I Don't Know

As a hospital corpsman in the Navy, I worked in many areas of medical care. Part of my job in Aviation Medicine included physical examinations.

Five days a week at six-forty-five AM, the staff and I began evaluating the physical fitness of active duty, reserve and retired men and women.

We checked vital signs, height, weight and visual acuity. Lab techs collected blood and urine specimens. EKG’s and chest x-rays were done.

I pressured myself to learn the guidelines for the multitude of physical examinations performed in the clinic. Different jobs had different requirements.

A pilot’s eyesight had to be greater than that of an air-crewman. An electronics technician couldn’t be colorblind.

As I typed out the summary of each physical, I had to ask my chief the same questions repeatedly.

One day Chief retrieved a copy of the manual for Physical Examination and Standards. He set the four-inch thick book on my desk. He tapped his finger on it and said, “You don’t have to know all the answers. You just have to know where to find them.”

What do we do when we have biblical or faith based questions and we don’t know the answer?

God has made His manual, the Bible, available to many.

Children’s Bibles begin with soft cloth for infants and hard covers change as a child matures. Teens and college-age students have their own styles. Each of us chose the version and format that help us understand the Word of God.

We each have opportunities to study the Bible be it personal, in a small group or an internet broadcast. God encourages us to be strong in our faith, to study and be prepared to help others grow.

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth” (2 Timothy 15 NIV).

In Christ,

Berta

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