God will not forsake them

Lord, You love the ill, the broken-hearted, and those in need.

And You will not forsake them.

Lord, you gave me a heart to love the needy. Let this not be in vain.

I was hopeful.

 

I was an aspiring graduate.

I had the world ahead of me. I was excited for the journey ahead.

 

Back then, I had regarded Nursing as my calling, and was grateful that God had planted in me the desire to care for the ill and needy.

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 I am not sure how the me of the past would look at my present self.

 

But it appears that everything I had worked so hard for, everything I had prayed for, had somehow come to realization.

I think I would be very proud of myself.

Having gone through the physical exhaustion, mental exertion, stress, anxiety, hard work and tears during my nursing career, I should be very proud of myself. 

 My achievements are not great.

 But they are enough, to help me realize that God has been very faithful through it all.

 

In the very first interview of my nursing journey, during my enrolment into NUS nursing, a professor asked what I feared most about the future.

 

 'To give up,' I told him.  

 

Somehow, I made it through.

And I am still here. I am still a nurse.

 

And God still walks with me each day, as I continue to learn what it means to die to oneself to serve the ill and needy.

 

In Him, I can find solace, peace and hope. 

 

Nothing I do in this life has any meaning if it is not done with You.

 

Constant Reminder to Self

Your job is not to judge.

Your job is not to figure out if someone deserves something.

Your job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting.

-NursingGuide.ph

“You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again you have to take uncharted roads, face impassable mountains, cross treacherous rivers, be blocked by landslides and earthquakes. That’s the way my life has been.”

- Lee Kuan Yew

Lord, give me the eyes of empathy and love to look beyond the ugly behavior of others. 

It doesn't matter what they do to me.

It's what I can do for them.

No one can take away the joy and peace that the Lord grants me through His unconditional love for me. No one.

Except myself.

You're more than a conqueror when you know that you already have the victory before you ever get a problem.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Lord, it is not about what I want.

It is what You want.

Lord it is never about me.

It is about You.