I Lean Not on My Own Understanding
I think if I were to ever write a book about my life, that would be the title. Yeah Proverbs 3:5-6 is a coffee cup verse: it's everywhere, and everyone knows it; but unfortunately I think that seeing it all the time lessens the meaning of it. There's a reason it's on every coffee cup and inspirational Christian poster. It's because as humans we have no idea what the heck we're doing in life even if we pretend (or even convince ourselves through pride) that we do. The truth is that we know very little, and God knows very much, and we need to trust in His understanding and not our own. How massively powerful is that? Victory! (More to come on this later) If I were to lean on my own understanding right now, I might say to myself, "I've only done maybe 100 hours of nursing this year. I'm halfway through my 2 year commitment and I haven't sailed anywhere. I hate Microsoft excel, what am I still doing here?" Trust me, I've said these things to my...