How often do we find ourselves so busy and overwhelmed that we hardly have the time or even take the time to sit down and spend time with God? This seems to be happening less and less as our schedules get busier and busier with each passing day. I knew that with starting nursing school came a big lifestyle change. The things that I enjoyed doing in my free time would soon be replaced with reading giant textbooks and doing homework until my eyeballs fall out. My life would soon become consumed with this incredible journey that I am now beginning. Shifts at work would be cut down; time with friends would be limited and family dinners scarce but the one thing that must not be compromised is my time with God. It’s only been 2 weeks and nursing school is already teaching me and showing me so many things about my own relationship with God that I had never realized. The most evident so far is the importance of keeping God at the center of ALL things. It is important to never let anyone or anything become more important than my relationship with God. I know these next three years will most likely be the most challenging years of my life. However, I cannot forget Who I am working for, someone greater than I could ever be- God. I need to rid me of myself and give it all to Him, my accomplishments and failures, fear and struggles and everything in between. I need to continue to trust that He is in control of all things and be sure to keep Him my #1 priority because without Him, these next 3 years of nursing school (and life in general) is going to be impossible. With the consuming schedule of being a nursing student, I cannot put spending time with Him off until the homework is finished or as I’m falling asleep but rather start my day with God and end my day with God and be thinking about him throughout the day as well. I can’t put Him in a box in the corner until I need Him; He needs to be my Everything. As distractions and things come my way in the coming years I need to realize what is important and what is not. Luke 14:33 says “Any of you who do not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple”. God wants us to give it all up to Him and know that He is in control and that by doing so, we are able to better serve Him. I hope and pray that I can continue to give myself to Christ over these next 3 years of nursing school so that I may continue to serve Him and bring Him glory.
Philippians
4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”.
--In Christ Alone--
In
Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What
heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
Very nice Allison, sooooo proud of you!!
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