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Being a born again believer in The Lord Jesus Christ, has been good for me. I am a nurse, and every nurse may at some time or other experienced the frustrations, stresses, dissatisfaction, that is experienced by many nurses. Despite it all, I just love nursing. I love to see when my intervention make someone happy. I love to make patient or people in general feel important. When I smile to people, i love the way they respond. The joy I see on their faces makes it very rewarding, even when it seemed that they are angry. I have come to understand how to treat others with kindness even when they may be rude or unfriendly. You may ask, Why? My relationship with the Lord has made it all possible. I just finished studying for my Bachelors Science in Nursing, and I must say, without my solid foundation. I would have been pulling my hair out. I remained positive, while at the same time encouraged other nurses to look on the bright side. I firmly believe, having a relationship with The Lord Jesus Christ will make one a better nurse, because of the love, compassion, empathy, understanding, calmness, and seeing people as unique human beings. All these can be yours when one accepts the Lord in ones life.You want to be a better nurse? Trust in the Lord!

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The post intimates that anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus can't be as good a nurse as a believer does. Not only is it insulting, it's just flat wrong. If religion helped the OP through school, terrific. But holding specific religious beliefs doesn't make one "nursier than thou."[/quote

" nursier than thou" Exactly what I meant.]

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Everyone has their own way of being. Their own way of living life and pursuing happiness. Yours is Christianity/religion, which is fine, but for many of us it is not.

I used to be religious when I was younger and have long since abandoned it for many reasons that would take much too long to get into here, but I have found more peace and stability in the way I see life now than I ever did with religion. You can argue that I didn't understand it, or didn't really get it, or something, but it's a moot point.

I'm a caring, compassionate nurse and it is in no part thanks to religion. As someone else said, we all know the talking points for Christianity, so save us the witnessing speech.

Congrats on finding a belief system that makes you happy, but don't make the mistake of believing every person needs that same belief system to also be a happy, compassionate, loving person and nurse.

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The post intimates that anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus can't be as good a nurse as a believer does. Not only is it insulting, it's just flat wrong. If religion helped the OP through school, terrific. But holding specific religious beliefs doesn't make one "nursier than thou."

....and technically what you said intimidates anyone who believes in Jesus is full of bunk.

Tolerance. If it helps them be better and feel better and they aren't hurting any one...let them believe.

I hear what you are saying but if it helps them be better...I'm good with that.

....and technically what you said intimidates anyone who believes in Jesus is full of bunk.

That's not how I interpreted OCRN63's post at all.

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That's not how I interpreted OCRN63's post at all.

The interpretation may differ depending on your personal belief system.

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....and technically what you said intimidates anyone who believes in Jesus is full of bunk.

Tolerance. If it helps them be better and feel better and they aren't hurting any one...let them believe.

I hear what you are saying but if it helps them be better...I'm good with that.

I don't think that at all. As a matter of fact, I'm a Christian. I just don't believe that makes me a better nurse than someone who is Jewish, Atheist, Hindu, etc.

I don't think my post was attempting to intimidate anyone.

....and technically what you said intimidates anyone who believes in Jesus is full of bunk. Tolerance. If it helps them be better and feel better and they aren't hurting any one...let them believe. I hear what you are saying but if it helps them be better...I'm good with that.

"Imagine an old friend tells you everything changed for him the day he realized he was destined to marry Angelina Jolie. It might occur to you to ask, why does he believe this? Angelina Jolie is, after all, one of the most beautiful and famous people on the planet. Shes not incidentally married to Brad Pitt. They have something like 27 children!

What if your friend, sensing your skepticism, said, Clearly you don't understand. This belief gives my life meaning. I now know my purpose in life: its to be Angelina's husband;? What if your friend said,This belief has made me a better person. I'm now incredibly kind to children, anticipating having to raise Angelina's once Brad leaves? Or what if your friend said,You can believe whatever you want, but I wouldn't want to live in a universe where I don't marry Angelina Jolie?

