Love is in the Mess

Love is in the mess
And love is there to bless
Despite all the crazies and distress
Love is in the mess

In my hospital workplace, I am grateful for working on a team rather than strictly on my own. The work we do as rehab therapists is often—I’d even say usually—very difficult. Every day, we work with people who are sick, wounded, and debilitated, both physically and mentally. If not for the shared courage of our team, I could not have been doing this for more than 30 years.

I have found that working closely with another therapist (in what we call therapy co-treatments) has become the foundation of my daily life’s work. It has become my daily bread. We co-therapists are like the disciples going off in dyads to bring good news to the world. And what is the good news that we bring? Simply this: that with hard work, hope, and perseverance, we can help each patient move towards their next fullest potential.

It takes a village—like a hospital—to do this. It takes a departmental team and good leadership. It often takes two therapists and a gait belt. It takes patience. It takes time. Love is ultimately involved, although we don’t often talk about it in this way. Still, I see how love is in this work.

Love is in the mess

And love is there to bless

Despite all the crazies and distress

Love is in the mess

It takes so much human energy do this kind of work! It takes me beyond myself and always leaves me tired, but amazed, and sorely grateful. Because we work as a team, I can do this work—even when I don’t know how! It can indeed be done, day after day, and in so many unfavorable conditions, even by someone as simple and limited as me. This is precisely why I thank God for my rehab team, and for the privilege of sharing this work, this ministry, my daily bread.

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