it is only Tuesday and it has been a long week already.
really just an extension of a long weekend as well.
it started in Mason. this past week there was a big to do with one of the teachers/girls varsity basketball coach which ended in a resignation as coach and a news report by a senior girl in a bias local station interview. this created an uproar among the students who all dearly love and respect their teacher and coach.
this was followed by a tragic and untimely death of a 16 year old Mason student by his own hand.
needless to say - there are questions being asked in Mason.
also yesterday was my final day of training as a new patient safety sitter at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. i took the job as a way to get into acute patient care and have face time with patients to up my chances of getting into PT school this winter. after finally getting on the floor with patients yesterday and shadowing other sitters i am petrified. to put it plainly. i sat with three patients yesterday and the things they are feeling and reasons they are in the hospital are heartbreaking.
my dad gave me the advice of Mother Teresa: "Love each person as Jesus in a despairing disguise."
it is hard to imagine getting kicked at, swung at and spit at. name called and degraded by people in desperate need of good news. and then to walk away from work with a smile and prayer and believe that God has it all under control. but i believe that this is exactly where he wants me right now. i think being among the walking wounded. the hurtingest souls. will pull me directly and swiftly out of my comfort zone. it will cause me to rethink what i believe and who i trust. which is exactly what i need right now in my life.
jesus- i am anxious to know you better. to rethink you in the darkest of times. through the hardest of experiences. i know and believe that you have each one of these people from the past few days in your hands and you are working hard to reassure all who love them that you are sovereign. that there is a plan. that you are and always will be LOVE.
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