It should be quite clear that your friend has lost his mind and is probably a dangerous person. Yet this is precisely the type of talk that so often passes for wisdom in religious circles, and may attempt to pass for wisdom here.

Beliefs are not like clothing. Comfort and utility and attractiveness cannot be our conscious criteria for adopting them."

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I don't think that at all. As a matter of fact, I'm a Christian. I just don't believe that makes me a better nurse than someone who is Jewish, Atheist, Hindu, etc.

I don't think my post was attempting to intimidate anyone.

I know you are and it should have said implies/intimates. I can only blame auto correct that I didn't catch. I really didn't mean intimidates.:shy:
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"Imagine an old friend tells you everything changed for him the day he realized he was destined to marry Angelina Jolie. It might occur to you to ask, why does he believe this? Angelina Jolie is, after all, one of the most beautiful and famous people on the planet. Shes not incidentally married to Brad Pitt. They have something like 27 children!

What if your friend, sensing your skepticism, said, Clearly you don't understand. This belief gives my life meaning. I now know my purpose in life: its to be Angelina's husband;? What if your friend said,This belief has made me a better person. I'm now incredibly kind to children, anticipating having to raise Angelina's once Brad leaves? Or what if your friend said,You can believe whatever you want, but I wouldn't want to live in a universe where I don't marry Angelina Jolie?

It should be quite clear that your friend has lost his mind and is probably a dangerous person. Yet this is precisely the type of talk that so often passes for wisdom in religious circles, and may attempt to pass for wisdom here.

Beliefs are not like clothing. Comfort and utility and attractiveness cannot be our conscious criteria for adopting them."

If my friend thinks they will marry Angelina Jolie and they aren't hurting anyone.... it's their business. I will discuss the possibility that this will never happen but if they are harmless...and they are happy....I would leave them alone.

People are allowed to have their personal belief systems. It is called religious freedom and is protected by the constitution as well as the Terms of Service of this board.

Our call is to be supportive, not divisive. Because of this, discrimination, racial vilification and offensive generalizations targeting people of other races, religions and/or nationalities will not be tolerated.
If people are religious and they believe it makes them better... I see no reason to not let them have whatever they need in their lives for support. To imply that they have lost their minds by believing in Jesus by comparing it to the belief of marrying Angeline Jolie is unnecessary and disrespectful. IMHO

While I had a belief in God...I am not of the mindset of the OP and I don't attempt to postulate. However...This is the spiritual forum where those of a religious mindset can come and share their experiences and we need to respect that...just as you need to be respected for your beliefs.

I 100% believe it's possible that the OP's discovery of faith has made him/her a better nurse. Any number of life experiences may or may not make one a better person. I think what caused people to disagree with the OP was the claim that being a Christian makes one a better nurse.... the implication there being that nurses who AREN'T Christian aren't as good. Or at least not as good as they could be.

The offensiveness of such a notion is self-evident.

You're worldly!

You're sinful!

You're no good!

You're a worse nurse than you could be for not believing what I do!

You can't make it on your own!

Only God can change your ways!

And I "have to respect that"?

No. No I don't.

Freedom of religion means that I have to accept that people are free to believe as they wish, but I don't have to legitimize those beliefs by giving them my respect.

If OP wants to wrap their baseless, condescending, preconceived judgments on my personal character and nursing ability in a holy shroud of free religious expression, that's fine. But that freedom of belief and expression does not come with blanket-immunity from those that would challenge its merit.

To imply that they have lost their minds by believing in Jesus by comparing it to the belief of marrying Angeline Jolie is unnecessary and disrespectful. IMHO

See, I'm of two minds about this.

On the one hand, Christianity is a major religion and a sincere source of faith fir billions of people. So, when one compares it to believing in Angelina Jolie, clearly they are trying to be provocative.

On the other hand, when one looks at Christianity (or Judaism or Islam, etc) with true obejectivity, it is absolutely as absurd, on an intellectual level, as the Angelina Jolie example. Google "flying spaghetti monster".

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