Peace

[Philippians 4:6-7] Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I was thinking about this verse today and how it really allows me to cast all my worries to God. There is not a more peaceful feeling then knowing God loves us so much he wants us to take our worries upon Himself so that we can live in peace. This verse, to me, is so important, yet I don’t always live by it. I have been worrying so much lately about everything: my nursing application, school work, money, time and relationships. I want so badly to sit back and watch God work in every aspect of my life. But it’s something I need to work on in the next couple weeks as my worries only grow.

CHOC

Just got back from a CHOC hospital tour. That hospital is so amazing. Everyone that works there and everything they do is for the children. It’s such a heart warming thing to watch.

We just got a quick tour of the hospital and an overview of how they work. My favorite part was walking through the NICU (of course). So many emotions just rushed over me when I was in there, it’s just so hard to explain. We didn’t get to stay in there long because it was past visiting hours, but just a walking through was just what I needed to get my confidence and reassurance back of wanting to be a NICU nurse.

CHOC is adding on to their hospital a whole other building with plenty more rooms and space. It’s already looking so beautiful and underway. It opens in 2013 and I am so excited. The tour manager said they will be hiring hundreds of new nurses and (hopefully) by then I will be an RN. Working at CHOC is definitely my goal for my nursing career. Working with sick children is such a hard and painful job, but so rewarding. these kids deserve such great care and I want to be the one providing that for them! Just another motivation to keep working hard!