Darcy's Great Expectations Author:Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Jensen Darcy's after-school job as a candy striper isn't measuring up to her expectations. While she dreams of bandaging wounds, her reality consists of copying and filing and running errands and cleaning up after coffee break. — Mrs. Hamlin, a patient on Darcy's floor, talks to her about the kind of love described in I Corinthians 13. ... more »"Do your job well. Stick to it. And stick by your friends," she tells Darcy. "That's what Jesus would do."
Darcy thinks its good advice. Then she's unexpectedly given an opportunity for some "real nursing," and the confusion that results has her in a spin. Does her interest in a new friend mean she's being disloyal to her faithful buddy Chip? Is she really trying to do what Jesus would do? or are thoughts of romance and popularity getting in the way? Mrs. Hamlin has another piece of advice: "Let your heart listen to your head. Darcy. And let your head listen to God."« less