Angel of the Battlefield

[jrachellynn]

You know you were meant to be a trauma nurse when these materials are what you gather for a bad storm. #TraumaJunkie

[jrachellynn]

She lives at an eight.

Christina Yang, Grey's Anatomy

[jrachellynn]

"If I told you my heart hurts so much sometimes I want to rip it from my chest with my own little hands, I would fall apart."

Grey's Anatomoy

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Beauty at its Core

"It is beautiful to know that your hurt and suffering can help somebody."  Wow. Just wow. That is the only way to make sense of our trials, hurt, and suffering, and that is to help someone else. And that is beautiful.

[jrachellynn]

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

It amazing what comfort God's word can give and what questions it can answer. Right now I have no idea which direction my life will take. There is one particular part which I have no idea what will happen and what God has in store. I'm always wishing to have just a small glimpse of the future or some sort of sign. I have no idea what to do. Should I continue to be patient or do something? If so, what do I do? I want to know the way. I want to know what to do. "Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?' Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.'" John 14:6

It's like saying, "Lord, we don't know what your plan for us is. How are we supposed to know what to do and which way to go?" Jesus is saying, "Follow me. I am the way." 

[jrachellynn]

Don't Only Tell a Girl She's Pretty

I know this sounds conceited but if one more guy tells me I'm pretty, beautiful, etc., I'm going to clock him! There's SO MUCH MORE to a me. I'm funny, smart, and I work hard. I'm trustworthy, responsible, caring, and kind. I am waiting on a guy to notice something more than just the physical.

When I have children, I will praise them but I will not solely tell them they are beautiful. I will teach them that they are children of God and everybody is beautiful including them. I will tell them "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." Well, not exactly like that, but they will know that the physical is not all that matters.

[jrachellynn]

I Don't Want A Perfect Man

I don't want a perfect man. A "perfect" man  has always made the "right" choice. He has never wrestled with God in order to confront his weaknesses and failures so that he may fully accept God. He has never questioned God, thereby growing in his understanding and faithfulness to God, and most of all, his faith has never been tested. I want a man who has messed up, screwed up, has undergone trials, and has been on his knees, yet still sings God's praises. That man has been through the darkness, but he was never alone. He has walked through the darkness with God, and now walks with God every step of the way every day. The man who seeks God in everything that he does; I want that man, and that man is not perfect, but God's power is being made perfect within him in his weakness.

"'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."  - II Corinthians 12:9

[jrachellynn]

Tu me manques

[jrachellynn]

"Catch my breath. No one can hold me back. I ain't got time for that. Catch my breath. Won't let them get me down. It's all so simple now."

[jrachellynn]

The Not Knowing

My life is about to change drastically in the next 6 months. We all plan what we want to happen in our lives but nothing ever goes exactly according to plans and that's okay. I struggle because I know what I want and how I want things to happen but not everything is in my control, nor is it in God's plan.  I struggle with worrying about the future and God's plan for me because what I have planned for me is not what God has planned for me. No, His plan is much greater and I have trouble wrapping my head around that because I don't want to give up on what I want. 

Maybe now is just not the time. Maybe there never will be a time (because He has something so much better in store for me). I don't know. And that's what's so difficult to accept. The not knowing.

[jrachellynn]

There seems to be a deep understanding and appreciation for the gift of marriage, but not so much for the gift of singleness (if it’s treated like a gift at all). Rather, singleness is something to be cured. Like I’ve got a disease, and introducing me to your single friend might perhaps cure us both. When did Christ cease to be enough? And when did I stop finding my identity, self-worth, and fulfillment in Him, only to place my life on hold for someone I’ve never even met?

 Rachel Selinger

[jrachellynn]

"A Moment of Weakness" or "A Time of Little Resistance"

We like to make excuses for our actions saying it was a "moment of weakness." I could be wrong, but to me it implies that we did something that we did not want to do. That is was just a mistake. In this case, I don't believe we have weak moments at all. I think we finally give in to what we truly desire. THAT is the definition of a "moment of weakness." It is a time of little resistance.

[jrachellynn]

"It seems that God sends us to earth with a deeply-rooted desire to seek meaning and spirituality, and until we satisfy this desire, we experience a void in our souls. Some people fill this void with God, some fill it with material possessions or other worldly desires, and some try not to feel this void by deadening their senses with drugs or alcohol."

M.C. Neal

[jrachellynn]

"It was challenging to follow the disciple James's dictum: 'Consider it all joy...when you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.' I though I had developed enough perseverance."

[jrachellynn]

They emerge from the experience like a butterfly from a cocoon. They are different, they are stronger.

[jrachellynn]

Growth

It blows my mind at how much I have grown in the past 6 months to a year. I have learned how to communicate with others effectively. I am tactful, but I won't allow others to run over me. Instead of being passive-aggressive, I have learned to say "I don't appreciate that." 

I know how to ask difficult questions in an appropriate way that doesn't make me feel uncomfortable. 

I no longer believe that I shouldn't complement someone because they did what was expected of them. I now know how to tell someone that they are appreciated. I don't hold back "I love you." I know how to communicate my feelings and know that they mean something. I will NOT allow someone to manipulate me or tell me that my feelings are insignificant and do not matter. 

I can't wait to continue in this growing process. #GrowingThroughConflictandStrife

[jrachellynn]

Thought I had changed my mind but I still haven't given up on my dream job! #FlightNursing #AngelOne