With the semester coming to a close, I can only think about the short 3 months I will have off before fall, and I say short because they will be packed and busier than ever.
In a little over a week, I'll be heading to a two week training course on global health issues. When I return from that, I'll be starting my internship working with HPV and cervical cancer data - which I couldn't be more excited about, by the way. I'll also start two courses, apply for Physician Assistant school, and work 20 hour weeks. *SIGH* I get anxious just typing it out. But lets be honest, I am pumped - excited - beyond belief. I've found that I am most satisfied when my life is full and busy and purposeful. All of which describe the upcoming summer.
I have to watch out though. I keep using the word "I" and there is very little that "I" can do, all of these opportunities were made possible only through the grace of God. Recently, I realized how utterly dependent I have been on others for things such as happiness, assurance, and satisfaction. But oh was I so wrong… the human condition - we are all sinners, no one better than the other, all covered by the blood of Christ. Setting up these expectations that humans can fulfill these areas of my life only set me up for failure. We all let each other down - it's rarely intentional, but it happens.
Then like a light-bulb (*ding*) I was reminded that God is my Savior and He is in control of it all. Reading Psalms 46, David is writing about battles of war between him and a close by territory. He writes a cry to God thanking Him for delivering Him and praises the Lord for His refuge against His enemies. David writes about God being with Him constantly during his battles and in his victories. The Psalmist emphasizes God's comfort and sovereignty over all things.
What a reassurance that:
God is in the busy-ness. God is in the slowness. God is in the mess you think you are in. God is in the raging storms and in the calmest oceans. God points us to His handiwork and beauty to see His grace.
Rest in Him. Go to Him. Let Him take care of you.
Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[b] help in trouble.
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Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
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though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
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God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6
The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
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The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
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He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
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“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
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The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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