Ok so your probably wondering how can you crash and burn and it be awesome. This is my experience with what I'm meaning but I have to start from the very beginning:
In high school, my friends were trying to get me to stay in my little hometown and go to the local community college. It sounded great. I wouldn't have to get out of my comfort zone. I wouldn't have to try and make new friends. I would just stay in my own little bubble.
God had a different plan though. He wanted me to go to school in Joplin. When I was trying to decide what major to pick, I finally settled with Special Education but I still wasn't 100% satisfied with my choice.
I started taking classes still questioning what I wanted to do. Then my sophomore year, my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and I had to make a decision on whether to stay in Joplin or whether to move back home and help my mom and dad out while he was going through treatment. Of course, I moved back home. I started questioning what I wanted to do even more. I started going to dad's doctors appointments and started thinking nursing could be my thing. I love taking care of people and nursing is just so perfect for doing just that.
During Dad's final days in the hospital, I decided that I should change to nursing. I felt God telling me that I care for people in that way. I started taking pre req classes for nursing but my grades were not showing how much I was learning. I mean my grades were not terrible but not good enough for the program.
In the mean time, I moved back to Joplin. Still a nursing major but it just wasn't cutting it. I finally changed back to education. It has been the best move that I have made. I absolutely love teaching kids. I love interacting with kids. I was right God was telling me that I can take care of people but i was wrong about nursing them back to health. I can take care of people by teaching children and showing them my love. I think this is another reason why I'm being called to the mission field but that's a whole other story.
Nursing was a total crash and burn experience for me but it has brought me to a complete awesome place. I wouldn't trade where I am with anything. God has showed me that trusting and listening to him is the utmost important thing I can do. If I would have listened a little harder, I would have known that nursing wasn't for me.
I'm ecstatic that God has truly revealed to me my purpose and what I'm suppose to do and I can't wait until I can fulfill it.
Kristin
Isaiah 41:10
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