Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
-Proverbs 13:12
Some of you may know that I have had a full semester, as well as the summer that is now beginning, off from school, and while I have tried diligently to enjoy the break (and have largely succeeded!), I cannot help but identify with the verse above. Despite the many blessings of this season, my heart is a little bit sick...waiting, hoping, and looking forward to what is to come. I do not mean to say that I have not thoroughly appreciated a mental and temporal break...this has been a beautiful and beneficial season in my life! But there is something inside of me that loves to learn and to do more. And, praise God!, I will be starting medical school at the end of August.
The past week and a half, I have been working on some preparatory materials for school, and I feel refreshed by it. I feel like God has watered my soul just a little bit and reminded me of the plans that he has for my life...the plans that make me really feel alive. And I am so thankful to know what I want to do and who I want to do it with! I have so many friends who are still figuring out who and what they want to be one day, and for years now, my goal has been clear to me. I want to be a physician. I want to make sick people healthy and hurt people feel better. As many people as I can. And I want to love people. And I want to learn for the rest of my life. And I want to apply what I learn to make the world a better place.
And the amazing thing is...I am on my way! I am doing what little I can now and preparing for the road ahead. My dreams are being slowly fulfilled, and I truly feel myself coming more alive as it happens!
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future'" -Jeremiah 29:11
3 comments:
Your post is so encouraging! I am so glad that you have these awesome desires in your heart and that you are pursuing them! You will be an amazing doctor, because you have an amazing heart. Don't give up Anna/future Dr. Baur.
That's awesome Anna! You're certainly a diligent woman and God will bless you in mighty ways!
How exciting! God is so good to answer our hearts desires. When they are in His will, the journey is all the sweeter. Not that it doesn't come with trials, but there is rest in knowing He's paving the way.
You go, girl!
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