Every time I finish teaching a client I feel like flying. It’s an adrenaline rush that comes from feeling full of life and full of hope. I have the pleasure of teaching beautiful couples who are so in love, and who are excited to learn more about the gift of their fertility. I couldn’t ask for a greater clientele!
This week a client sent me a message of hope and told me they were praying for me on the frontlines in the ER. I was floored by the sincerity and kindness of her words. She left me with this passage from 2 Corinthians 4:7-18, and I want to focus on three of these verses:
16 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”.
Things right now feel so uncertain. Where am I supposed to be? Picking up extra shifts on the front lines? Staying home more with my kids? Is it okay to feel stir crazy and stuck at home when I should be counting my blessings...like the fact that I have children, a job, and a home to be stuck in?
Inwardly we are being renewed...
I have heard so many comments about how God knows what we need. How is this isolation renewing? Well, I have more time with my husband and kids. I am appreciating small things like sunshine and watching my toddler’s language explode with new words and sentences. I am making time for prayer both alone and with my family. I am grateful for this gift of intentional time.
Fix my eyes in what is unseen...
This last week I heard a sermon where the priest said that God is not surprised by this virus. He didn’t make it happen, but He is not surprised. Therefore, we are called to fix our eyes on Him, to choose hope, and know that He will indeed provide.
I draw my mind back to these thoughts when I start to feel frustrated, when I start to resent the fact that I can’t go anywhere, and when I feel the wave of anxiety creeping up as I prepare to go back in to work.
No matter what comes through those waiting room doors, God has this. It may not be easy, it may not be controlled, but I have to fix my eyes on and draw strength from something greater than myself. If I rely only on the media and the world, I will be overcome with fear and anxiety and it will be really hard to recover from what is to come. If I can find God in the midst of this I can face it with more courage and come through it with more hope. This is bigger than me and out of my control, and therefore calls for a hope and solution that is also bigger than me.
I thank God for my education and my job. It is a privilege to be able to serve my community on the frontlines in the ER. I pray for peace of mind and heart, safety, perseverance, strength and courage.
Thank you for staying home
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Journey with me, pray with me, and feel free to comment.
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