Have you experienced being accused by a crime you didn’t commit? I just did but the most comforting fact on it was Jesus also did. He was condemned for a crime and yet He accepted it in order for us to reconcile with God. Recently, I was accused by my patient as a thief after changing her bed linen. Since there’s no one in her room and she’s inside the comfort room while I’m changing her bed linen, I have no one to defend my side. Only God knows. She claimed that she left her mobile phone at her bed before I changed it. She said that I’m the only person she knew would be liable for the loss. She threw harsh and hurting words to me and the worst, she asked my co-nurses to inspect my things. After a long search, my senior nurse found her phone at the side rails of her bed. After the incident, I didn’t hear any apologies from her and tears keep running in my eyes; not just because I was being mistreated but because I experienced the heart of Jesus. I was reminded of His love, grace and forgiveness. I was able to say, “Forgive her, Father, she doesn’t know what she’s doing.”
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.-2 Cor. 4:8-9