Grace.

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;

 and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

 For ye see your calling

, brethren,

how that not many wise men after the flesh,

not many mighty,

 not many noble

, are called:

 But God hath chosen 
the foolish things of the
world to confound the wise;

 and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound 
the things which are mighty;

 And base things of the world,

 and things which are despised,

 hath God chosen, yea,

and things which are not,

 to bring to nought things that are:

 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,

who of God is made unto us wisdom,

 and righteousness,

and sanctification,

 and redemption:

 That, according as it is written,

He that glorieth,

let him glory in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 1:25-31
It has been a long time since I updated.
I have not been trying to neglect but with finals
coming up in school
this blog has been sadly neglected.
Thankfully though
only eight more days until freedom!
I can hardly wait!
In the meantime I am praying that I will be
a light and that the Lord will be honored and glorified
in and through me.
He is worthy!
So just thought that I would let you know I am alive.
And also share that verse with you.
What are your thoughts on it?

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You know you are a nursing student when

I have been wanting to share little life updates with you for quite some time.

Sadly, I have not had the time.

But today-even though I have a ton of cramming I mean studying

to do I have decided to give my brain a rest and catch up 

with all of you for a few minutes.

So here it goes.

 I had an amazing weekend! 

Passing out tracts at a huge festival (between 200-300),

kettle corn, 

hugs,

laughter,

love,

Christmas carols in September,

a group of us having pizza and watching...Bolt (oh yes we are really ages 14-20 lol),

moonlight,

fall leaves,

chili,

an amazing church,

an awesome God

=contented smile :)

I love being a 

throw random contents in the freezer together,

season to taste (being careful not to scald your tongue ahem) 

cook :) 

I created yet another dish yesterday and was very happy about the results!

It was so satisfying!

And now I have lunch for school for the next few days :)

I have started to compile a list.

Now this is no ordinary list.

This is a list that has been growing for the past six weeks

And will continue to grow (Lord willing) for the next two years.

I have been wanting to share this list with you all for quite sometime.

And today, as I munch on my microwave popcorn 

ultra-healthy snack food I will share part of it with you.

I entitled it:

"You Know You are a Nursing Student When"

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• When you know what sterile technique is and ,in fact, you think it is kind of fun to do. The thing is you start to get paranoid about your sterile field and sometimes you even find yourself practicing at the dinner table and reaching around your plate to get a piece of bread instead of just grabbing it (example I have not yet done personally but I know someone who has). 

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•  When you are sitting outside looking the moon and as the clouds gather around it you suddenly turn and say to your boyfriend: "See those clouds around the moon? They look like adipose cells which is actually just fat!" To which he responds: "And you say I am not romantic?" And you laugh and then start pointing out what look like neurons among the clouds. I actually DID do this! I know. It is sad.

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• When time is something that you realize you do not have enough of. I mean 24 hours in a day? When you are at school from 8:30am and don't get back till 8:30 pm that is 12 hours right there! Time is precious and unfortunately it gets away from us way too easily. So I am learning to manage my time.

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•  When sleep is something that...you never get enough of and when you do any extra half hour is completely worth it! 

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• When you have books this thick and thicker. You learn how to cram them all into a backpack. Do you throw your back out sometimes picking it up? OH YES! Pretty sure by the end of this semester I will have very strong shoulder muscles! But you know what-it will be worth it!

•  
•  

Those are empty spaces. 

Now I know you knew that 

so no need to roll your eyes ;)

This list will continue I am sure.

There are many more things I could add 

to it but-

I have an Anatomy and Physiology test tomorrow

and I need to manage my time wisely :)

But there is a little snippet of my life!

Praying for you all!

Keep your eyes on JESUS!

110%

110%

Should that apply in all areas of life?

I think that it should.

I think that as christians we are called to be a light.

So what does that have with 110%?

Well, I think that we should throw ourselves 110% into life.

110% into whatever the Lord brings our way 

(even if they are challenges).

I realized that is what I need to do today.

And every day.

Especially for the next two years.

Today I had my first nursing class.

(To read about how God brought that about click here)

It is going to be hard.

Super hard.

 (Did you know that textbooks came that thick?

Pretty sure it should be illegal!)

BUT-I know that with the Lord's help I can succeed.

I am purposing in my heart to do

the absolute best I can in nursing school

which means throwing myself into it 

with my everything 

all while keeping my gaze focused on my Savior. 

Praying the Lord Jesus Christ 

will be honored and glorified! 

 I am thinking that if I just focus on 

one day at a time I might not get so overwhelmed?

Hmmm...maybe I should focus 1st on my Savior

and THEN one day at a time!

  Oh yes.

I think I am going to go with that!  

One thing I have really been thinking about

as I have started school again is being a witness for Christ.

I want people to look at me and be pointed straight to HIM.

So here is a thought to finish off this post:

"Let your light so shine before men..." 

The question is WHO is our light shining for?

WHO do people see when they look at us?

Is it our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

Something to most definitely think about!

So now, I am off. 

To do homework.

And I might just keep my new scrubs on.

Just because.