I want...
To be an oral surgeon.
To repair clefts and share Jesus around the world.
To be involved in a team that shares my passion.
To experience other cultures.
I want a lot of things, many that take years to qualify for. I have 10+ years of college and residencies ahead of me. All of my hopes, dreams, and purpose for my life have always been placed in the future. So, what about now? Right now, I go to school and work and I wait for the future to come and my dream to be a reality. Though school is helping me reach my dream, I am not actively pursuing it.
"But there is none of this passivity in scripture. Those who are waiting are waiting very actively...That’s the secret. The secret of waiting is the faith that the seed has been planted, that something has begun. Active waiting means to be present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it."-Jordon Cooper
To get where I want to be I need to wait, but actively. I need to do everything I can right now so that I am better prepared for the future that God has called me to. So, these two things have been tugging on my heart lately:
I want to start an Operation Smile Club at PSU. Operation Smile is an organization that sends medical professionals to third-world countries to repair cleft lip and palate. The club would raise awareness and raise funds for the surgeries that the children need. If you want to start a group at your school or check it out, click here: http://www.operationsmile.org/get_involved/student-youth-programs/university-programs.html
I also want to go on a medical mission trip with Cure International, a Christian medical missions organization that provides surgeries for children in third-world countries with club foot, spinal problems, and clefts. Since I have never been out of the US or Mexico before, it would be a great way for me to see first-hand what I am pursuing.
Please be praying for both of these things as I start to get information and figure it all out!
My question for you is: are you waiting actively? Are you taking risks and trusting God to prepare yourself for what God has called you to?
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever"-Hebrewss 13:8
I am learning to look to the future with excitement while still finding purpose in today.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
This Is The Stuff.
I shared my life story with my floor today and it got me thinking, so much so that I am up writing this instead of sleeping.
In my life story, I highlighted all of the hard times of my life. The times of loneliness, of loss of control, and of doubt. In the moment, I lost all sense of why I had done this. Why do the hardest things of life stand out the most? Why do the worst things in life have the biggest impact?
The answer is simply this: God's grace is sufficient for me, His power is made perfect in my weakness. Through the times of loneliness, I learned of God's faithfulness and power. Through loss of control, I realized that laying my life down at Jesus' feet was the only way to live in peace. Through the doubt, I saw God's hand continuously reaching out to me, never letting me go and tugging at my heart to run to Him for the answers.
Like in "The Shack", my life is like an unorganized garden; a continuous work of art that is ever-growing and changing. Though at times it does not look beautiful, God is consistently working in me to make it His perfectly planned piece of art and life.
As I am in the process of transferring schools and completely changing my way of life, I struggle with the idea of leaving the relationships that I have made here. But I know that God is in my transfer, He's in my education, my family relationships, and my friendships right now and forever, as strongly as He has been in my life over the past years. With that, though there is sadness, there is so much peace and anticipation for what He has for me in Portland and beyond.
Thank you God, for plans that are bigger than my own.
(The title of this blog is from a song by Francesca Battistelli)
In my life story, I highlighted all of the hard times of my life. The times of loneliness, of loss of control, and of doubt. In the moment, I lost all sense of why I had done this. Why do the hardest things of life stand out the most? Why do the worst things in life have the biggest impact?
The answer is simply this: God's grace is sufficient for me, His power is made perfect in my weakness. Through the times of loneliness, I learned of God's faithfulness and power. Through loss of control, I realized that laying my life down at Jesus' feet was the only way to live in peace. Through the doubt, I saw God's hand continuously reaching out to me, never letting me go and tugging at my heart to run to Him for the answers.
Like in "The Shack", my life is like an unorganized garden; a continuous work of art that is ever-growing and changing. Though at times it does not look beautiful, God is consistently working in me to make it His perfectly planned piece of art and life.
As I am in the process of transferring schools and completely changing my way of life, I struggle with the idea of leaving the relationships that I have made here. But I know that God is in my transfer, He's in my education, my family relationships, and my friendships right now and forever, as strongly as He has been in my life over the past years. With that, though there is sadness, there is so much peace and anticipation for what He has for me in Portland and beyond.
Thank you God, for plans that are bigger than my own.
(The title of this blog is from a song by Francesca Battistelli)
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