My Place

I'm just a girl who wants to always remember the importance of my place. I was having the discussion with my friends yesterday about how sometimes as a surgical nurse, I just feel like a gopher at work. It's easy to feel like anyone could do my job when I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off plugging things in and getting this and that for the surgical team. This morning at church, Pastor Mike announced that Pastor Amie had been diagnosed with breast cancer this past week, and my heart broke for her. As a nurse, I couldn't help but think of the possibilities of what she will go through and my mind landed on the surgical aspect. I began to remember that the patients I take care of are scared and anxious and for most of them, undergoing surgeries that will hopefully save their lives. I was reminded of how important my place as that nurse that compassionately reassures them is. My place IS important! It's so easy to forget in the hustle and bustle of my daily routines why He has placed me where I am. Let me not forget that I have a high assignment (as Pastor Amie says) that God has called me to do and I want to do it well. I want the patients I take care of to feel like I care about them and to feel love. I don't write this because I don't love my job because I do. I love it some days more than others, but I am VERY thankful for it. Other peoples difficulties help put our own circumstances in perspective. Lord, thank you for putting me in my place! Please keep Pastor Amie in your prayers. She has impacted my life greatly in my short time at Covenant Church and has quickly become one of my favorite speakers. She is one of the most beautiful and Godly women inside and out. She is surrounded by an amazing family and church that are going to hold her up and support her during this time. She is strong and knows her place is in His hands, but we all have that little child inside us that gets scared. I pray God's peace and comfort for her in this...her place.