A small miracle

A small miracle occurred today. I went to visit my 81 year old grandmother (that's her in the picture) and then she took my mom, sister, and me to dinner. Now that sounds like an ordinary thing, but if you've been around me in the last year much you'd know that is a VERY big deal. My grandma is suffering from dementia, and in the past year or 2 has said some things that have caused a lot of family tension to the point that today was the first time my mom has seen or talked to her mother in a year. There was no big discussion or kiss-and-make-up talk but we all managed to make it through without any arguments or hurtful things being said and even managed a few laughs. I left ecstatic, thanking the Lord for the little moments of grace He gives us. Now I don't know how much of an effect today will have on my mom and grandmother's relationship in the long run, but redemption has to start somewhere, right? I'll certainly continuing praying for it as I have throughout this past year. Regardless, it was a nice gift to receive before heading off to the West for 2 whole weeks on vacation! I'll post some pictures and tell you all about my trip when I get back. Pray for safety as Jen, Tab, Naomi, Amanda, and I travel. :)

So tomorrow morning I take one more little test and then no more ob/gyn and no more 3rd year! At least I got to deliver 6 babies these last 2 months--that's pretty cool, huh? Of course, I just wanted to follow them right over to the warmer and be the one taking care of them afterwards--pediatrics here I come! I mean, look how cute they are. Right now I am procrastinating and trying to find every reason I can not to study. For the last 30 minutes I've been attempting to pick out a new hairstyle. :) Let's see what else I can find to do. I'm sure there's something good on HGTV.... :)

Just one more week to go!

Just one more week and I'll officially be done with my 3rd year of medical school. Yay! Less than a year and I'll be a doctor. Crazy, huh? All I know is that I am so ready for a break that I can hardly stand it. I get 2 1/2 weeks off before the madness starts again. Tabetha, Jen, Amanda, Naomi, and I are going to Washington to visit Tab's land of origin. :) It should be great fun. We'll spend a couple of days in Seattle, a few at Tab's house, and a few days camping in the Olympic National Park with hot spings, a rain forest, and gorgeous views of the Northwest shore. I am not a roughin' it kinda girl, but it'll be worth it to get to experience it all with my best girl friends (I hope!) It does look beautiful though, doesn't it?

So I'm reading this book by A.W. Tozer called Knowledge of the Holy. (I highly recommend reading some of his stuff if you never have; the Pursuit of God is one of my favorites.) Each chapter is about an attribute of God and what it means to us. Just thought I'd share some of his insights that I've found challenging:

"[Man] is wiling to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone himself. No matter how far down the scale of social acceptance he may slide, he is still in his own eyes a king on a throne, and no one, not even God, can take that throne from him."

"Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its trust not in the livng God but in dying men."

"The Christ of popular Christianity has a weak smile and a halo. He has become Someone-up-There who likes people, at least some people, and these are grateful but not too impressed. "

"For we are made for eternity as certainly as we are made for time, and as responsible moral beings we must deal with both."

"Another God whom our fathers knew not is making himself at home among us. This God we have made and because we have created him he can never surprise us, never overwhelm us, nor astonish us, nor transcend us."

First Post!

OK...so I guess it's my turn. Everyone keeps telling me I need to get my own blog. I think they're probably right. I am always reading everyone else's thinking how great it is to keep up with what's going on in their lives via the internet. But then I realize most of my friends have no idea what's going on in mine...especially since I am TERRIBLE about keeping in touch. So here goes.... Let's just hope I can find some middle ground between never updating a blog and becoming obsessed with it. :)