“Seasons change, friends move away, and life goes on from day to day. Flowers fade and streams go dry and many times we wonder why. Yet we can always be assured because God tells us in His Word, that unlike changes in the weather, love goes on and lasts forever.”
-Unknown
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A new season, a new chapter.
Wow! How time flies! She graduated from medical school about a month ago after “matching” into a general surgery residency program. She feels a mix of emotions every time she thinks that, in just a few days, she will be a general surgery intern! It is both unbelievable and amazing to think that, after all this time, she now has two simple letters after her name that will forever change the rest of her life: MD. It is both exciting and incredibly scary to think she will be responsible for the care of her patients starting on July 1. Saving lives, one day at a time baby…HA! She knows that it is only by God’s grace that she made it this far, and it is only by His tremendous power that she will be able to endure the exhausting hours and tremendous responsibility day-to-day.
If you are like this student, Match Day brought an assortment of emotion. It was so thrilling to open that letter and see your name “matched” into a program. But ultimately, opening that letter meant CHANGE was right around the corner. A change in job, change in responsibilities, change in location, change in friends, change in life. Change can be terrifying!
Thankfully, the Lord is faithful. God says, “I will give you EVERY PLACE where you set your foot…Have I not COMMANDED you? Be STRONG and COURAGEOUS. Do not be TERRIFIED; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God WILL BE with you WHEREVER you go” (Joshua 1:3,9, NIV 1984).
Even though she trusts Him, her heart is still often filled with angst about this change. In times of anxiety, He always brings her back to these verses in Joshua. It says, “Have I not COMMANDED you?” He doesn’t give Joshua a choice. Rather, He promises to walk alongside Joshua, as He is about to begin the most TERRIFYING but most THRILLING ADVENTURE of his life.
Yet, why does she still often fear?
She moved into her new apartment over the weekend. She’s never lived this far away from home before – away from everyone and everything she knows and loves. She’s moved to a new place in which she, for once, knows NO ONE. As her family departed last night, tears filled their eyes. She will miss them dearly. Yet, God is her strength in weakness.
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV 1984).
He refreshes her heart when she’s in need of FRESH REVELATION. And it is this fresh revelation that she longs for. After her family left and she was seemingly alone, God spoke softly and gave her the following passage.
Wow! How time flies! She graduated from medical school about a month ago after “matching” into a general surgery residency program. She feels a mix of emotions every time she thinks that, in just a few days, she will be a general surgery intern! It is both unbelievable and amazing to think that, after all this time, she now has two simple letters after her name that will forever change the rest of her life: MD. It is both exciting and incredibly scary to think she will be responsible for the care of her patients starting on July 1. Saving lives, one day at a time baby…HA! She knows that it is only by God’s grace that she made it this far, and it is only by His tremendous power that she will be able to endure the exhausting hours and tremendous responsibility day-to-day.
If you are like this student, Match Day brought an assortment of emotion. It was so thrilling to open that letter and see your name “matched” into a program. But ultimately, opening that letter meant CHANGE was right around the corner. A change in job, change in responsibilities, change in location, change in friends, change in life. Change can be terrifying!
Thankfully, the Lord is faithful. God says, “I will give you EVERY PLACE where you set your foot…Have I not COMMANDED you? Be STRONG and COURAGEOUS. Do not be TERRIFIED; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God WILL BE with you WHEREVER you go” (Joshua 1:3,9, NIV 1984).
Even though she trusts Him, her heart is still often filled with angst about this change. In times of anxiety, He always brings her back to these verses in Joshua. It says, “Have I not COMMANDED you?” He doesn’t give Joshua a choice. Rather, He promises to walk alongside Joshua, as He is about to begin the most TERRIFYING but most THRILLING ADVENTURE of his life.
Yet, why does she still often fear?
She moved into her new apartment over the weekend. She’s never lived this far away from home before – away from everyone and everything she knows and loves. She’s moved to a new place in which she, for once, knows NO ONE. As her family departed last night, tears filled their eyes. She will miss them dearly. Yet, God is her strength in weakness.
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV 1984).
He refreshes her heart when she’s in need of FRESH REVELATION. And it is this fresh revelation that she longs for. After her family left and she was seemingly alone, God spoke softly and gave her the following passage.
"The God who made the world and everything in it...gives all men LIFE and BREATH and everything else...and he determined the times set for them and the EXACT PLACES where they should LIVE...’For in him we LIVE and MOVE and have our being’" (Acts 17:24-28, NIV 1984).
Pray that this journal will bless your heart, and pray that we can grow in this time of grueling “scut work,” intense hours, unbelievable responsibilities and change. As times and season change, we can BANK on His promises:
Pray that this journal will bless your heart, and pray that we can grow in this time of grueling “scut work,” intense hours, unbelievable responsibilities and change. As times and season change, we can BANK on His promises:
1. God is completely SOVEREIGN. Psalm 103:19. He has everything in His control even when we can’t perceive it.
2. God is infinitely WISE. Romans 11:33-36. The Lord knows every side of the situation (inside and out) and every event (past, present and future).
3. God LOVES perfectly. 1 John 4:16-18; Ephesians 2:10. Without exception, He always chooses what is BEST for us, even if it is not easy.
(3 promises adapted from the iPhone App “Bible Verse of the Day.”)
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I wish Allie only the very best as she enters this new stage of life. God's faithfulness will be seen through the days of her surgery residency.
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