Thy Will, Not Mine

Chapter {47} Destiny

"We have an emergency, code blue!" One of the senior doctors rushed out, running towards the emergency room as I hastily followed behind, uttering a prayer under my breath.

"Lord, I pray that you heal and restore life back into this patient's body. Please do not leave them nor forsake Great Physician for ultimately, you are the one who heals them, we just help you get the job done. So God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob please intervene."

In the environment and field of medicine that I was privileged to work in, prayer was not more important than medical procedures because according to me people's lives were not toys to play with. After all, without God's intervention, we do nothing for He is the Great Physician who needed no degree to heal multitudes but this field seemed to think otherwise.

After a few minutes of resuscitation and ample defibrillation, the patient's heart started steadily beating and my heart leapt with joy. I almost threw my hands in praise to the Lord but remembered that I was in a place that valued science more than faith, something that I knew must've brought great pain to the Lord's heart so I silently thanked Him in my heart for it was not every day where you saw the dead coming back to life so these kind of moments needed to be cherished dearly.

"Dr Mudau?" The senior doctor; Mr Martin called out with disdain. "I've been calling you for the past 48 seconds, what were you thinking about?"

Before I could come up with a viable reason, he interjected, "Never mind, just do your job and take this patient to the ICU for further monitoring."

"I don't even know what you are doing here," he murmured under his breath and he left.

The nurses looked at me with sympathy as they filed out of the room with the patient and all the machines attached to him and I whispered, "Lord, please give me patience, help me not to haste to anger even when provoked. Guard me with your peace that transcends all understanding."

Each day I went through this ill-treatment, I grew more patient, loving and understanding. When it first happened, I wanted to give Dr Martin my piece of mind even if it meant losing the internship but now, I understood that some people went through things we did not know of and that could cause them to be bitter towards someone else.

"Lord, bless him," I prayed as I left the room.

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"Oh, I'm finally home. Thank you, Lord," I yawned as my heavy eyes focused on ravaging my handbag for the house keys dreamily thinking about the moment I hit the sack.

What a tiring and busy day it had been. But, I tried not to complain or murmur under my breath as my feet ached and eyes drooped when I finalised some patient's paperwork, I was grateful. Not many people woke up to helping others so closely and helping people go from their worst to their best. It was truly an honour and that was what kept me going, the pleasure of helping other people. And the gift of life on its very own.

I finally found the key which was hidden in the small pocket of my bag and pulled it out, ready to open the door but something caught my eye.

It was a bouquet of tulips, right on the doorstep of my mother's house.

What were they doing there? And who could've put them there?

We had a fenced-in yard as many other homes did, so it was very difficult for anyone to enter into the yard. Who could've left them there?

My mind shut down as my brain became foggy from the fatigue so I picked them up without a further thought, only pausing to admire them for a moment. They were my favourite flowers, and they were red and white, the perfect combination.