Servants of the Night
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<p>It’s 3 a.m. at an acute-care hospital. A worried patient presses the call button for the fourth time in an hour. The night-shift nurse answers without complaint. Soon another patient is screaming, crying for attention. The nurse isn’t surprised. She requested the night shift five years ago to avoid her hospital’s daytime frenzy. Then the reality hit. Night work often means taking on extra tasks, such as lifting and turning patients by herself. It also means closely monitoring patients’ conditions so physicians can be notified in emergencies.</p> <p>Buoyed by close friendships with her nighttime co-workers, this nurse still struggles to get adequate sleep. Often, she asks her church for prayer, seeing her work as vital. “Praise God, their prayers make a difference.”</p> <p>Her praise is good and right for a night worker—as well as for all of us. The psalmists wrote, “Praise the <smallcaps>Lord</smallcaps>, all you servants of the <smallcaps>Lord</smallcaps>, who minister by night in the house of the <smallcaps>Lord</smallcaps>. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the <smallcaps>Lord</smallcaps>” (Psalm 134:1–2).</p> <p>This psalm, written for the Levites who served as temple watchmen, acknowledged their vital work—protecting the temple by day and night. In our nonstop world, it feels proper to share this psalm especially for nighttime workers, yet every one of us can praise God in the night. As the psalm adds, “May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth” (v. 3).</p>
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Servants of the Night
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