CONTENT AS KITTENS IN A WASH BOWL

DO YOU EVER WANT TO JUST STOP BEING SO BUSY

AND GO SIT IN A HOT TUB

AND EASE ALL THE TENSION?

GOD'S SPECIAL MIRACLE

Today I participated in and experienced a miracle.

I had been at a Chaplain's seminar in Pasadena all morning and then returned to Kaiser just after noon.

I parked my car in the back employee parking lot and as I got out of the car one of our security guards came over and asked if I had a hanger. I told him I didn't think so but then I remembered that I had put my cleaning in the car and had grabbed all the unused hangers to take back to the cleaners.

I looked across the way and there were two employees and the security guard trying to open the car door of a mother whose daughter, who was about two, had been locked in.

The mother was in tears and full of anxiety because the girl had been in the car about ten minutes and the car was getting hotter by the minute.

As I watched the attempt to get into the car I stood back and prayed and within a minute they were able to get the door open.

The mother had tried to get the little girl ,who was in a car seat ,to open the door. The girl tried but was unable to because there was a child protective lock in place.

What a joy when at last the door was opened.

The girl was very hot and was crying.

The mother grabbed her little girl and held her close.

I happened to have two bottles of cold water in my car and gave it to the mother .She poured the water over the little girls head and gave her a drink.

What a joy to see the relief on the faces of all involved.

I pray for divine appointments every day and today God did a special miracle.

NO FOOL LIKE AN APRIL FOOL !!!

Today I was set up with the ultimate "April Fool" joke.

I had been away from the hospital doing a bereavement group when I got a call to come back to the ICU because of a family that wanted me there when they took off life support from a mother who was dying.

I went straight to the room and stood by her only son and his friends as they removed the support. I had just shared some scripture and prayer with them and then we ha a circle of prayer.

As I was leaving the room one of our ICU nurses came to me and asked me to see a patient in another room.She told me that the man was the son of a patient who had died a year ago here at Kaiser and that he had developed the same sickness and wanted me to come. I remembered the family so I walked in the room and walked up to the patient followed by the nurse and an ICU doctor.

The patients head was covered in bandages and I was told it was a grave situation.I put my hand gently on the patients shoulder and spoke his name. I said something like, Richard this is Chaplain Martin. Do you remember when we were together when your mother was so sick. I want you to know that I'm here with you.

Then all of a sudden the nurse turned to me and said, Chaplain you need to wake him and at that ,with a sweep of her arm she hit the patient in the head and the head went flying.

Of course this was a set up. The room was filled with laughs as some of the other doctors and nurses came in to see my reaction. My first reaction was a look of surprise and then I said please call my cardiologist.

I'm so glad the staff felt free to set me up with the ultimate prank.