One Step closer

I just finished my first block exam of the semester and I am so glad it over. This block was all about behavioral science, microbiology, pathology and pharmacology.  This is what we called The Bugs and Drugs year of medical school.  It’s all about diseases, treatments, and mechanism of actions, etc.   With all the apparent causative agents of disease around us, it’s no wonder we are not all wearing masks and protective gear.  Thank GOD for our immune system.  Also, we are learning more clinical skills (that’s fun stuff.) 

 I was so nervous about this exam because the word through the grapevine is this is the hardest semester ever and this was the hardest exam ever. So, I had a lot of anxiety about it. I was getting a little overwhelmed about a week ago and I found my solace in John 14...

in the Amplified Bible and that really calmed my nerves.

John 14:14, "I will grant, whatever you ask in My Name....I will ask the Father and He will give you another Comforter that remains with you forever...I will not leave you as orphans, comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless; I will come to you....But, the Comforter who the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things.  He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.  Peace I leave with you; My peace I now give and bequeath to you.  Not as the world gives do I give to you.  Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. (Stop allowing yourself to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourself to be fearful and intimated and cowardly and unsettled.) 

 Now, was that a real answer or what?  So, after receiving my confirmation that I'm not in this alone...I settled down a bit and continued to study. 

Several of my peers were feeling the same, overwhelmed.  But I'm glad I had a true WORD to share to calm their fears.  You see it's not just about me and what I need and what I want.  It's about getting more than enough so that I can share it with others.  (My cup runs over..) 

Another huge step towards my goal has been accomplished today and it feels good. Although I have many more steps to take, this one is over and done with.  Thank GOD for progress...

As you go forward in you plans today, know that the things you accomplish today are yours.  You can put a check mark by them and say “that’s done.”  Then move to the next....

You can do it…You can have it…You can live the life you desire…Take it one step at a time.

 

 

 

 

Things Change...

I was looking through some pictures on my facebook and found this picutre...

Jan 2010

 

 

I was in Anatomy and Physiology II at a local junior college, finishing my prereqs for medical school.  In the picture we were dissecting a sheep's heart.  Just two years and some odd months later, I am in medical school.  WOW...

 

 

It's amazing in life how you graduate from level to level, and you can see the progress, you can see the difference...Athough those were some very challenging times for me, I was in the process of some very heated legal battles for my children, just lost my husband to prostate cancer, I was determined to not let  anything stop me.  And guess what, I DIDN'T.  I realize that this present affliction was not forever.  (2 Cor 4:17, For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory... )  I did not let the pains, hurts, and losses of this life stop me from pushing forward to a brighter future.  I did not let the seemingly insurmountable tasks before for me, stop me.  I did not let the unknown for tomorrow deter me from reaching towards my goal.  All I can say  is, "Thank YOU Father, for you knew my ending before my beginning."

 

Sometime you may be faced with challenges that seem impossible or seem that they will never end,   BUT, if within those times you continue to make steps towards what you want in life or out of life you will get there.  Life is truly a journey...How amazing it is, is up to you...

 

Things change...Keep pushing even when you feel you only have two steps in you and you know there are at least 100 more to go. keep pushing because you have what it takes.  Keep pushing because those around you need your smiling face, your gleeming eyes to encourage them to do just the same.  Keep pushing because within you there is greatness.  Keep pushing...because THINGS CHANGE....

 

Now, go live your dream....

 

John 14:27    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.