Words of Encouragement

"She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the futre." Proverbs 31:25

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Hola!
Ok so I am almost officially on spring break...one more day.
This first eight weeks of school has flown by so incredibly fast...and thank goodness!
Naturally I get a full week off of school...which isn't technically a break because I will be working the majority of that.
I think in my free time I will want to take pictures...of what I don't really know but I just want to take pics.
Secret time
I really love taking photos...I am no expert but if I had a hobby potential...I would totally take pictures and fix them all up. I kind of need a nice camera for that though
When I get my big girl job I will. :)
Well in other news...there isn't very much.
Things have been going really well with school and work and life in general.
The weather lately has been so stinking awesome...it's a huge distraction from homework unfortunately

Well that was a pretty lame post, but I was reading 1 Peter this morning and found a verse that is so awesome :) There's no need to really explain the meaning...it says it all. And it is for all those lovely ladies who love the Lord...

"Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing - but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious" 1 Peter 3:3-4

I forget this a lot...and think that to impress others or even to myself that having the nicest clothing and the prettiest hair and makeup really determines beauty...not even close. The most beautiful women are those women who follow and serve the Lord. :) 
LOVEEE you 




Friday, March 9, 2012

I Am Feeling Crazy

HEY!
Ok, so I am so totally excited about this week. I must brag, so hold on tight.
Ok so in clinical this week I got to the coolest things EVER!
For one, I got to give medications through an IV line that goes straight to the heart...for those who are curious that is called a PICC line.
Secondly, my instructor let me be BY MYSELF when giving medications. So I totally felt awesome and like a real nurse because I didn't have my instructor there breathing down my neck.
Thirdly, I got to give a shot...yah I am awesome.
There are some other cool nerdy nurse things I got to do, but no one wants to hear about it.
Anyway, other than that this week was just a good week. I hope more are like this.

I am excited for tonight. Arielle and I are going to Hebrews coffee for a little bible study time.
Can never go wrong with that. :) 
I am definitely getting a vanilla chai latte...if you have never had one, please get one. Either that, or I will have to be forced to buy you one, because you can't miss out on the awesome taste that is the vanilla chai latte. Oh and hewbrews has the best ones...Starbucks is up there with a close second.

One more week til spring break.
What am I going to do during my break?
That's funny you ask...
STUDY
Yeah
WORK
Oh buddy this is exciting
And see
THE HUNGER GAMES!
You're excited I can tell
If you want to come with me...you may.
Just ask :)

Ok, well have a good day!
Loveeee you

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Oh hello my lovlies.
Today is a wonderful day. Beautiful in fact. Windy as all get out but warm nonetheless.
I have a terrible headache, but that's for a good reason. I finally gave up soda...and no not for good.
Honestly I couldn't give it up totally. But it's been 1 week and I haven't faltered. I did have coffee twice, but once because I was driving home from work and couldn't stay awake and two...well it's just delicious.
I wanted to give up soda because as much as I know about what it does to your body, I will thank myself later in life.
So I have decided to treat myself to it once a week or so. I honestly can tell a difference in how I feel during the day. The only bad part is the really bad headaches in the morning...which I will conquer.
In other news, I am SO proud of myself. I just had my second test of the semester...and I got an A!
If you know anything about nursing school testing...you know its down right near impossible to get an A. I feel so incredibly blessed.
When I went in to take this test, I just prayed to the Lord that the knowledge I have been learning would
be manifested onto the test.
I wasn't asking for an A...I was basically asking to pass. And to my surprise...and A was evident.
Now in my joy of course all my nursing friends are asking each other how we did...
and when they found out I made an A, you can only imagine the looks on their faces.
It's a bitter sweet feeling when you know your friends only got B's and C's and your the one with the best grade...
But honestly...I don't brag. I won't tell unless someone asks. (Of course I told Arielle and my dad)
But here's the thing...A's don't make good nurses...neither do B's or C's. It's the person
who makes a good nurse. It's the character and caring nature that makes a good nurse.
Sure you have to go through this stuff to get to get there, but in the end no patient of mine is going
to ask "Did you get A's in nursing school...because if you didn't I don't want you being my nurse"
Most of the time the patients want someone who is going to care for them...and probably ask "have you ever done this before" LOL
I will also take this as a lesson to BE that good nurse. You have no idea how many
nurses out there have that air about them that says "I am better than you" Makes me ill.
I think I say this because I am an aide and get the poop jobs...literally. ha!

So I'm going to get off that soap box...

SO I have been reading Micah...and let me tell ya...I can't decipher the meaning very well.
Honestly that is how I feel about a lot of the bible. (That is why I love bible studies too...they bring to light what I didn't understand) For example...in church we are going over Nehemiah and last Sunday we went over chapter 3. I won't lie...when I come to passages like this...and those with geneology of people...I skip. Lesson learned...Do Not Skip.
It's important stuff friends.
So my downfall though is understanding what the Lord means in theses passages. So like in Micah what I can gather is about the coming Messiah...nuff said.
I know that the Lord puts these kinds of passages in here because if he made it black and white for us...then what would be the point of furthering our knowledge of Him and learning lessons and growing in the Spirit. I guess I just realized in myself I need to pray about these things and about these passages that I don't understand.
The Lord will reveal them in his own time.
Anyway I will end with this awesome verse that is more like a question but stuck out to me...and casting crowns (hehe)

"He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"