Barneyisfat

I was able to have campers for a little while. Now I am helping the nurse in the infirmary.

Today a girl came in who hurt her foot while playing dodge ball. To my best understanding it got caught under a door? Well, it was bleeding and we gave it a band-aid. She couldn't put any pressure on it so we put her in a wheelchair. She will come back later and if it swells up it will show that it is broken. I logged "band-aid/wheelchair" in the medical log.

It got me thinking a little bit about how we treat hurting people. We try and fix the problems that are visible. We stop youth from swearing, and let them know that it is never acceptable for them to swear in church. Does such a band-aid help a broken foot? What if we let them swear, but got them talking about God? What if we searched deeper? Would we be willing to manually filter out the F-bomb while we talked with people about a God who loved them, or would we reinforce the idea that the church is a place where they have to pretend to be better than they are (because otherwise - God will get angry!)?

Why does the church offer so many band-aids when a whole world is broken internally? Don't get me wrong. I support 12 steps and addiction recovery groups, but .. well, they aren't enough. Jesus is enough ... more than enough, even. He is the answer. He isn't a crutch used by a person with a broken foot - he gives you a new foot ... and leg, eyes, ears, and heart. He is the cure. Praise God.