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I’m a locum doctor in a hospital in Nottingham

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'I’m a locum doctor in a hospital in Nottingham. At the moment, I’m on a gastro-enterology ward, but I was on the palliative care ward with patients with Covid-19.

'The scripture that’s really helped me recently, is Colossians 3.23-24, ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.’

'This whole Covid-19 issue has made me realise that we serve Jesus. It’s easy to serve man. Sometimes people clap for you. Sometimes they are wary of you because you work in a Covid ward. There are real issues of confusion and stigma around coronavirus, and in being associated with working with people with Covid-19. I’ve never experienced that before. But God is the constant in all of this.

'God is challenging me about where I get my identity from. On a Thursday, people clap and whoop me on our street. It’s nice, but it’s for a season.

'Everything is unsettled, and you can feel very shaky, but I’m so glad that the Bible is solid ground to stand on in these tumultuous times.'

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