Faith In Practice

“You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends." -Chuck Colson

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Once again, we a reprinting a "prescription of the heart" which may be found at Christian Medical Dental Association here. This one sensitively deals with the difficulties of an unplanned pregnancy. We thank CMDA for allowing us to reprint this helpful "prescription."

Coping With an Unexpected Pregnancy

Nothing puts fear and uncertainty in the life of an unmarried woman like that of an unexpected pregnancy. Raising a child is hard work at any age, even when married, especially if you are young. You may be embarrassed and have fear of being cast out by your family or friends. Some may advise you to terminate the pregnancy. Others will give you other advice. In the midst of all these unknowns, rest assured that your doctor cares about your health and well being of your baby.

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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.   CS Lewis

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In our last post, we introduced "Prescriptions for the Heart" are a series of biblically oriented patient information sheets that are written to help your patients cope with many of the life changing events that can occur over the course of one's life. Here is a link to that post. 

Here is another well-written resource to share with your patients. We thank CMDA for allowing us to reprint this prescriptions.

Coping with Depression

Throughout our lives, we all experience sadness, unhappiness, or grief. These feelings may be
triggered by a traumatic occurrence such as illness or the death of a loved one, and they are
entirely natural and normal reactions to such losses. Some feelings associated with loss may be
quite intense, especially at first, but eventually most people are able to enjoy life again.
Sometimes a sense of sadness can come without any apparent connection to any negative events.
Regardless of its cause, when one’s sadness won’t go away, and other feelings such as guilt, or
symptoms like fatigue, changes in your appetite, disruption of sleep, difficulty concentrating,
restlessness, or irritability become associated with it, it is wise to discuss your situation with your
doctor.

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But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. –C.S. Lewis

Surgical patients. Base hospital, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida., ca. 1918

Today, I discovered an amazing resource for physicians at the CMDA website. It is called Prescriptions for the Heart Link The following description is taken directly from the link. Once again, we are grateful that CMDA has given us permission to reprint this material.

Prescriptions for the Heart are a series of biblically oriented patient information sheets that are written to help your patients cope with many of the life changing events that can occur over the course of one's life.

Use the index below to see the various life changing events that are covered in this series. If you visit the link,  you can click on these selections. You will have the opportunity to download a free printable PDF file for your use in your practice.

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