A chapter has ended and only the Lord knows what's next! Honestly, that brings both fear and excitement to me. Fear because I'm naturally a control freak (praise God He's refining that part of me) and excitement because my prayers are being answered. My prayer being that He write the story of my life and that my one small life brings Him LOTS of glory!
A lot has changed in my life since the beginning on November. I completed my internship in Los Angeles, returned to the south (a place of comfort for me), studied and -praise the Lord- passed the hardest test of my life, spent a month in Birmingham (a place I like to call my home), graduated from graduate school, and then moved back to Nashville until I find a job.
These changes have been smooth, much to my surprise. If you asked my mother, I DON'T like change; BUT, the Lord has been so gracious to me through all of this.
Now that I've wandered off from the point of this post, so let's get back to the first sentence....a chapter ended. I will no longer have the role (yes, all my OT friends will like that use of the word) of being a student. As graduation approached, many people said congratulations, I'm or we're so proud of you. To tell you the truth I appreciated their kind words, but kind of laughed. You see, the way I looked at it, I was just glad to be done! I will be "proud" of myself when the Lord is glorified by my life in far greater ways than earning a Masters degree.
During my graduation ceremony, the Lord spoke so sweetly to me. He said Tori this is a DREAM COME TRUE. I sat there in awe and amazed. That was so true. As a reflected, I remembered the night I decided (at this point I didn't recognize this as a calling of the Lord on my life, but merely a career decision I myself made-praise Him again for changing my perspective!). In 10th grade, I sat in my best friends living room floor and was talking to her mom. I told Mrs. Babbi that I wanted to work with children with special needs (yes OT friends you are once again welcome for my proper usage of "person first" language- I think Linda would be proud!). Since she was a speech pathologist and had worked with them, I asked her what my options were. She told me speech pathologist, special education teacher, and occupational therapist. After some discussion (which I won't bore you with) I decided I wanted to be an occupational therapist!
From that moment on, I never changed my mind about what I wanted to "be". This makes me laugh because now as the Lord has dramatically changed me heart, I know that I will "be"/am much,much more than the profession I have chosen! Anywho, it amazes me that I have never changed my mind. I am a very indecisive person. I cant even decide what to wear to dinner with friends, much less a profession. But praise the Lord he is greater than my indecision!
Graduation was a sweet, sweet day. One chapter closed but the Lord reminded me that He has so faithfully carried me through the past 8 years and that He has even GREATER things in store for the next 8! I have great expectation and confidence in what He has before me. Now, I have the opportunity to as Psalm 27:14 says "Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage, wait for the Lord!" As I opened my bible to to find this verse, which has been on my heart for a while, next to it I had written provision for 2012. I'm not sure when this was written, but AMEN to the Lord so faithfully providing!
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