"instead of trying to conform, we could defy what they tell us...if we're brave we can believe in what we are."

i'm diggin the ways God works.

i was having a bad morning...haven't been feeling well cause i just started a new medicine, and i was also just kind of allowing myself to be kind of bitter. as much as i love my classes and really want to be a nurse, for a few days i've been thinking how i wish i could just give up, it's just too hard. even though i know better...that's what i was thinking.

so i get home, thinking that i am going to walk in the door and head straight for the couch to take a nap. but my mom teaches piano lessons on tuesdays, and the family that was there are old friends. the mom is a pharmacist and, having just recently found out about my change to nursing, came in to talk with me. she sat me down and said, "when i heard you were going into nursing, i just wanted so much to talk to you and encourage you...i'd like to tell you my 'life story'."
so she started telling me about some medical problems she was dealing with, and how much having her pharmacy degree helped solve some big problems with that. she also told me that it was not her decision to go to pharmacy school--her mother set her on that path. that was over 20 years ago...and just in the past weeks, she was able to realize how thankful she is that her mom sent her to pharmacy school. she told me, "i think it's so great that you are choosing to do this...and i want to tell you, it's going to be very hard, but push through it. you will be so glad you did. and someday you will be able to use this education for so much...enjoy this learning process."
so basically the Lord sent me exactly what i needed, to be reminded why i believe this education is well worth the effort... and to show me a friend's life story, so i can see that i haven't set myself an impossible task...and most of all to humble me. it was humbling for a lot of reasons...one of the big ones is that in my mind i was not being very patient with her while she told me her long story. but when she was done she thanked me for being patient and not interrupting her. i was just like...oh man...

in any case, i just wanted to share that story, cause i think it's pretty cool what God does and how He does it. He's basically awesome. :)