Galatians 2:20

Life has been crazy since my last post. I am on medicine at the VA hospital now and I am on call every 4th night. Since then lots of things have happened... I attended two funerals. I started wedding registries at 3 different stores. I went to the delta three times. I shopped for and picked out a new vehicle that has not yet been purchased. I picked out the suits and ties for the my groom and his groomsmen. I got my fantasy football league kicked off. I presented a patient in chairman rounds.


And my to do list seems to grow faster than I can mark things off...

Sometimes I get so bogged down with all I feel that is required of me. Being a student doctor, being engaged and planning a wedding, being a friend to friends just as busy as I am, being a sister and a daughter and a cousin, being a good neighbor, being a part of different committees and school groups, being a church member. I have so many identities and titles... and I want to be the best I can be in all I do.

Sometimes I need to be reminded of where my true identity lies, and that is in Jesus Christ. The basis of all I do is fixed on the cross. I am a CHRISTIAN student doctor. We are a CHRISTIAN engaged couple. I am a different creation in Christ and it is him who lives in me and through me. I forget this when I get busy, but when we are busy is when we need this the most. If we rely on Christ, we won't get as bogged down because we realize that it isn't all on our shoulders to carry. Christ is carrying our burdens for us. Our duty is to live for him in all we do and he will bless our efforts.

The only thing that is required of me is to live for Him. He takes care of the details for me.


These pictures are by the famous Mississippian author Eudora Welty. She's one of my favorites.
1.) "Home by Dark"
2.) Ruins of Windsor
3.) The origin of bottle trees...