As I reflect on everything that I have done over this year I can't help but think about all of the good times, memories, and friends that I am moving away from and leaving behind at pharmacy school and my prior life from the past 4-8 years. God has guided me through a wonderfully crazy road of fun, heartache, laughter, and tears that I will miss. However, I know that He has a plan for me because when He closes a door, He also opens a window. I want to take a look at the passage Jeremiah 29: 11-14:
"11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."
In verse 11, God states very clearly that He has a plan for us, to bring us hope, and to better our future. No matter what circumstances we may be going through, we must understand that we are not in control of our life; instead that God has a better plan and is in control of our future. For me, knowing that pharmacy school was my intended path was not something that I oringianlly had chosen, but I felt that God was leading me in that direction, and thus, I chose to listen. We must submit to his will so that we might live in accordance to His way, which leads me to verse 12-13. God tells us exactly what we must do to find His plan and to follow His plan. First, we must pray to Him to surrender our hearts to Him as our Lord as savior. This is not always an easy task. I have definately found myself in high and low points of my faith, however, one thing remains the same, we are not in control. Once we learn to give up our control on life, the easier it is to follow God's plan for our life rather than trying to live our own plan. Lastly, verse 14 speaks about what will happen when we follow His plan for us. God states that when we surrender to him wholeheartedly, He will make us whole again: He will gather all the pieces and parts of us that have been scattered and strewen and bring them back together to the place where we once began. I definately relate to this part of the passage. During my last year of pharmacy school I was at a different location every 6 weeks and I felt like I was "in a different nation" and driven out all over the place. However, once I graduated, I was hired back in my hometown and was able to move back home where I had been driven away from for the past 8 years, and now have purchased my own home, married, and can start my own family.
When I read this passage it gives me hope and comfort knowing that, although I may be upset I am leaving a life of friendship behind, God has a plan of success and welfare in my future. I just need to pray, trust, and follow His lead in my life so that I may enjoy the fresh breeze in the window. #treasure
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