Serene Sunday

As I sit here at work, outside the window it looks cold and the rain has been drizzling all mornin.g The leaves are starting to change, but the majority of them are still green. I love the feeling of Fall of the year. Perhaps it is because I know that without my Lord, Fall would be such a depressing time in my life with the trees becoming bare. But the Lord gave ys sycg veaytiful colors as to savor while this transition is taking place and we have the promise of knowing that in the Spring it will all become new again. Remember the video I shared before of "All Things New Again".
Many of you may not know that I am in school now. After much prayer and thought, I have decided to persue my dream of becoming a Nurse Practitioner. It is amazing to look at the course I have thought of when it comes to a career. All through school I wanted to be a teacher, then I decided by the fate of the Lord to go to Nursing School. I finished my associate's degree and thought that's all the Lord wanted me to do, but now I know better. My Lord has allowed me to have my dream of teaching, whether it be the students that I teach as an instructor at the college part time or my patients. He is also allowing me to do more. Once I finish my Bachelor's Degree, this program should bridge right into the Master's and I will be able to have a whole new teaching relationship with my patients and with future students.
As I balance the roles of wife, mother, daughter, nurse, teacher, and student with being a Child of the King, tenacity is a key word. "Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered...Remain spiritually tenacious. Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest"
This type of tenacity comes from the Lord, the Heavenly Father who is the only one capable of this type of gift to his children.

Verse of the Day: "Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. " - James 1:12
The verse of the day is dedicated to a special friend of mine. Natalie, I am fighting for you the best I know how, through my prayers to our wonderful Lord.