ever since high school i have wanted to be a missionary. a missionary nurse, to be exact. traveling nurse for a while, to save up money, pay off my loans, maybe meet someone...but that's beside the point. then hope that man also wants to do the same. i know, lofty goals and dreams. but hear me out.
i have dreamed this for a long time now. ever since i decided i wanted to work in the medical field, which happened while on a mission trip in my sophomore year of high school. i was 16 and working in a dental clinic in the mountains of texutla, guatemala. i was just a girl. but i left with a grown up dream. when i can home from that trip i realized that i wanted that trip to last a lifetime.
it wasn't glamorous. it wasn't easy. it was cold showers. sleeping on a cot. using hand sanitizer after washing your hands. avoiding dairy products and drinking the water. it was long hours and your back hates you at the end of the day.
but i loved it. every long minute of it.
tonight, as i studied my bible, i was reaffirmed that that is god's plan for my life. here's why.
i am a christian. being a christian is about more than believing and having faith in god. it also has to do with works. works being deeds. actions.
i can have all the faith in the world, but when the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the downtrodden are suffering, and i am doing nothing to help, then my faith is dead. god tells us to help others. specifically those in need.
and when god makes a plan for your life and tells you to go and do something, he will help you and be with you always. i know this. and this is why i know that when the day comes when i can be a missionary nurse, it will happen. and i will be ok. he will protect me. he will supply me with all my needs. and he will not let me fall.
this doesn't mean bad things may not happen. we live in a cruel world. a world of sin that doesn't differentiate between good and bad. so physically, i may not always be safe. but i can rest knowing that i am safe in my faith and that my eternal self is safe.
i can rest easy in this. i will place my faith in him. and he will watch, guide, and keep me. forever and always.
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