Please post your response to the following questions:

1) How have you experienced the concept of the "Living Human Document" as you have engaged persons at your clinical sites?

2) What are some of the questions that you now have about your participation in pastoral care as a result of your clinical encounters and your readings in this class.

Respond to this classmate:
Hi fellow learners,

As Dr. McCrary shared if we really want to learn how to minister to people, go study people and then the Living Human Document will then be your library. Visit the hospital, halfway houses, after school program, detention and nursing home. Go and study these people. I had the privilege to visit a female detention center and listening to one the young ladies share her story. I have heard many stories In my visitations but never quite like this one. I am no exaggerating when I say everything that could have happened, happened. She talked and talked and seemd to be frustrated with me because I was there ion God’s behalf and she was attacking Him in me, if that makes sense. She called Him a God that does not answer.

So how do you extends God’s mercy to a non receptive hurting heart as this. I have never encountered such sadness. Heavy drug abuse was very noticeable if may add.

I did ask a question for her to ponder. Is it possibly that you missed His voice and even now mistaken his presence for just another preacher of a different color. As I pointed out she was yet Alive through All of that testimony I just heard. I encourage her, if know one else in that place believe that God is Omnipotent and Omnipresent it should be you.

Questions:

Why did you have me there for such a time as that?

What was I supposed to be listening for?

Was I the Incarnation for that person ?

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