רפא

Well, the PPP is officially over as of August 24th. I'm turning in the final product tomorrow with a mixture of joy and sadness. I have actually enjoyed doing this project although it's been wrought with small successes and what has felt like large failures. I have learned so much about myself and my ability to adhere to a major lifestyle change. I've learned that I have to reward myself for and rejoice over the "small" successes and fight to not beat myself up about the failures but just remind myself why i'm doing it and get back with the plan. I think finding my Tae Kwon do school and getting to know the people there has been the best part about this project. I'm not sure I would have had the motivation to do it otherwise and I am SO grateful! I want so badly to be healthy and I think that, even though i didn't meet some of my goals, the majority of the steps that I've taken throughout this project have been in the right direction. 

I got a tattoo! The title of this post is permanently on the inside of my right ankle. It is the Hebrew word "Rapha" which means "to heal, to make whole, to restore to rightness." It is part of the Hebrew name for God "Jehovah Rapha-the God who heals." I wrote it on my leg because I constantly need to be reminded that the Lord is healing me and making me whole and restoring me to rightness before Him both spiritually and physically. This project has been about wholeness and health and moving toward those things rather than away. My nursing career will be about wholeness and health and helping people move toward those things as well. My life is about wholeness and health and seeing the Lord transform me as I learn to worship Him. My prayer is that He would be glorified in all of these areas and that He would continue to remind me that I was made to stand in awe of Him...

So, to my flocks of readership, I thank you for reading. Who knows, maybe i'll be back!

I bid you Adieu! and I wish you patience, endurance, and joy on your own journey to health and wholeness!