now anyone who knows me well knows how much i hate change--like to the point that it's almost a four letter word to me... i just love my routine. im a planner and don't always do well with the unexpected. i've been this way my whole life. i'm not kidding when i tell you that my parents used to have to wait until i was out of the house to re-arrange the furniture. i just loved coming home to the familiar. haha
so i was surprised to say the least when i started feeling like i needed some change in my life last fall. after graduating 2 1/2 years ago, i stayed in my college town and took a job as an ICU nurse at a local hospital. it was an easy choice. i already knew that i loved the city and the church i was attending. i had friends here and my parents were just a short trek across the arkansas-missouri state line. working in the ICU was never my original plan, but it proved to be a great decision. i learned a ton right out of school and was forced to speak up a little more and be confident in decisions that had to be made everyday in my job. i have been happy in this job, but just started feeling like i should at least try working in the area that i always thought i really wanted to be. as soon as i started feeling like it was time for a change, i began praying that the Lord would lead me to what would be next. not only this, but i prayed that God would make me willing to do whatever He had. this was huge for me because i am not the type to go looking for change.
fast forward to this spring. at the recommendation of a friend, i began reading a book by kevin deyoung called "just do something." the premise of this book is that so often Believers pray intently for God's will and what they should do next, but don't ever step out in faith and do anything. deyoung makes the point that God's Will is for us to obey His Word and make much of Him. how we go about doing this can sometimes be left up to us. does God care what job i have and where i live? sure. but can i walk in obedience to His Word and bring glory to Him wherever i am, for the most part yes. when i finished reading this book i was challenged to go ahead and just start applying for new jobs (both locally and in other places), instead of waiting around and continually asking the Lord, "what should i do next?" i knew that He would provide for me since i felt so strongly that it was time for something different. as i applied for jobs, i prayed specifically for 2 things. 1. that it would be a day shift job. i worked nights for a year right out of school and it was ROUGH. and 2. that the pay would be right. i wasn't looking for big bucks, just something comparable to what my current job paid.
well, He definitely provided all this and as of next week i will officially be a NICU nurse. (for all you non-nursey people that means taking care of the tiny babies) :) i am so excited for this opportunity and i am just thrilled to be staying here hog country. it will be weird being the new girl all over again. i had become very comfortable with the kind of patients i was caring for in the ICU. now, its a whole new ballgame! in some ways i think this will be really stretching, but it will be good!
more to come on this in the next few weeks as i start.
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