Come and sit a while beneath my tree or upon its billowy branches and rest a while with me ... SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T FIND A VEIN!

This was my 4th 12-hour shift in the emergency room. Early on in my shift I was called to the medical floor to start an IV on a "difficult stick" (Nurse jargon for "this guy has crap for veins"!) Anyway I went to this person's room and he promptly exclaims, "Thank God! I was hoping it would be you! I couldn't remember your name, but I was praying it would be you!" I recognized this man because I had put an IV in him 4 weeks ago. He said, "You're the only one that seems to be able to get this done".
Very quickly I told him to not brag too much, I may not get it! He said that he had faith that I would. Immediately I recognized this man and thought to myself, "Oiy, they (the other nurses) were right! So, I felt a vein pop up and attempted to thread an IV into it and there was no blood return. I apologized to him and told him that he would have to be stuck again. Ugh!( Personally, I hate needles! I can stick anybody. But, when it comes to me ... lay me down cause the minute I smell the alcohol swab, I'm swooning!) He had such confidence in me and I didn't get it. He said, "Honey, last time you asked Jesus to help you before you tried to find the vein. Maybe that's what you ought to do this time." So, I did. I put the torniquet on his arm, placed my hand onto his forearm and asked Jesus for just the right vein so this man would not have to endure another needle stick. His poor arms were bruised so bad from prior pokes. I lifted my hand and felt around thanking Jesus for providing a vein and...THERE IT WAS! Perfect, bouncy, wonderful vein! The catheter went right in and halleluja the man was able to get his medications again. I asked God to bless this man and left to go back to my department and on the way back I felt the Holy Spirit prompting me: There is a "vein of the Holy Ghost" that many are trying to get in without prayer and praise. We want to plug in, we try different ways, techniques, but, sometimes we just can't find it. We say, "Let's try this song or that word...it worked last time". But what we need to do is just ask HIM to come and provide the perfect vein for HIS spirit to flow through. It may not be the one that worked last time! It may not be in the same place it was last time! Just ask...

Lesson learned...
In, through and to HIM
Deborha