have been a physician.He was class Valdicatorian and awarded a scholarship for physics but decided to go into the Navy as an officers candidate.He died at twenty five so I will never know but he sure had
the mentality.

[TalkLady]

I am acquainted with these teachings and for many years I would not go to a doctor. Even today, I feel a little guilty when I do go or when I take any meds. I try to completely avoid medications, but sometimes I do take them. I must to be able to keep working. I don't condemn adults who chose to avoid the use of physicians or medications for themselves ....However, when it gets to parents making that choice for children, I do have a some problem with that! Oh, the stories I could tell (but won't.)

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by Trouvere

I remember reading in a book that Hypocrites's mother was a Jew.So technically speaking that makes him a Jew though he was not on his
fathers side.God gave knowledge to him for healing.Modern medicine today
as we know it was not what was practised before he came on the scene
Before that witchcraft was practiced and mysticism.What he began was not as modern as we have it but really a blessing to mankind and only the knowledge that could have come from God.I think of the woman who had
the issue of blood.God did not rebuke her for going to the doctor.He just had the answer they did not.He is God.
In studying famous people one of the couples that I have come to respect the most for their dedication is the Curies.The invented the xray and suffered alot during the time they began to discover the isotopes and work with radon.
It was a poisonous substance.We have all benefited from their dedication.
To think that all medical knowledge is witchcraft is very narrow minded.
I disagree with the way society though is wanting to treat everyone with chemicals.Alot of these things have more side effects than the good they
do.It seems like the Doctors of today do less real medical treatment and more prescribing than anything.The amount of Seroquel and Paxil and Vistaril that is distributed is mind boggling.Sadly society is a feel good society and the first little stress they feel they reach for a pill instead of prayer.God is good.
I have actually read books by charismatic authors that feel that medical
personnel need a certain spirit cast out of them.Its wierd.God called me to be a nurse.We provide comfort to those in need and pain.We provide assistance.
We do treatments.We are the ones who do not mind bringing you some tylenol or pain meds when you have just had your appendix or gall bladder removed.We don't mind washing and dressing your wounds.Some of us
stay up all night just incase you buzz.Sadly people think we get paid too much.Sorry but lately few tell us thank you.People have become so demanding and places want to make the most off us when they bill insurances and medicaid so they give us almost to many people to handle but its a call
of God to be a nurse.God called me to this.No one in their right mind would answer in the flesh.Its hard physical unapprieciated labour but one day
all the fevered brows of those I witnessed to and prayed will be rewarded
by Jesus.My greatgrandpa was a doctor.His wife was a nurse and worked in his clinic side by side.Most of my mothers cousins are physicians trained by him.I have two sisters.One is a nurse and owns a medical supply business and the other
a Med Tech.Its in our hearts to help others.My brother died at an early age but I felt he would have been a physician.He was class Valdicatorian and awarded a scholarship for physics but decided to go into the Navy as an officers candidate.He died at twenty five so I will never know but he sure had
the mentality.

Excellent post, and I feel the same way.

As for the pay, I have yet to see a nurse get paid what they are owed for what they do. I have never seen CNA's get paid what they are due either.

Like you, I feel that God called me to be a nurse. I'm definitely not in it for the money, but I enjoy my job, and I go home feeling that I've made a difference in someone's life.

I hug my patients. I smile all the time. I never act like I'm in a hurry or don't want to listen to their imaginary problems about things that haven't happened or don't exist (I work in a few nursing homes).

I am glad to be a comfort to someone who is dying and is scared. I have seen CNA's sitting in the dark, holding the hand of a woman who is crying for her mother who went to the store and is now lost. I have seen nurses wipe the tears of a man who was supposed to go home but has just been told he is terminal with cancer.

There is a lot more to nurses than just passing meds, doing treatments, and calling doctors. Some of us actually care in our hearts for the people in our care. One cannot put a price tag on how much that is worth.