Is there some idea to replace my life?

Last week I started my Nursing Assistant clinicals at the Mennonite Village. I've never been around a place like that, I've never really seen the dying or the terminally sick, much less spent a very intimate week with them, caring for their needs.

While this last week was very exhausting, emotionally and spiritually, it has been one of the most rewarding weeks I've ever had. I really enjoy it. Not that it's easy or glamorous (I daily get doused with some form of excrement). And here I must say that I have nothing to boast in. I'm not other's centered, I'm not gracious by nature. I do boast in this: that by the Lord's good grace I have been able to care for these, and by the faithful Spirit of our Lord my actions have blessed those sick and dying, and that only by His strength have been able to come out of my comfort and tell these people through kind words and actions that they are beloved.

I am encouraged by a song a sister of mine sings occasionally at church;
For the Lord my God, He is strong to save,
From the arms of death, from the deepest grave,
And He gave us life through His perfect will
And by His good grace I will praise Him still

I turned in an application today to work at the Mennonite village full time. In few other places have I felt "right". When I say right, I don't mean vindicated or at home or at peace or right in work. I mean that my soul finds something good in this.

... and the journey continues...

Grace and Peace