{"id":6514,"date":"2021-01-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2021-01-11T10:41:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:41:53","slug":"the-twelfth-sponge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/the-twelfth-sponge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelfth Sponge!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"The Twelfth Sponge! 1\/12\/21\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/snabk-f7414e?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the operating room of a large hospital, a young nurse was completing her first full day of responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;ve only removed 11 sponges, doctor,&#8221; she said to the surgeon. &#8220;We used 12.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I removed them all,&#8221; the doctor declared. &#8220;We&#8217;ll close the incision now.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;No,&#8221; the nurse objected. &#8220;We used 12 sponges.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll take full responsibility,&#8221; the surgeon said grimly. &#8220;Suture!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;You can&#8217;t do that!&#8221; blazed the nurse. &#8220;Think of the patient.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The surgeon smiled, lifted his foot, and showed the nurse the 12th sponge. &#8220;You&#8217;ll do,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>If you were the young nurse in the operating room that day, what would you have said to the surgeon?&nbsp;&nbsp;Would you say, \u201cThink of the patient!\u201d Are you sure?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some other examples in your life today where you have taken a stand for the truth and the downtrodden, no matter what?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who are the people in your life today who cause you to compromise what you have known from childhood to be true and right?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TALK WITH GOD. 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