Summer is over. On to the next fast-paced season of life. Though Fall is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SEASON, I can’t lie, I want this next year to go quickly as May will mean graduation for me. My emotions range from terrified to excited all at the same time. (For those who don’t know, I will be a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner come graduation.) To think I am entrusted with these precious little lives seems too much of a task; yet I will not allow that lie to reign true. Jesus states:

“In all circumstances put on the sheild of faith which will extinush all the flaming darts of Satan”

Oh how quickly I loose faith! This verse has been a sweet reminder that I don’t have to “Do” anything but trust and have FAITH in our Lord, our SHEILD! May that verse remind us to put on our shield in ALL circumstances good, bad, expected and unexpected. He gives us EVERYTHING we need to battle the events of each day. He prepares us for what is in front of us. I keep looking ahead and thinking I wont be prepared; yet there is a lot that will conspire between now and May in which the Lord is preparing me slowly, little by little, each day. May we rest in His promises.

Discontentment is another piece of the complicated puzzle of anxiety. I feel uneasy often at the almost but not yet. I struggle to be fully present where I am, as I so desire what is ahead. I want to know what job I will have. Will it be in Dallas? Will it be in Texas? Will it be in the United States? Will I even enjoy being a Nurse Practitioner? All the questions of wanting to “plan” and know my future race through my mind making a spirit of discontent reign underneath the external coverings of having everything “put together.” Yet Ephesians again rings through my heart and head. I repeatedly lay it all at Jesus’s feet, trusting and re-trusting Him as this new chapter of change approaches. May the month of May be a season of rejoicing and Fall be a season of contentment.