Let us pray: Gracious and eternal Father, today we come seeking to understand your purpose and your will for our lives. Help us to know that although we seek you, you have sought us first in love. Lord, grant us wisdom in these moments. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

One of the most common complaints that I hear about the medical profession is that many doctors are too detached from their patients. People tell me that doctors don't have time to listen to them because they are so anxious to get on to the next patient. They say, "The doctors are all business these days."

Bruce Shragg, a radiologist in California, expresses his feelings toward his job of reading X-rays and determining the results of biopsies on his patients. It is very interesting, I think, to get the physician's perspective…