Thursday, February 3, 2011

It's been a while...

During this past month, the Lord has really been teaching me a lot about Himself and His everlasting love. He is truly the only one I can run to and He is my ultimate comforter.  He has really been teaching me to rely on Him-through everything.  I can do nothing in my own strength.  I have definitely struggled with stress and anxiety over school and grades, but the Lord is freeing me from that.  He has really been making me aware of the times when that past trend starts to emerge again in my everyday life.  The Lord is truly amazing.  Trusting in Him daily is what really gets me through.
As some of you may already know, my brother was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  This has radically changed our lifestyle at home.  We all must be more conscious of him and his well-being.  Through this struggle, I have really become passionate about helping children with diabetes.  I want to research the cause of the random onset and I really want to use that knowledge to be able to help other people.  I think God allowed this to happen for a reason.  My whole life I thought I was going to be a surgeon, but maybe now He is redirecting my passions for the future.  I really want to trust Him with everything and just give Him my life to use it as He pleases.  I desire to glorify Him in everything I do.  One of my favorite verses recently is "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart."  Psalm 37:4.  I just pray that in delighting Him in my life, that my ultimate desires would be to further His kingdom and His name...not my own.  Because only He is worthy of all praise!!!