January 2010
30 posts
miracle
miracle. right before my eyes. what was dead is now alive. and medicine had nothing to do with it. God wins.
Update: and then it died again. Well. Whatever.
"Washing at Dark"
“Washing at Dark”, by Rich Mullins. Taken from the summer 1992 issue of Release.
Someday I shall be a great saint—like those you see in the windows of magnificent cathedrals. I will have a soul made of sunlight and skin as clear as the stained glass panels that make their skin, and I will shine like they do now—I will shine with the glory that comes over those who rise...
hands
if my life was in my own hands, i’d be screaming right now
6 tags
“1. I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
...”
1 Corinthians 10:13
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”
~1 Corinthians 10:5
Thanks to the BatSteve for finding that for me. It seems to me that when people say “God will only give you what He...
Scripture Request...
What is the actual scripture passage that inspired the phrase “God only gives you what He knows you can handle?”
“1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world...”
My Supply...
Vascular surgery rotation is sucking majorly. My team is extremely high-strung + scatter-brained. I have enough trouble keeping myself calm and sane. I don’t need them mucking me up worse. This is so mentally draining…and hardly interesting for me. I can’t wait to be done with this so I can go hang out with my old people.
I’m on-call right now, so I’ll probably...
Anywhere else, you might look like an axe...
Me: Are your shoes soaked in blood?
Buck: I guess a little.
(And this totally does not phase me anymore. Welcome to the OR.)
Some relief...
Definitely felt God’s hand on me today. There was about a 2 hour time period this afternoon when my back didn’t hurt. For no particular reason, I was pain free. It was pretty cool. I’m working pretty hard at: (1) not being upset during the times when my back hurts, and (2) appreciating the moments when I am pain free—thinking of those moments as gifts, rather than as...
“Cynicism is the last refuge of the optimist.”
– Diderot
(I don’t really believe this, but sometimes…)
pain
I don’t like complaining about it, but my back has been killing me pretty much constantly for a month. I’m trying to practice ergonomically correct movements and to strengthen my abs, but the back is still killing. I’m wondering if I’m starting to blow disks like all the other women in my family. My sister had to get a disk chopped when she was 23. Bummer. The...
“If I had a chance, I’d ask the world to dance.”
– —-Billy Idol
(doesn’t really have anything to do with spirituality, but it loosely reminds me of King David, and it was on the radio this morning)
“All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people,...”
– ~The Beatles
(Hospitals make my think this all day long.)
“This is the day which the LORD hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
– ~Psalm 118:24, by King David
“Never Let anyone try to rob you of your God Given gifts and desire to practice...”
– ~~Amie, in response to my telling about a nurse who said to me, “You look like you are 12 years old. If I was your patient, I’d take one look at you and say ‘I don’t want you! I want someone else’”.
Unlikely Conversation during rounds...
Dr. F: The LORD is the healer; we just get payed for it. Me: He is the great physician. Dr. F: But He doesn’t have a P.A with him! Me: ...
“God is faithful.”
“The LORD will provide.”
Right where I need to be...
Time and time again, God puts me right where I need to be—no matter how much I complain about going there. Like Jonah, I get spit up in Nineveh, and realize that working with the Ninevites is pretty kickin’.
I thought I would absolutely hate surgery. I was not looking forward to it at all. I’ve been grumbling about it for a month. When I found out I was assigned to bariatric...
This is the day...
This is the day which the LORD hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.
—Psalm 118:24, by King David
I woke up saying this, and said it over and over again today. It was a tough day, but I managed to rejoice in it. Tough day. Good day.
Actually, all of this is pretty good...
« Psalm 118 » King James Bible
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set...
"STUFF", aka, "Blessed"...
Anyone who’s talked to me in the past year knows my car was stolen and set on fire last spring. I have a rather (melo)dramatic monologue about the tragedy that I have perfected magnificently. I doubt many people know, though, that my trunk was FILLED with possessions, and that I got back every one of those possessions completely unharmed. Since I practically live in my car, I tend to keep...
I did not make it, no it is making me...
“Creed”, by Rich Mullins.
I believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of Heaven and Maker of Earth, And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was crucified and dead and buried.
And I believe what I believe. Is what makes me what I am. I did not make it, no it is making me. ...
Disqus + Tumblr = Awkward
I wish there was a way that I could change the setting on my Disqus comments so that they didn’t blend in with the background. Brown on brown is hard to see.
Idle Hands are_________.
I think I am just talking to myself here. I suppose it is better than doing nothing, and I feel like I have been doing a whole lot of nothing lately. A few years ago, I had a blog called “Stuck in Idle”. It only lasted for a day. I posted one very long paragraph, and then deleted it.
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.
Idle hands are the devil’s tools.
Idle...