Waiting for Discovery

Nursing is about people, nursing is about education, assessments, communication. Yet with all these things stated I have not determined what the role of the nurse is. It may be defined by a McMaster handbook or defined by a textbook but in all reality the definition is not so easily described. I have come across parts through tidbits of wisdom from the well experienced nurses, who are also my teachers. The role of a nurse may seem to an onlooker as something that is easy to understand with clear boundaries in place. Maybe for some, but I,
I have yet to discover such boundaries.

Yes, at times it is exciting to learn these things that I am, but I it has also caused me to question why are we learning such concepts or how are we to apply them? Application. A scary but wonderful thing.Application through experience is what I have determined is the answer to what a nurse is.

Experience is the only way to determine the role of a nurse. I wonder though if there are in reality any concrete boundaries? Yes, there are standardized Best Practice Guidelines that must be followed, and rules and regulations of each facility that is worked within. That would be the answer, but each nurse working within such lines (boundaries I guess) has their own view, interpretation and understanding of such things. And since each one is different then this idea of concrete boundaries cease to exist.
So what is the role of a nurse? An individual who effectively functions with the patient to provide for their needs within the lines of rules, regulations and standards interpreting their role through gained experience. I then have yet to define the role of a nurse because I have not had the opportunity to do so.

I will wait for that day.

It is easier to fight for TRUTH then to live for TRUTH

That is why we have more defenders then we have disciples
-Jon Korkidakis

We've all worked in sin and death was the minimum wage

But if it wasn't for Christ we would have almost got paid

-P4CM

What ever capture’s your heart capture’s your life

What ever change’s your heart change’s yourlife
-Jon Korkidakis

 “God, if you give me more details about my future...I would take a step of faith” God answers “You don’t get more information until you start walking”
-Disciple Making Pastor

Knowing what you want to do in life

                  is just as important as
Knowing who you want to do life with
-Jessica Dempster

Life without Missions

I was surfing facebook and checked out one of my friends pages that put this video online and wow!
http://vimeo.com/23020955

One thing that they said that really hit me was
We can put up with a leaky roof
We can not live without missions

This small church in the Philippines gave the money that they had to fix their roof to a farming cooperation to help make money to support missionaries.

How much does this say to our churches here in North America as well as our personal hearts? I have to say that I was personally challenged with this one.

Stinky Husbands

So I thought of this of as I was reading my psychology textbook and thought it was pretty hilarious and thought of sharing it.
According to experiments done, women are naturally more attracted to a males natural odour that have  dissimilar MHC genes to their own. This is a positive thing because offspring of people that have similar MHC genes often resulted in weaker immune systems.

What made me laugh though was that in bible times esp. around the time of Abraham that the people that were married had similar genes because they generally married distant family members. SOOO these women must have found their husbands very stinky people.

 I have to say that I am very glad that I have more selection.

More over I thought it was pretty amazing that God decided to add this in to help us produce offspring in the most effective way possible. God is a pretty creative!

A Letter from God

Recently there has been much chat about what people want to do for their futures and what there calling is. It seems that many of the people that I am around say "I have no idea what I want to do" or "I am not sure that I am being called to that anymore" So then my thoughts start to wonder and I ask

I am really called to be a missionary?
Does God really want me to go?

I was telling God that I do not want to doubt Him or his calling in my life.  I ask him to help me to continue to remember my reasons. Today he more then amazingly answered my prayer.

Back in the summer of grade 12 so summer 2010 I went to Poland for two weeks to work at an English Camp that my Church does every two years. While we were there we wrote letters to ourselves, telling us of things that we were supposed to remember and things to encourage us with. This is what my letter said;

Erika,
Talking to everyone here and simply being here has brought me back to the moment in grade 3 when you ask you parents how to spell missionary. You see you had to make a presentation about what you wanted to be and you said missionary. You are now here in Poland and soon going for a year that is focused on missions. This is God calling you back. So ask yourself when you receive this letter what is God calling you to do. Have you been praying about it? Where is he calling you?

