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Medical Value: This book was designed to encourage people to do and say the things needed to assist in the emotional, psychological and spiritual healing of the sick. Theologians refer to the suffering of Christ as his "Humiliation." When you think about it, one of the things that makes suffering so difficult is the humiliation.  We can adjust to pain but humiliation is hard to take. Nothing depicts humiliation better than the hospital gown.  With only one tie at the top to assure that your lower end is hanging in the breeze, this hospital uniform identifies you as a "Patient" in all of its blessed humility. When a person goes to the hospital they must surrender a measure of control to others.  People from Joni Erickson to Christopher Reeve have written about how difficult this can be.  As the pressures on health care increase, there is less time for personal interaction between patients and care givers.  Perhaps this book can help. Having a loved one in the hospital is hard for the patient, but it is also hard for the friends and family.  Illness that requires a hospital stay will force a separation which will seem endless  to some and insignificant to others.  The ability of the patient to communicate and the length of recovery are factors that effect the way everyone involved views the experience. Mary, "treasured up in her heart" memories of the birth of her son,  Jesus. - Luke 2:19 & 51. Use this book to help you fill a treasure chest with  loving words, sincere prayers and good deeds on behalf of your loved one while in the hospital, and after coming home. Having a place for visitors to sign in, a place to write your prayers, and keep track of cards, flowers and gifts is very important.  Once someone puts a personal note in this book, it becomes something precious.  We have heard of people opening the book months later to read the notes and prayers again because it feels so good to hear that people really care about you.  Our hope is that these kind words and deeds will fully restore the patient's dignity and zest for life while strengthen family ties and friendships. "A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones." - Proverbs 15:30 (NIV)