Hi all!

I was at work today (Thursday) and had some time in between patients to read my devotional and write down some thoughts to post later. The Lord is slowly bringing my focus back to Himself. When I ask Him to restore my relationship with Him it is amazing to me how He answers and how He is patient with me over and over again! No matter how we fail Him, nor how often, He is compassionate towards us and wants us to come back to Him. How grateful I am! The thing that I’ve been asking Him lately is to help me realize that it is not only outward sins that grieve Him, but the sins that take place in our hearts and minds grieve Him too.  So many times we start comparing ourselves to others and we think we are “okay”. If we compare ourselves to Christ oh how far we have to go and how much we have to change!

I was reading Psalm 86 yesterday and my devotional book pointed out how in the first seven verses David is focused on how big his troubles are, but then in verse eight his focus changes and he turns his attention to how great God is. In the light of God’s greatness our troubles are so insignificant. When I find myself in the midst of a struggle I often focus on how big the struggle is to me and how incapable I am of handling it. Rather than focus on my inabilities I need to examine God’s character and constantly bring myself back to the realization of how capable He is! He is so faithful! Why do I ever doubt Him?

This past week has been so great. Right now I am sitting by the pool at my apartments and just enjoying this beautiful weather! I’m going to try to study some more today. I start orientation at the hospital on Monday, and will have a medications/drug calculations test, sometime in the next two weeks. I want to be ready the first time around. :o) I also need to review some cardiac stuff. I think that would probably be beneficial since I’ll be working on cardiac telemetry. :o)

Yesterday I slept in and then went to Paris Mountain. That was the first time that I had been there. It was so nice. I kayaked on the lake for an hour and then went swimming. I headed back home and then dog sat for a friend during the afternoon. Then last night I really treated myself. :o) I went and had dinner at Sticky Fingers. It was soooo good! Then I went to Barnes and Noble and bought a book that I have been wanting and bought a frog calendar for Jordan. Then I grabbed some Starbucks! Then I went to Blockbuster and picked up the movie Freedom Writers which I have been wanting to see for quit a while. When I got home I was able to talk to some friends and then settled in for my movie. I was not disappointed! There was some bad language in the movie, but the story line was so inspiring! I loved it. At 2:30 in the morning I went for a walk and went to the play ground to swing for a few minutes. The moon was beautiful and the evening was so nice! I still couldn’t sleep, so I journaled for a while and then went to bed. I’m going to have to get on a more regular schedule when work starts. LOL! I got up this morning and surprisingly felt rested! :o) So I headed out before Mrs. Liz, the lady I’m living with, woke up. Some days it is just so much easier to get out before she is awake. She can be very demanding and likes to control my time when I’m not working. So I have resorted to sneaking away for some “me” time on my days off. :o)

School starts in about three weeks! I can’t believe the summer is already almost over. This has been such a different summer for me. I’m so used to being in school and working, but for almost two months I wasn’t in school, nor was I working other than taking care of Liz. I have enjoyed the break, but I am so ready to get back into a regular schedule. I am much more productive if my schedule is more demanding.

Well, this post is long enough. I’ll post more later! Hope you all are doing well!

In Him,
Hannah

"The good things in life are the greatest enemy of the best." -Anonymous