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The Wound-Dresser Analysis

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The words of Walt Whitman deeply impacted me this week. In his poem, “The Wound-Dresser,” he writes “I dwell not on soldiers’ perils or soldiers’ joys, (Both I remember well – many of the hardships, few of the joys, yet I was content.”
This solid and unwavering resolve to finish well and to remain faithful, is so lost in our culture and even lost in our churches.
This week was difficult for my family. Many little things built up to create a feeling of despair in my heart, but this poem touched me. I am not going through anything close to the horror of war, and yet I buckle under pressure. Whitman’s resolve has given me courage, but it also reminded me of Paul’s words in Philippians 4.
“…Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have
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