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by Rich Maffeo'); document.write('strong>
For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you he'); document.write('ard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its'); document.write(' work in you who believe. (1 Thessalonians 2:13)
Walter, a nursing assistant on my staff, was in the middle '); document.write('of his complaint when I entered the room. "Life has no purpose," he said.
I slipped into my seat at the table whe'); document.write('re the rest of the day crew waited for the night nurse to join us for change-of-shift report.
"It\'s meaningless,"'); document.write(' he continued. "We live, and then we die."
I\'m not usually at a loss for words, but this time was different. I kn'); document.write('ew Walter claimed to be an atheist, but I puzzled why a 20-year-old man held such somber sentiments about life. By the t'); document.write('ime I recovered enough to introduce my opinion into the gloom hovering about us, the night nurse breezed through the doo'); document.write('r, sat down and began the summary of her patients. I held my tongue -- and kicked myself for letting the opportunity wit'); document.write('h Walter slip by.
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