Today I got that letter. Today I reminded of my reasons.

Happpy Day

These past few days have been really neat days and I am excited to finally have some pieces finally fall into place. I have been very much concerned with my volunteer placement for school. I was supposed to start this placement by October this year but I have not started until today. I was worried (and still kinda of am) [realizing that did say worry and knowing that not supposed to do such] that will not be able to get my hrs done in time but at least I am started. I am volunteer who is matched with an elderly person that is in what is called "social isolation". Basically I am a friend to talk you and get to know. I started praying for the person that I was going to be matched with because I have no previous experience working with elderly people so i really had no idea what to talk about or what to do. I prayed that  I would be able to talk with person about my faith and that i would be able to share that part of my life with them.
My boss was explaining to me that I was matched with several different people and all of them cancelled on me. Then they thought of someone who was a perfect fit. This person also happened to have a deep faith and the reason that we were matched was because of this interest. When I got this email it was amazing because it literally was an answer to prayer.
Other small things, like funny little events that make me smile and vs. that have been sent to me from friends have been really uplifting and encouraging.

So to be honest, I am happy. Now I know that for myself that this happiness is indeed dependent on circumstance, something that I need to work on. As a Christan I should be able to have Joy in the worst of circumstances. Now I do understand that happiness and joy are different but if you want to check out what I mean by all of this, read the book of Philippians and then think of Paul's situation.

Anywho I am excited that God has answered my prayer and in spite of my pitiful attempts to connect with him he is constantly pursuing me

Gracious Judgement

Well, I am officially in the full swing of busy life, trying to maintain the balance between school, work, social time, bible studies and personal Jesus time. I like going to bible study because you can get a different perspective and different insight. I started going to a bible study at my school half way through last semester and I am very much enjoying it. It’s nice to talk to other people not in my program.

We have been going through the Sermon on the Mount we this week we were at

Matthew 7:1-5

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

First thing that is assumed from this passage that as Christians we are not to judge, period. But what so many people fail to do is look at the context of this verse. In all reality it is not telling us to not judge at all but rather Jesus wants us to stop judging the way that the world does, with a critical heart. Jesus wants to remind us and give us a little wisdom too. The measuring stick that we judge other people by will be the same stick that we are measured by. We are very good at pointing others faults out and putting the measuring stick up to them but when it is put up against ourselves we fail to see what the other is seeing.

The next part is what is amazing. Jesus decides to tell us what our hearts do because we fail to realize or recognize it. Our hearts are very quick to judge others rather then first examining ourselves. We really only see in that person a small amount of their sin but can see ours in full. Our sin is the plank in our eye. When we come to realize how massive our sin is and how GRACIOUS God has been towards us we start judging people with grace not with a critical heart.

The most amazing thing about this whole statement is that Jesus was the one who said it. He being perfect has every right to judge critically because he is perfect. Yet out of his love he decides to give it to us. We did not deserve it. When we come before the cross and realize the plank that we have in our eye we will start to see the love that he has for us and also the love that he has for others.

It is with that LOVE that we are to judge others with.

Boredom

So its kinda crazy to think that this is my first blog of 2012, i would think that I would be able to think of something impactful and start off with a blogging bang! but no, no awe inspiring thoughts though. I have to say that starting this early at school makes life rather uneventful.

I have never like the first week of school in the first place, with all the lose ends taht need to be tied either by getting books, figuring out schedules and room numbers plus that awful waiting period before the hard core stuff begins. (which I do not look forward too)

This week has been pretty chill and I have to say that I have been rather lazy. I started classes this week but only 3 out of 5. I have been able to finish cleaning, get settled and print some more pictures from Africa and finally put an album together. Today I painted a pot and made a rather pathetic looking colourful critter out of pipe cleaners, excerised my creative juicies for a change

It's one of those days were time passes to slow and then to fast. And it's after all that time passes that I have finally figured out what I have could have done. I think I might post later some goals that I have for this year, as for right now, its lunch time which means food and a sermon from Jon Korkidakis.